So it seems that whilst high intensity training generates initial popularity, people don't seem to be able to continue with it, as there can be high levels of injuries associated with these sports. However yoga, being more along the therapeutic modality offers people more of a chance to heal their injuries as well as provide a mental, physical, and emotional workout. So whilst trends are cool and exciting, to sustain and live a continuous and healthy life, it seems that incorporating yoga into your lifestyle might just be the way to go!
Every year the American College of Sports Medicine publishes it's Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends, and given the amount of trends that have come up the last couple of years: Zumba, Crossfit, Calisthenics training, Pilates and much more, it seems that yoga is here to stay. These two separate articles "Yoga Wins As Top 20 Lasting Fitness Trend" and "How Will You Work Out When Crossfit is No Longer Hip?" both discuss the trends that have come and gone, whilst listing the ones which are here to stay, and the one with the longest 'trend' is yoga.
"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."
"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
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