There are 3 reasons for choosing 1 minute exercises.

I agree 1 minute is pretty short but when you follow a proven system like ours you quickly realize 1 minute at a time is more than enough.

Your goal in each exercise is to give your maximum output, no pacing, no breaks.

You have to go all out and sustain a peak intensity level.

When starting out, If each station would be 5 minutes you would have a hard time keeping your form in check.

The first reason is: "Immaculate Technique".

Each exercise is designed to help you carve and strengthen a specific muscle group or groups of muscles.

Everyone can do Tigers for example. But if you're bending your knees, not touching the floor with your forehead, failing to keep your feet up against the wall you're robbing yourself of results.

Same thing with Leg-Ins. If your feet always touch the floor, you lean back too far, or you fail to exhale on every knee pull-in, you're not keeping perfect technique.

So as a gage, training 1 minute allows you to be intense and dynamic while maintaining perfect form.

When you are able to do that consistently with each exercise you're ready to either add stations or step-up to 2 minute stations.

While strength training, pay attention to these 2 key factors: level of Intensity, and level of technical prowess.

When starting you should choose 10 exercises.

Stick to those for 4 weeks. Never changing the order of them.

Every time you complete a circuit on any given day, record your stats.

Focus on beating those numbers every time. When you see and feel an increase in your endurance level, change the order of those 10 exercises.

Still not enough? Add more exercises and repeat the process until you can complete the basic kit (50 Exercises).

It should never get EASY, since you're always giving maximum intensity coupled with perfect technique.

If it does (get easy), you need to re-visit those 2 key factors: Intensity and Technique.

For a quick reference of strength training exercises pick up our Basic Station Kit which comes with our Strength Training Workbook.

Aim Higher,

Sifu Martin

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