The annual survey is in its 11th year. This year more than 1,800 health and fitness professionals chose from 42 potential trends.
Here they are:
1. Wearable technology including activity trackers, smart watches and heart rate monitors.
2. Body weight training — It uses a minimal amount of equipment to remove barriers to access, and allows people to “get back to the basics” with fitness.
3. High-Intensity Interval Training — HIIT combines short bursts of high-intensity activity with short recovery periods. The workouts are often 30 minutes or less.
4. Educated and experienced fitness professionals — Selecting properly qualified fitness trainers to work with is of the utmost importance to achieving fitness goals in 2017.
5. Strength training — Strength training is an essential part of any training program.
6. Group training — Group programs are a motivational and effective way to workout.
7. Exercise is Medicine — A global initiative which encourages physicians to include physical activity in treatment plans.
8. Yoga — Yoga and its several forms will continue to be a popular workout in 2017.
9. Personal training — With more students majoring in kinesiology, the field should be inundated with trainers in the coming year.
10. Exercise and weight loss — A good weight loss regime incorporates nutrition and exercise to achieve its goals.
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