Four-exercise circuit treatment embedded after the warm-up in physical education lessons

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The treatment was a circuit of four exercises (Shuttle Run, Burpee, Jumping Jacks, and Modified Sit-up in pairs) performed immediately after the warm-up within the regular 40-minute physical education lesson. Students rotated through three stations, and "Each exercise was done for 30 seconds with a rest interval of 30 seconds." The rest interval was shortened after week five to apply the overload principle. The exercises were chosen because they "used large muscle groups and stressed the cardio respiratory chain".

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Conducted within regular physical education classes twice a week for ten weeks, immediately after an eight-minute warm-up
• Delivered by qualified physical education teachers following a researcher-prepared module followed strictly to avoid teacher effect

Constraints

• The rest interval reduction to 25 seconds after the fifth week was the article's stated overload adjustment

Target Learners

• Form Four Malaysian secondary school students (mean age about 16)

Learning Goals

• Health-related physical fitness, specifically cardiovascular endurance

Claims

• Fitness Circuit Improved Cardiovascular Endurance Boys [+M]
• Fitness Circuit Improved Cardiovascular Endurance Girls [+M]

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Key Sources

• Shabeshan Rengasamy, Subramaniam Raju, Wee Akina Sia Seng Lee, Ramachandran Roa. (2011). A Fitness Intervention Program within a Physical Education Class on Cardiovascular Endurance among Malaysia Secondary School Students. The Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Science, 2(1). http://www.moj-es.net

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title	Four-exercise circuit treatment embedded after the warm-up in physical education lessons
description	The treatment was a circuit of four exercises (Shuttle Run, Burpee, Jumping Jacks, and Modified Sit-up in pairs) performed immediately after the warm-up within the regular 40-minute physical education lesson.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-02
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sources	1 — shabeshan-rengasamy-2011

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