CIRCUIT TRAINING

Circuit training provides a one-stop exercise session, combining cardiovascular activity, toning and resistance training. Just by attending circuit training once or twice a week you can reap huge benefits and dramatically improve your fitness level.

Circuit training comprises a number of exercise ‘stations’. At each station you perform a different exercise. Each station lasts between 30-60 seconds and then you immediately move on to the next station until the circuit is completed. There is then a recovery period before you repeat the circuit.

The exercises at each station are targeted at maximum effect in minimum time, e.g. squats, shuttle runs, step-ups which are all excellent for elevating the heart rate. These exercises also concentrate on muscle groups which use a lot of energy.

Whatever your level of fitness, whether you’re a top athlete or merely a beginner, you can all work together in the same training session. It is perfectly acceptable for you to work at your own pace within each activity and workout-station.  Circuit training ensures you sustain a raised heart rate and therefore you get the best possible results.

Circuit training tends to concentrate on “compound exercises”, i.e. those that use more than one muscle group at a time. These “combined” exercises are generally more effective than spending time on one piece of gym equipment that focuses on one set of muscles only.

The type of rotational activity involved in circuit training is an excellent fat burner.

Circuit training is psychologically rewarding. Whatever your level of fitness, you can really push yourself and set your own goals in the knowledge that you’ve only got 60 seconds worth of any activity before you move on to the next.

The benefits of taking part in circuit training can be summed up in a few words:
“Maximum results in the minimum time”. It is probably one of the best methods of exercising as it provides excellent all round fitness, tone and strength.

PRICES

Drop in circuit classes are £8 per session. You can purchase blocks of 5 for £35 which you can use on any day and at either of the venues.

TIMES

Wednesdays 7pm - 8pm Peel Centre, WC1
Saturdays 10am - 11am Barnard Park, N1
Sundays 10am - 11am Barnard Park, N1

LOCATIONS

Wednesdays:

Peel Centre
Percy Circus
London
WC1X 9EY

http://www.peelinstitute.org.uk/
Tel: 0207 837 6082

Transport links:
Kings Cross & St. Pancras - Tube and Overland Rail
See TFL for Buses to Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road, Kings Cross Road and Pentonville Road

Weekends:

Barnard Park
Copenhagen Street
London
N1

Transport links:
Highbury & Islington Train Station
Angel Tube Station
Caledonian Road Tube Station
Kings Cross Tube Station
Buses: 274, 153, 17, 91, 259, 43, 4, 19, 73