Whats the difference between circuit training and free weights?
Circuit training is a form of fitness training that takes the participant through a series of four to ten exercise stations with relatively brief rest intervals between each station. It is particularly useful in fitness training because it breaks the monotony of sustained training and can be performed inside, at night, or in inclement weather. Historically, circuit training was designed to enhance muscular endurance and therefore incorporated exercises such as sit-ups, the bench press, and the leg press. In recent years aerobic circuit conditioning training programs have become popular. Between four and eight aerobic exercise stations with one to three minutes per station and a 15 second rest break between stations constitute a circuit. The key to success is to set the workload at each station to 50 to 70 percent of the client’s functional capacity. “Old timers” in the gyms laugh at the resurgence in the use of free weights–tools they used long before machines with “captured” weight s
