I have a few rules in life. They range from “never be greedy” to “always take a glance at a dessert menu to make sure you’re not passing on something amazing.”<\/em><\/p>\n For the most part, I don’t violate my rules, although sometimes I bend a little. I used to have a rule along the lines of, “don’t trust a trainer who has nicer gym clothes than you have suits.”<\/em><\/p>\n That was until I met the sultan of swagger, Rob Sulaver, founder and CEO of Bandana Training<\/a>. Rob is the kind of guy who might train in a cardigan (rumors that I have yet to confirm), but he’s also built a reputation as one of the better young strength coaches.<\/em><\/p>\n It’s rare that you’ll find trainers spending as much time on investing in learning from other trainers as they do building their business. But that’s Rob.<\/em><\/p>\n I recently asked him to provide an overview of his approach to metabolic conditioning and strength training, which was a big part of his most recent program, The Super Villain Workout<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s what you can learn about taking your intensity and metabolic workouts to the next level. -AB<\/em><\/p>\n By: Rob Sulaver of Bandana Training<\/strong><\/p>\n Most of us have heard of circuit training, which in the simplest sense is a series of exercises done in sequence one-after-the-other with little to no break in between. It\u2019s beautiful. It\u2019s heart-pounding. It\u2019s time-efficient. And it’s incredibly effective.<\/p>\n The biggest problem isn’t with the workouts. It’s trying to adapt them to your gym.<\/p>\n You know the feeling, you try to plan and prepare for your incredible workout, only to roll up to your gym at\u00a06:00pm on a Tuesday and realize that the rest of the universe also decided to crash the party.<\/p>\n Training at 10:30 am? No problem. At high time, good luck trying to commandeer 5 pieces of equipment. Not to mention, most gyms aren\u2019t always designed with circuit training in mind. If the leg press is 2 floors away from the seated row machine, a circuit with the two becomes a vision quest.<\/p>\n Enter complexes.<\/p>\n Complexes are a specific type of circuit training that utilizes one piece of equipment. So simple, right?<\/p>\n So, a dumbbell complex is a series of dumbbell exercises done in sequence, one-after-the-other with little to no break in between.<\/p>\nA BETTER WAY TO CIRCUIT TRAIN<\/h2>\n