Fitness and exercise has come a long way since the days of Jane Fonda’s Leg Kicks and signing up to a Gym Membership. With so many high tech exercise gadgets, in home and outdoor options, there couldn’t be a better time to get motivated and become really fit.
With my crystal ball, here are my expert insider tips to what’s going to be fit for 2010.
Group Training and Bootcamps
2010 will see far more indoor and outdoor group activities and classes taking off. Last Summer I saw so many in parks training with personal trainers, group military style fitness sessions. Indoors there is still a lack of classes run which are independant of gyms, but more will spring up – hunt them down!
Dynamic Stretching and Breathing
Pilates and yoga style stretching such as Hot ‘Bikram’ yoga, to improve the posture of those who are slumped at a computer all day and help combat ever increasing stress levels
Mum and Baby Fitness
With childcare sometimes limited for some, fitness classes where you can take the baby are SO popular – few and far between due to the niche of qualified instructors in this area.
‘Functional’ and strength training
A missing link in many people’s exercise programmes. Forget just cardio - strength training is not just for the muscle bound, it tones you up and reduces the risk of osteoporosis. With a properly designed strength-training program, you'll burn calories (and fat) both during and after your workout.
Boxing fitness
Not just for the men! More ladies are taking part as they discover how great it is for working your abdominal muscles.
Core workouts without crunches
Pumping out endless rounds of sit-ups or crunches is a waste of time (and not to be advised if you’ve had a baby). Exercises that target your inner core muscles (where crunches don’t ) in all different directions mean you target all the layers of stomach muscle, a far more effective way of flattening your abs.
Dance
Due to the popularity of ‘Strictly come dancing’, ‘Dancing on Ice’, the remake of ‘fame’ and the deaths of icons as Patrick Swayze and Micheal Jackson there will be much more dance orientated exercise.
Fitness for the mind
I predict 2010 being the year many will take mental charge of exercising the mind as well as the body. Cognitive Behavioural therapy has proven very effective with combating anxiety and stress and boosting positive thoughts.
Small Group Training
Personal Training is no longer just for celebs!
Cheaper than a Personal Trainer and you get to socialise and sweat and motivate your friends. Electronic Gadgets and online tools
In 2009 we saw the demand for the WiFit, 2010 will see people grabbing for the Ki-Fit (not to be confused with Kit Kat). A new gadget that tells you every calorie you eat and what you are burning.
Ten minute circuit workouts.
Circuit training is considered ‘cool’ again, thanks to the fact it is super effective at slicing away body fat and getting quick results due to the intensity and challenge. Great for the time poor (most of us!). Moving quickly from one exercise to the other provides variety and the opportunity for the body to use multiple muscle groups – getting more bang for your buck. You can burn more calories in a good set of squats than in a 30 minute run.
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1 comment:
This list still applies for the coming year, I think. Since I'm a fan of physical fitness blogs, I'm really delighted when I saw this post. I'm like my sister, Jade, who loves to take care of her body through exercise routines. Now, she's living life to the fullest in Los Angeles. Rhinoplasty surgeons or Los Angeles nose surgery surgeons are the people she's been studying lately, since she plans to beautify her nose through surgery. She believes that diet, exercise and fair use of technology help her remain young-looking, beautiful and healthy.
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