"The yoga folks surprise me every year," says Thompson, the survey's author and fitness trend expert. He thought yoga would've gone the way of Pilates, quickly dropping off the top 20 list. But people who promote yoga, he says, have figured out ways to get new people to try it. Whether it's Bikram yoga or power yoga, "they reinvent themselves so it continues to be popular."
- Body Weight Training
- High - intensity interval training
- Educated, certified, and experienced fitness professionals
- Strength training
- Personal training
- Exercise and weight loss
- Yoga
- Fitness programs for older adults
- Functional fitness
- Group personal training
- Worksite health promotion
- Outdoor activities
- Wellness coaching
- Circuit training
- Core training
- Sport - specific training
- Children and exercise for the treatment/prevention of obesity
- Outcome measurements
- Worker incentive programs
- Boot camp