Circuit Training Tips?

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Sedreen

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I have a few specific questions, but first of all I am 22, asthmatic, male and have been overweight all my life it seems. Between my health as a child (and being given steroids when having an asthma flair up then hence, weight in area on man wants.)

I am transferring to a University in the fall and am going to be living on off-campus housing. So I will be living in proximity to a great gym and track to run (job in my case, damn lungs).

I've heard circuit training gets the best results, but my questions are:

What muscles to work each day, or do full body routines each day? (every other)

or

Should I work specific muscles each of those days, but on a fourth day (MWF, then SAT or SUN) work all of them?

AND

Should the following week should I change up the exercises, targeting same muscles the same way as the previous week, but NOT the same exercises for them.

This isn't something I want to wait on. The week I have access to get started I want to get started and get started right, and vigorously.
 
There are no perfect formulas, you just have to be sure to allow your muscles sufficient time to recover, to avoid injury.
 
You are thinking to much, the important thing is to just get in the gym, or find an activity that will keep you active.

I would suggest something along these lines.

Lets say you work out 3 days a week MWF, each of those days you could do something like this.

Warm up

3 big lifts, squats, hang cleans, or some other olympic lift

6 supplemental lifts, lunges, bulgarian split squats, high box step ups,

More supplemental work, bent over row, pulls ups, push ups, you can work in your bicep and other work here as well,

Core work.

I would not work specific muscles on each day, because then you are allowing to much time in between training sessions, and you will not see any gains.

Let me know if you have any other questions
 
I probably am thinking about it too much, but I don't want a routine that is going to get boring. Perhaps target all muscles each of those days, but different exercises for those muscles each day so that the muscles do not get too used to any one kind of motion because I do hear that can be a problem. But then.. theres actually finding a damn list and discription of exercises as to what they target, what others target the same area, how they are performed, ect without having to pay any money.

Besides, I also don't to get bored with a routine. Changing it up will keep it interesting and may find I like one exercise I never heard of, more than another. I want lean-ish (don't mind a little muscle bulk down the line, but weight is all I have to worry about first) and big arms (not huge, but noticable without having to tense them up).... I'm worry wort, I want to do it right, make it fun, and also not strain any muscles (have 3 family members who tore muscles just from their jobs, but then again none of them worked these muscles on a specific basis to strengthen them so that wouldn't happen).
 
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