Circuit Training Activity
Category: Fitness · 3-page printable PDF · Ages 9-10 · Free for ConnectedPE members
A combined practical-and-theory lab treating circuit training as what it is physiologically: an interval-training method. Students design and perform a circuit, record heart rate and perceived exertion at each station, then analyse the acute responses — what the work-rest structure does to cardiovascular load, and how intensity fluctuates across different exercise types.
Designing the circuit is half the learning: choosing exercises, ordering stations and setting work-rest ratios forces decisions about muscle balance and intensity distribution before a single rep is performed. The data collection then tests those decisions against physiological reality.
Three pages for Year 9–10 and senior secondary. Use it within an exercise-physiology or training-methods topic — it converts the familiar PE circuit into a legitimate lab, and pairs with the Heart Rate Responses lab for deeper analysis of the data students generate.
What students learn
Students design and execute a circuit-training session, record acute responses (heart rate, perceived exertion), and analyse how interval work develops cardiovascular and muscular fitness.
Topics: Exercise Physiology, Circuit Training, Interval Training, Lab Activity, Senior Secondary
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