Friday, November 16, 2018

ACSM Journal Highlights Top Fitness Trends for 2019


The recipient of a bachelor's degree in communications and French from Marquette University, Angelyn McSwain is an experienced market strategist and brand builder who has served in a marketing role with Flipboard since 2016. In her spare time, Angelyn McSwain is passionate about fitness.

For the past 13 years, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has released a list of the top fitness trends in its Health & Fitness Journal. The list is the result of data obtained through a survey of more than 2,000 health and fitness professionals worldwide across all multiple sectors of the industry, from commercial to clinical. For 2019, ACSM expects wearable fitness technology to be the top trend. It was ranked third in last year's list and spent the two previous years at the top. Dr. Walter R. Thompson, past president of ACSM, noted that one of the reasons for the resurgence of wearable technology could be due to manufacturers correcting past monitoring inaccuracies.

For the second straight year, group training was the second-ranked trend, while high-intensity interval training, older adult fitness programs, and body weight training rounded out the top five. Trends that fell out of last year's top 20 included core training, sport-specific training, and circuit weight training.

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