Most circuit classes are designed around a specific fitness component. The first group classes in the fitness industry were aerobics classes. They were made popular back in the 70s. These classes emphasized cardiovascular conditioning. Since then many other classes have been developed, from spinning classes to weight training classes. To this day, there has been no class developed that encompasses the entire fitness spectrum. There has been no class that offers it all, until the FITMOVES™ Circuits.

FITMOVES™ is a circuit style of training developed by JC Santana, CEO of the Institute of Human Performance (IHP), in Boca Raton Florida. FITMOVES™ circuits are the most effective way to combine cardio conditioning with functional strength training. This unique approach to group training has been developed by Juan Carlos Santana in an effort to provide an alternative method of training that is safe, fun, efficient and effective.

The FITMOVES™ Circuits are designed to provide flexibility and diversity of training in an easy and effective manner. The classes are designed around a circuit format consisting of rotating stations. The stations are composed of major movements the body naturally recognizes. At IHP we refer to these major movements categories as the 4 Pillars of Human Movement. Training the 4 Pillars uses locomotive exercises, exercise that involve rising and lowering one’s center of mass, pushing and pulling exercises, and rotational exercises.

Between the 4 Pillar stations there are intermediate stations designed to provide any other type of training adaptation needed. These intermediate stations can include cardio work, body building exercises, or act as recovery stations using stability or balancing exercises. Various themes can be emphasized, such as cardio, hypertrophy, stability or core work. The arrangement of the circuits, work to rest ratios, repetition schemes or the exercise selection can delineate the emphasis of a particular theme. A single theme can be represented through the entire class or several themes can be designed within a class. For example, you can have function movement in the primary stations and step moves in between. This format would focus on cardio. If you are interested in function and some size, then you would put some dumbbells in the intermediate station and perform some bodybuilding movements between your 4 Pillar training. As participants become increasingly experienced, they too can be involved in the design of the class through our “FRY & FLY” format. Fry & Fly allows class participants to quickly design circuits as a group. This interaction empowers class attendees without making them slaves to the tedious details of class design.

The FITMOVES™ Circuits incorporate the best of Spinning™, Body Pump™, Step Classes, Core Classes and even “Boot Camp” classes. The use of various pieces of equipment and training methodologies allows unparalleled application and diversity. This diverse application allows the participant to partake in various cardio related exercises that enhance motor skills and cardiovascular parameters, weight training exercises that build muscles and bones, calisthenics that improve flexibility and body awareness, and balance and stability exercises that enhance posture and body alignment.

The general format for the classes can be:

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