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Top Fitness Trend for 2017 is Wearable Technology
The top 10 fitness trends for 2017 are:
1. Wearable Technology: includes activity trackers, smart watches, heart rate monitors and GPS tracking devices.
2. Body Weight Training: Body weight training uses minimal equipment making it more affordable.
3. High-Intensity Interval Training: HIIT programs, which involve short bursts of activity followed by a short period of rest or recovery, are usually performed in less than 30 minutes.
4. Educated and Experienced Fitness Professionals
5. Strength Training 6. Group Training
sumers using technology to collect daily health metrics. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has announced its annual fitness trend forecast and, unsurprisingly, exer- cise pros say wearable technology will again be the top fitness trend in the coming year. The results were re- leased in the article “Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2017” published in the November/December issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal. “Technology is now a must-have
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in our daily lives. Everyone can easily count steps taken or calo- ries burned using a wearable de- vice or a smart phone,” says Walter R. Thompson, Ph.D., FACSM, the lead author of the survey and associate
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on’t leave home without your fitness tracker? If so, you’re part of a rapidly growing segment of con-
dean in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University in Atlanta. “The health data collected by wearable tech- nology can be used to inform users about their current fitness level and help them make healthier lifestyle choices.” Now in its eleventh year, the sur-
vey was completed by more than 1,800 health and fitness professionals world- wide, many certified by ACSM. Forty- two potential trends were given as choices, and the top 20 were ranked and published. “Body weight training, high-inten-
sity interval training (HIIT), and edu- cated, certified and experienced fitness professionals also remained highly ranked on the survey,” says Thompson. “These trends reflect continued strong consumer interest in strength training and functional fitness.”
7. Exercise is Medicine®. Exercise is Medicine is a global health initiative focused on encouraging primary care physicians and other health care providers to include physical activity when designing treatment plans for patients and referring their patients to exercise professionals.
8. Yoga 9. Personal Training 10. Exercise and Weight Loss
ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal is an official publication of the American College of Sports Medicine. Visit
www.acsm-healthfitness.org for more information. This journal is available from Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at 1-800-638-3030.
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