Here comes the summer

Summer is coming. Are you ready? If not, and you’re short of time to get yourself looking and feeling at your best, fear not – just try this quickfire circuit-training workout plan. It’s been designed to require a minimum of time, kit and space so you can get to work quickly and effectively to build muscle and burn fat. All you need to do is find a spare 20 minutes four times a week to turn your better-body ambition into a reality. You can make these workouts harder in each subsequent week by increasing the weight you lift, or the number of circuits and reps you do, to keep the positive results coming.

HOW TO DO THE WORKOUTS

There are four workouts, each containing four exercises that you’ll do in a circuit. Do the moves in order, sticking to the reps and rest detailed, and do five rounds of each circuit. Once each round is finished it’s time for the “supermove”, which is a single move designed to raise your heart rate high so you finish the session strong and burn as many calories as possible. You’ll do three rounds of the supermove at the end of each workout, working for 40 seconds and then