• Circuit training involves alternating aerobic and strengthening exercises during a single session, often in a "circuit. Uses high-intensity aerobics. It targets strength building and muscular endurance. An exercise "circuit" is one completion of all prescribed exercises.
  • Cross-training is a technique where you alternate exercise modes (activities) in order to use different muscles. This helps to make sure that all of your muscles get a work-out during the week and also helps to prevent overuse injuries.
  • Interval training is when you alternate short burst of intense activity with less intense activity. For example, if you go to a track you can walk the straights of it and run the curves.
  • HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training. An enhanced form of interval training, an exercise strategy alternating short periods of intense anaerobic exercise with less-intense recovery periods.
  • Tabata - A type of HITT training. Short, high-intensity intervals developed by Japanese professor Dr. Izumi Tabata to train Olympic speed skaters.
See: What are cross-training, interval-training, and circuit training?

Links:
Exercise Activities in health
Mobility Exercises You Must Do if You Train Hard | MensHealth.com
Exercise under Health
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Tabata and Wingate | fellrnr.com

last updated 20 June 2013