A High-Intensity Interval Training, Circuit Training, Zumba and boot camp training programs are discussed below vividly considering the types of workout or classes, the levels of intensity involved, the muscular strength impact of each program and whether the programs give more of health fitness or physical fitness.
High-Intensity Interval Training.
According to Mahady, Pat. (16), High-intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a training idea in which high-intensity intervals are alternated with the slow and moderate intensity intervals. The workout classes of HIIT involves alternating both the aerobic and anaerobic training techniques. Anaerobic training method implies that the consumption of oxygen in the body is improved while anaerobic training technique suggests that oxygen is not required to generate force. Some of the workout exercises involved in HIIT is a jab, cross, the front of the left side and the right side, jumping jacks, suo squats, push-ups, butt kicks, triceps dips and side lunges. Secondly, HIIT involves high-intensity training since the primary goal is to burn fats even though the training may not build muscular strength, it brings more of skill fitness than health fitness for example to the sprinters, basketballers, and footballers.
Circuit training.
The circuit training, unlike the High-Intensity Interval Training, which aims at burning fat, targets strength building and muscular endurance. Circuit training uses high-intensity aerobics and does not rely on aerobics (Stepto, N. K., Hawley, J. A., Dennis, S. C., & Hopkins, W. G. 740). The reason for using aerobics is the importance attached to oxygen in building muscles. Circuit training involves workouts such as bench press, squats, pull-ups or pull-downs, bike or jog, lunges, bicep curls, triceps extensions, leg curls, sit-ups, crunches, and stretch. Circuit training builds more of health fitness than skill fitness.
Boot camp.
A boot camp is an intensive training program geared towards improving an individual’s physical fitness or skills in a particular area (Stepto, NIGEL K., et al. 737).Boot camp program is therefore meant to improve skills fitness more than the health fitness. Just like the circuit training, boot camp training program uses the high-intensity training and the workouts usually applied are: Quick and sweaty programs such as high knees donkey kicks, upright rows and side planks, twenty-four minute boot camp workouts such as bicep brand curls, Bosu burpees and pulsing squats, six by six boot camp programs such as six box jumps six kettlebell swings, six exercises six reps six times and six plank jacks six pushups six times and finally, functional boot camp workouts such as resistance band, box jumps, bent over rows and triceps dips.
Zumba
A Zumba fitness program, unlike the three training programs discussed earlier, is linked to one Colombian dancer and choreographer known as Alberto PerezC Fleck, Steven J., and William Kraemer 40). The Zumba training program has classes running for one hour directed by the licensed Zumba trainers. The instructors incorporate workouts such as hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, squats, and lunges. Zumba training program uses both the fast and slow training intensities and majorly aerobic workouts. Zumba training, just like the boot camp training, helps in building muscular strength especially when the participants are trained using fast rhythm music that requires high levels of energy. The participants in the Zumba training are usually interested in improving their health and not necessarily skill since the trainers are more focused on burning fat and increasing the muscular strength without necessarily looking into the expertise of the trainees.
In conclusion, many training programs can be used to boost health fitness or physical fitness. Either way, the programs are important since they burn excess fat in the body and make trainees fit.
Work Cited.
Fleck, Steven J., and William Kraemer. Designing Resistance Training Programs, 4E. Human Kinetics, 2014.
Mahady, Pat. "High-Intensity Interval Training—Efficient And Effective." Ptqvolume (2014): 16.
Stepto, N. K., Hawley, J. A., Dennis, S. C., & Hopkins, W. G. "Effects of different interval- training programs on cycling time-trial performance." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 31 (1999): 736-741.
