Circuit
A circuit is a sequence of three or more exercises performed one after another with little or no rest, repeating the full round several times. Unlike a superset, which is two exercises, a circuit chains one station after another and usually mixes different movement patterns.
Circuit
A circuit is a sequence of three or more exercises performed one after another with little or no rest, repeating the full round several times. Unlike a superset, which is two exercises, a circuit chains one station after another and usually mixes different movement patterns.
In practice
It is the natural format for group training and a crowded floor: everyone starts at a different station and nobody waits for a bench.
Related terms
SupersetA superset is two exercises performed back to back with no rest between them, resting only after the pair is finishedEMOMEMOM stands for every minute on the minute: at the top of each minute you perform a fixed number of reps, and whatever time is left over is the restAMRAPAMRAP stands for as many reps (or rounds) as possible: doing as many repetitions or rounds as you can, either within a fixed time or until technical failure on a setTraining densityTraining density is how much work gets done per unit of timeSee the whole glossary
