The world of fitness is constantly growing. Every year there are new trends, with some more relevant than others. This is due, in part, to the great amount of information that comes to light through scientific studies among other things.
Next, we are going to see what the trends have been this year as a summary.
The year of technology applied to fitness.
In October 2016, the ACSM (American College of Sports and Medicine) carried out a survey among physical exercise professionals to see what the trends in fitness and health will be for the next year, what types of training, material or classes will be present with more force in the year that is to come.
As a result of this survey, "Wearable Technology" came first. It is not surprising, since technology is a tool that is increasingly applied to more fields.
Now that we are ending 2017, we can conclude that this prediction was not wrong. This technology has had a great boom in society, becoming popular smartwatches, activity tracking devices, heart rate monitors and GPS tracking devices.
These types of devices are very useful when it comes to preventing a sedentary lifestyle and giving us a wake-up call on days when we are less active. However, they should not be a reference when calculating caloric intake, since the caloric expenditure shown by these devices is far from reality.
Bodyweight training, HIIT and strength training.
These three types of training have been a trend for several years, especially strength training.
Strength training has been booming due to the multitude of studies that support its importance for performance in other sports, as well as the prevention of certain diseases.
Group training, breaking into 2017.
Group training has been a trend that has broken into 2017 with great relevance.
Undoubtedly, there is a great boom in fitness and an awareness of the population to combat a sedentary lifestyle. This has led a large part of the population to go to the gym.
A large part of the population finds it boring to go to the gym, perform their corresponding individual routine and leave the gym. At this point, group classes offer an engaging and fun way to get a workout in.
Group routines have a great socializing component. These types of classes motivate people with less willpower, due to the collective influence. Apart from this, they serve to increase socialization with the rest of the population.