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Rest → load, working range

Joint angles · start → finish

Torso
10.0° → 18.0°
Hip
20.0° → 64.0°
Knee
22.0° → 84.0°
Shoulder
30.0° → 44.0°
Elbow
24.0° → 34.0°
Neck
-2.0° → -2.0°

Endurance

Conditioning Circuit

5 rounds: 12 goblet squats, 10 push-ups, 20 mountain climbers, 45s rest.

Difficulty 3 of 58.8 METs · Vigorous

Equipment

  • Dumbbells
  • Mat

Muscle groups worked

  • Glutes
  • Core
  • Scapular push
  • Adductors

What it buys you

Mixes recruitment the way a real session does, so the aerobic system learns to work while several muscle groups share the load.

Capacity trained

Endurance. Aerobic capacity and vascular function. The single best-evidenced physical input to sexual performance.

Energy

Modelled kilocalories

Modelled energy cost for Conditioning Circuit at 10, 20, 30 and 45 minutes for both reference bodies
Reference body10 min20 min30 min45 min
Male reference · 82 kg126 kcal253 kcal379 kcal568 kcal
Female reference · 68 kg105 kcal209 kcal314 kcal471 kcal

Energy figures are modelled from standard activity MET values (Ainsworth Compendium, 2011) and the ACSM equation, not measured on you. They scale linearly with your own body mass, so a body 10% heavier burns about 10% more at the same intensity.

kcal = METs × 3.5 × bodyweight(kg) ÷ 200 × minutes (ACSM)

Load is effort, not pain. If a movement hurts rather than works, stop and see a clinician. Lifting another person is strength training with a person-shaped load — build the pattern unloaded first.

Cross-reference

Positions this workout helps · 50

It serves Seated Astride, Prone Base, Kneeling and Elevated / Bridged. Every position in those families is listed below, hardest first.

Honest framing

Training makes a posture available and sustainable. It is capability work, not a treatment for anything, and no single session changes a number. Consistency over eight weeks does.

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