Circuit Training Beats Cardio

By Craig Ballantyne

Long, slow, boring aerobic exercise may get all the glory in the media. But you can get a lot more bang for your fitness buck with circuit training.

Brazilian researchers assigned subjects to a 12-week program of either cardio or total-body circuit training. Both groups exercised for 35 minutes three times per week. At the end of the study, both groups had increased their aerobic fitness by four percent. In addition, both groups had increased their leg strength by six percent. However, only the circuit-training group had increased their upper-body strength too.

Even if you're a beginner, your best bet for maximum gains is a total-body circuit-training program: strength training done with short rest periods between exercises. This is especially true if the amount of time you can commit to a workout program is limited.

It's Good to Know: Emergency Numbers to Keep in Your Cellphone

In an emergency, you don't want to be digging around to find the right phone number to call for help. So store the following numbers in your cellphone for easy and quick access:

• Lost or stolen credit card hotline(s)

• Car insurance claims hotline

• Health insurance provider

• Local locksmith

• Local towing service

• Your doctor(s)

(Source: Marc and Angel and Lifehacker)

Word to the Wise: Apotheosis

An "apotheosis" (uh-pah-thee-OH-sis) is an exalted or glorified example. The word is derived from the Greek for "to deify."

Example (as used by John Brewer in The Pleasures of the Imagination): "Charles I's court represented the English apotheosis of this Renaissance ideal of kingship."

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