THE TOP 15 FITNESS TRENDS FOR 2023 The most popular fitness trends change every year. Compare the 2023 survey with last year’s post The Top 15 Fitness Trends for 2122. Here are excerpts from the 17th annual survey from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) authored by Walter R. Thompson Ph.D., FACSM published in its Health & Fitness Journal, Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2023: For the last 17 years, the editors of this Journal have developed and circulated an electronic survey sent to thousands of professionals around the world to predict trends in the health and fitness industry for...
THE TOP 15 TOP FITNESS TRENDS FOR 2022 Happy New Year! Happy 2022! The most popular fitness trends change every year. Compare the 2022 survey with last year’s post The Top 15 Fitness Trends for 2121,and the posts two years ago The Top 14 Fitness Trends for 2020 , three years ago The Top 12 Fitness Trends for 2019 and four years ago The Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2018. Online training went from the no. 26 trend in 2020 to the no. 1 trend for 2021, likely due to a shift in the fitness market from clubs to homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic....
TRY RUNNING—YOU JUST MAY LEARN TO LIKE IT I personally enjoy running—or should I say jogging. But most older adults I talk to, say that running or jogging isn’t for them with answers such as: I never enjoyed it when I was younger, why would I now?; it looks too physically exerting; I’m afraid I might hurt myself; I don’t have the time. I realized I wasn’t going to convince any of them—and perhaps you—just by smiling and saying running’s fun. But then I thought, maybe they’d listen to an “authority.” So I searched online and found this short April...
THE TOP 15 TOP FITNESS TRENDS FOR 2021 Happy New Year! Happy 2021! The most popular fitness trends change every year as you can see comparing this survey with last year’s post The Top 14 Fitness Trends for 2020 and the posts two years ago The Top 12 Fitness Trends for 2019 and three years ago The Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2018. However, the year 2020 was the most memorable in many of our lives including those in the fitness industry. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. Many health clubs are closed, or at the very best restructuring their...
KEEPING FIT DURING THE HOLIDAYS It’s been difficult enough for us to get in our exercise during this pandemic. Add holidays to the mix and most of us find keeping fit less of a priority during this busy time. It probably also has to do with colder weather keeping us inside, those hearty seasonal meals, and maybe adding in some holiday cheer. Heck, the gyms aren’t open and who wants to stick to a diet. Plus, you don’t want more stress and trying to keep to your usual workout program might do just that. Still, staying physically active will give...
SURMOUNTING FITNESS OBSTACLES Some 20 years ago, completely out of shape, I decided it was time to get fit. Yet, I kept finding reasons to not begin exercising: I was too busy, I thought the workout routines would be boring, I didn’t want to join a health club. But I finally conquered my fitness obstacles after I realized what was my biggest challenge: I didn’t want to exercise cooped up indoors. So I went outside and began to jog a little, starting off at a mile twice a week. Next, I tightened and oiled the chain and pumped air...
THE TOP 14 FITNESS TRENDS FOR 2020 The most popular fitness trends change every year as you can see comparing this survey with last year’s post The Top 12 Fitness Trends for 2019 and the post two years ago The Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2018. Here are excerpts from the new 14th annual survey from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) published in its Health & Fitness Journal, Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2020. For the survey, the authors identified 38 possible fitness trends for 2020 and received responses from more than 3,000 fitness professionals who ranked...
STRENGTH TRAINING MADE EASY Often enough, you’ve heard that us older adults need to engage ourselves in both aerobic (cardio) activities and strength (resistance) training workouts. For me the aerobic activities such as walking, jogging, biking, and swimming are more fun and I look forward to doing at least one of these every day. Strength training, on the other hand, is more of a challenge and I have to make myself perform a dose of these exercises a couple of times a week. On that note, I began looking around for a simple at-home routine that most of us could...
HOW’S YOUR FUNCTIONAL FITNESS? There are a variety of different workouts in which you can partake. Some are for strength training, some for aerobic (cardio), others for flexibility and balance like yoga & tai chi. And then there are workouts for what is called functional fitness. These exercises focus on your ability to perform everyday-life activities such as carrying groceries, getting up from the floor, walking up and down stairs, or opening heavy doors. Functional fitness exercises train your muscles to work together as in daily tasks at home or work or play. Examples of these are: A Squat, because...
THE TOP 12 FITNESS TRENDS FOR 2019 The most popular fitness trends change every year as you can see comparing this survey with last year’s post The Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2018. Here are excerpts from the new annual survey from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) published in its Health & Fitness Journal, Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends for 2019. For the survey, the authors identified 39 possible fitness trends for 2019 and received responses from more than 2,000 fitness professionals who ranked them on a 10-point scale, with 10 meaning it was most likely to be...
