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Circuit Training
This method of improving physical performance was developed by Morgan and Adamson of Leeds University Physical Education Dept. and has been adopted throughout the world as a simple but effective method of
improving the performance factors.
Circuit training simply involves a series of exercises which must be performed in a specific order until a specified number of circuits have been completed. Each exercise must be done a particular number of
times, depending on the maximum number the individual managed on his testing circuit. Once he has tried all the exercises, the time he takes to complete three circuits carrying out half the maximum repetitions
at each exercise is recorded. The target time for future circuits is two-thirds of this time. Once the performer has attained the target time, the number of repetitions he can do at each exercise is measured
and a new circuit and target time worked out. A full description of the method for those unacquainted with it can be found in the account by the originators. A summary is as follows:
 Press-ups.- Hopping shuttle runs with a dumb-bell in one hand.
 Sit-ups.- Successive blocks against the basketball backboard.
- Back raises.
- Wrist swinging on the beams.
- Triceps extensions with barbell.
- Throwing a medicine ball at wall using one hand and elbow leading the movement.
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Building Cardiovascular & Muscular Endurance
