2022 Fitness Trends
Justin McCarthy-Contreras
Published October 6, 2022
December and January mark the end and beginning of the calendar year. The holiday season reminds us to review goals we achieved or didn’t succeed in the past 12 months. Health and fitness are categories to be proud of. Losing a goal doesn’t stop yearly incentives. Let’s not wait the next 3 months to change. Find new or older trends to try again. Start before the holidays!
Prior to the new year, Mente Soul has maintained and gained strength with minor injuries. The motivation to obtain goals is high as steps taken, bring me closer to an objective after muscles recover.
Mente Soul is among many people who look forward to a mission. Others, however, lose inspiration from the new year blitz. By Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays many may feel defeated. Learn trends that might interest you to try and finish 2022 advancing towards improving health and fitness.
Gym Facility
The COVID-19 pandemic created restrictions which left many finding other places for workouts. Home gyms rose in popularity along with online workouts to stay inside. The facility changes were only temporary as there are now many attending these gyms again. Some may go to a gym to train the body, but the temporary closure during the start of COVID-19 pointed out social awareness. Discussing events or exercising with friends is entertaining and brings many to fitness facilities.
Group Fitness Classes
Group exercise adds entertainment to exercise when bored with a fitness routine. Gyms and fitness studios offering barre, indoor cycling, and dumbbell workouts were all affected. Along with other public areas, group fitness studios opened their classes with much fewer restrictions than in 2019.
Outdoor Workouts
Removing typical fitness gyms from the routine encouraged people to find new or old sports such as pickleball to practice. From sports to activities such as hula hoops, the outdoors is open to any exercise. It’s easy to forget the free public equipment available in parks and playgrounds. Ask friends and family about any places you aren’t familiar with to try an outdoor practice.
Online Classes
The start of COVID-19 pandemic began in 2019. The major safety restrictions to attend public spaces such as gyms prompted increased access to online fitness. Beginners to advanced users discovered studio classes and YouTube workouts to follow from the convenience of their homes. Online workouts are here to stay in 2022 as an alternative to gym facilities and studios.
Mental Fitness
The pandemic impacted news media outlets to release more articles about mental health than the previous years. Remaining in a house without much public interaction reintroduced the significance of socialization. Gyms and studios reopening signal places for social community and physical workouts.
HIIT
Adding a new habit is difficult for anyone accustomed to their daily routine. High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) became popular with the idea you can burn calories at a faster rate than regularly resting after each set. This trend’s popularity will continue with the restoration of previous workouts.
Low Impact Exercise
HIIT exercises are not for everyone, nor should they be consistent workouts throughout the week. Avoid tendon and ligament pain and inflammation. Trying new equipment for a different workout is likely from a change in environment or boredom with exercises performed weekly. Give low impact exercises a try before losing interest from watching another person do them. An open body grows and a closed one plateaus.
Examples of low impact include rowing machine cardio, pilates, or resistance band exercises. Modify workouts by mixing ordinary and unusual fitness types. For instance, before three sets of tricep extensions with a dumbbell, use a resistance band to warm up the muscles required for repetition. Low impact is useful for the body because weight amount doesn’t always determine a muscle’s strength.
Sources:
McColl, P. (2021, December 28). 11 Fitness Trends for 2022. ACE Fitness. https://www.acefitness.org/resources/pros/expert-articles/8025/11-fitness-trends-for-2022/
Gina. (2022, January 20). Fitness Trends for 2022. Fitnessista. https://fitnessista.com/fitness-trends-for-2022/