A workout style in which you rotate through several exercise stations with little rest between them is called circuit training.
In a circuit, each station features a different movement or activity, such as push-ups, squats, step-ups, jogging, or medicine-ball work. Completing every station once counts as one circuit; participants may then repeat the sequence. The short transition time keeps the workout moving and can challenge both muscular endurance and cardiovascular fitness.
Circuit training was developed in 1953 by R. E. Morgan and G. T. Anderson at the University of Leeds in England. The original concept combined resistance and endurance exercises in a structured sequence, making it adaptable for different fitness levels and goals.
Circuit training is often confused with interval training. Interval training alternates periods of harder and easier effort, while circuit training is organized around different exercises or stations. A circuit can include intervals, but the two terms are not interchangeable.