Annual Survey Reveals the Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2016
Exercise pros predict what you’ll see in fitness next year
trend in fitness next year. The results were published in the November/ December issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. The number one trend is predicted
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to be wearable technology, which in- cludes fitness trackers, smart watches, heart rate monitors and GPS tracking devices. “Wearable technology has overtak-
en activities like body weight train- ing and high-intensity interval train- ing to claim the number one spot in this year’s survey,” said Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM, the lead author of the survey and associate dean in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University in Atlanta. “Consumer
he American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) says that wear- able technology will be the top
interest in fitness technology may sig- nal that the low-cost, DIY exercise trend is waning.” The survey was completed by al-
most 3,000 health and fitness profes- sionals worldwide and was designed to reveal trends in various fitness environments. According to the survey, the top 10
fitness trends for 2016 are: 1. wearable technology
2. body weight training 3. high-intensity interval training 4. strength training 5. educated and experienced fitness professionals
6. personal training 7. functional fitness 8. fitness programs for older adults 9. exercise and weight loss 10. yoga
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