From creating home gym spaces to data driven enhanced fitness performance.
Following the extravagance of the recent festive session, you may be thinking of ideas to get fit and burn off that festive cheer! New ways to exercise come up all the time and these trends have changed considerably over the last decade. For example, we now know diet is extremely important when trying to get into shape, it's not just about exercising.
Therefore, ab buddy is pleased to share some new fitness trends for the year ahead:
1) Increased Number of Home Gyms
Following the uncertainty of the pandemic, exercising at home has become more prevalent and a natural habit for many of us. In fact, a recent survey from National Association of Home Builders’ noted that home gyms are now the second most popular “speciality room” requested by homebuyers, just behind home offices.
This benefits those working from home who like to workout at lunch breaks or after a long day.
2) Hybrid Gym/ Home Fitness Programmes
Traditional gym’s offer the social aspect to exercising, therefore, it is expected fitness enthusiasts will not only work out at home, but also go to the occasional gym class to keep up their social and mental wellbeing, plus stay motivated.
3) Data Driven Performance Enhancements
According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), data from exercising will become more widespread in 2022. Wearable technology such as fitness trackers and sensors will generate analytical data used to improve fitness performance.
Previously, only an experienced fitness coaches were able to make sense of this performance data, now algorithms can crunch this big data for you and provide user friendly adaptive workout plans so you can get fitter quicker.
4) Personalised Nutrition
Personalised nutrition is already mainstream, and this will continue to grow, trending in 2022. Nutrition will be focused on lifestyle or DNA analysis, with micronutrients being tailored to the individual’s requirements. The benefits of personalised nutrition consumption include; improve workout performance, cognitive functionality, and help combat deficiencies in your diet.
5) Bespoke Workouts
The Fitness Industry believe the top five new fitness exercises people are interested in at the moment are:
Weighted Hula Hoop
ZUU
Stroller Fitness
Reverse Running
Trapeze Classes
Interesting the weighted hula hoop exercising is focused on improving core strength which ab buddy is keen to support. Unfortunately, we won’t be stocking weighted hula hoops in the near future. However, ab buddy does have a wide range of other bodyweight core workout equipment. Please visit the ab buddy Store for more information.
In summary
While no one can predict the future, it’s clear that innovation, technology and consumer behaviour will continue to drive the fitness industry. As a shift towards sustainable fitness rather than get-fit-quick alternatives continues to rise, there are various opportunities within the industry to meet consumer demand. How the world approaches health and fitness will continue to evolve as we step into another year.
Good luck with your 2022 fitness regime and please feel free to follow the ab buddy social media sites (facebook, instagram, youtube and TikTok) for further fitness tips and techniques.
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