The American College of Sports Medicine named its top 10 trends for fitness in 2017.
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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