The Best Bodyweight Workout of All Time >Īthletic apparel and running retailers have offered free in-store classes and local group runs for a while, and why not: It’s a great cross-promotional opportunity with local fitness clubs and breeds brand loyalty. “Think exercises like muscle-ups, handstands, front and back levers, planche, along with more freestyle moves like 360’s, neck holds, and spins,” says Chris Cooper, personal trainer and owner of Active Movement and Performance in Long Island, NY.
There’s even a World Calisthenics Organization, founded just a few years ago, that now hosts the Battle of the Bars, a baddass gymnastics-like competition showcasing the strongest, most agile bodyweight athletes on earth, demonstrating their skills at lifting, holding, and hurtling their bodies on an adult jungle gym. “You’re now seeing a return to more ‘basic’ bodyweight movements that, when programmed smartly, are super effective and creative,” says Mike Donavanik, a celebrity trainer based in Los Angeles and fitness instructor. Not that pushups, situps, and pullups ever really went out of style-they just never were stylish, until now. Good ole bodyweight training is making a huge comeback, according to the fitness experts surveyed in the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual fitness trends poll. “Just because the workout is in a group setting, doesn’t mean it will not be a great workout that can get you the results you want.” “I see more and more men seeking these total conditioning workouts, and not just one where they can “bulk up,” which many group fitness classes provide,” says Robert Aguirre, Orangetheory Fitness’ regional trainer for the Houston market. So far, Polar Club classes can be found in over 200 gyms and other locations nationwide. Heart-rate monitoring pioneer Polar launched its Polar Club program in 2015 as a solution for gyms to include start-of-the-art heart-rate training in group fitness classes, enhancing their value. Similar boutique facilities from coast to coast include Afterburn Studio in Rocklin, CA and ZONE5 Fitness in Boston, MA. Orangetheory fitness has exploded across the country, capitalizing on the popularity of combo workouts with sessions including bouts of indoor rowing, treadmill training, and weights. A number of boutique studios and even mainstream gyms provide all participants with a heart rate monitor to encourage zone-training. The craze to listen to your heart extends beyond personal monitoring and into the fitness classroom. Hit Your Maximum Heart Rate to Boost Your Metabolic Rate > The new Microsoft Band 2 even includes a barometer for measuring changes in elevation, and a UV sensor to alert you to put on sunblock. Indeed, Garmin, Polar, and TomTom have added activity tracking to their new running watches, as fitness tracker companies like Fitbit have worked in the athlete-focused GPS capabilities. Heart-rate monitoring and GPS are becoming as mainstream as step counters and accelerometers. With so much demand, the race is on for manufacturers to get as many possibly sensors into a wrist-based tracker as possible to capture all sorts of biometrics. Worldwide sales of wearable devices went up 163 percent in 2015 over 2014, and is expected to keep climbing, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The 25 Biggest Fitness Fads of All Time > Here’s what we think will be hot in fitness for the coming year, and beyond. It's simple, really!Īnyway, I've just caught wind that the Freaky Friday remake is on ITV2 this afternoon so I'm going to see if I can work myself into a porky stupor before then and just dump the list right here.Fitness fads come and go (remember Shakeweight?), but the real trends show the evolution of exercise.
Then I totally disregard the results and rig them so a game I actually like wins. What follows is the rest of our list, compiled scientifically by getting Eurogamer's staff and contributors to let me know their top 10s in some sort of order and then totting up the votes to find the winner. We've already had our reader's top 50 games, where Uncharted 4 came out on top, and we crowned Overwatch our own game of the year. Some people like that kind of thing, I hear. There's one last day left before the new working year starts, I've still got a whole load of gammon and wine to get through and I don't think anyone can really be bothered to do anything, you know, proper, so if it's alright with you here's a list of games I've just copied and pasted.