When it comes to weight training, the amount of information –
and, for that matter, misinformation – about how to design
workouts is staggering. In fact, the last time I Googled the
subject, I got 759,000 results. Although not as impressive as
typing Lindsay Lohan, which came up with 57,900,000 results,
it’s still overwhelming. If you’re new to the weightroom, a good
place to begin is with a discussion on circuit training. And
here we go! The expression circuit training was formally
introduced in 1953 by physiologists at the University of Leeds
in England to describe a system of integrating several
components of fitness into a single workout. This was a dramatic
shift from what was traditionally practiced for athletic and
physical fitness training. Traditionally, strength training and
energy system training were performed in separate training
blocks. For example, an athlete might run in the morning and
then perform gymnastics or some type of resistance training in
the afternoon; or they might alternate betwee