KS3 · Physical education · Year 8
Set up a basic circuit
Health and wellbeing: long term benefits of physical activity through circuits
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Your learning goal
I can set up and take part in a variety of different exercise stations safely.
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What you’ll learn
I can set up and take part in a variety of different exercise stations safely.
Key learning points
- Move: circuit training requires all equipment to be set up safely in a suitable space.
- Move: each station should be completed with good technique, moving on when the set time is complete.
- Think: exercise duration and intensity used in circuit training can be adapted to improve different types of fitness.
- Feel: self-motivation is required to keep working, even on stations that are not as easy or enjoyable as others.
- Connect: working with others on a station helps to increase motivation to push each other to perform at your best.
Words to know
- circuit training
- a series of exercises or activities completed in a specific order, each followed by a rest period
- station
- where a specific exercise is performed for a set time or number of repetitions
- training programme
- structured plans or approaches to exercise designed to improve fitness and achieve specific goals
Common mistakes
Pupils think a circuit has to involve exercises in a circle.
A circuit is a series of exercises done a specific order but does not have to be set up like a circle.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Create stations dependent on the equipment and space you have available. If you are using weighted movements, ensure that the weights are extremely light and are always supervised by a fully qualified practitioner.