Top Ten Fitness Trends
Category : Women Lifestyle, Women Health
It’s time to get balanced! Balance-training activities like Tai Chi, yoga and Pilates and equipment like foam rollers, wobble boards and Bosu balls are among the fastest growing and most popular exercise options for adults. Health clubs and trainers are offering balance-training programs for virtually all levels and types of clients. Improve your balance, and activities such as snow-boarding will be a lot easier.
Yoga/Pilates fusion classes are hot. There’s a growing tendency to blend popular mind/body programs like yoga and Pilates with more traditional forms of exercise. These fusion classes and programs will combine the traditional elements of mind/body activities, including proper posture, breathing and body awareness. By incorporating elements of mental and spiritual fitness, individuals will take better care of their entire being and psychological self, not just their bodies.
Short workouts will still be popular. That’s no surprise, as lack of time continues to be the most common reason for not working out regularly. Time-starved Americans continue to seek out effective, yet time-efficient workouts, which has led to health clubs and trainers offering express circuits and abbreviated routines.
Wellness coaching and nutritional counseling are in demand. These services provide a more holistic approach to health and wellness. Such coaching helps people make healthy, positive choices in all aspects of everyday life. Nutritional counseling is gaining popularity, too, as many of us look for ways to manage our weight.
Clubs and trainers are offering more flexible workout sessions. Small-group personal training, which is usually less than five people, appears to be on the rise. Such sessions are a great way to get the technical instruction and close supervision of personal training at a more economical cost.
Employers are encouraging fitness and weight loss. Many adult Americans are inactive and over weight, at times costing their employers lost revenue due to increased rates of absenteeism, higher health and medical expenses, and reduced productivity. A growing number of corporations now are offering wellness programs to their workers in an effort to encourage physical activity, sensible nutrition habits, and an overall healthier lifestyle. If you employer offers such programs, lucky you – take advantage of them!
Functional fitness and core strengthening will be included in group fitness classes and personal training sessions. Functional strength training and/or core strengthening activities enhance coordination, strength and endurance in everyday activities. Focusing on exercising several muscles and joints together, rather than working a particular muscle or group of muscles, better prepares the body for daily activities and recreational pursuits.
Personal trainers + group fitness instructors = a super workout! Trainers will work with group fitness instructors and vice versa to encourage participants to diversify their workout routines. Even the most dedicated exercisers occasionally get bored with their routines. A new variation on activities such as a cardio-funk class or a “boot camp” workout instead of traditional exercise machines or working with free weights instead of step aerobics will help to reinvigorate stale routines.
Families that work out outdoors together, get healthy together. More families will look for diverse and creative ways to be active together, such as outdoor adventure activities and various recreational sports like soccer, softball, and touch football. This trend is great news, as parents should show their children that being active can be a fun and regular part of daily life.
Participation in physical activities for socialization and motivation will become more popular. Not everyone participates to compete. Joining a training group just to finish a marathon, triathlon or adventure race is a great way to meet people or include family and friends in a fit and active lifestyle. If the marathon is a charity event, it’s even sweeter.
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