Trend #3

People will make a dramatic shift towards a vegetarian lifestyle.

This will be the nutrition trend of the year.  Now I honestly don’t expect millions of men and women to become vegetarians overnight, but I do expect that 20 to 25 per cent of folks seriously interested in their health and fitness will adopt a vegetarian eating plan for at least one day of the week.  In 2010 more and more meat-related food illnesses will occur and healthy eaters will finally realize that mass-produced meat, even the stuff from “healthy” sandwich-franchise restaurants, can’t be that good for you.

In addition, more healthy eaters will discover the strain on resources that comes from producing excessive amounts of animal protein and more and more celebrities and fitness experts will prove to their fans and readers that a beautiful beach body can be achieved with much less animal protein (including whey shakes, burgers, eggs and steaks) than previously thought.

At the same time, there will be a wise and continued shift among healthy meat eaters to go the extra mile to get locally produced and grass-fed meats.  Unfortunately, far too many people will remain uneducated about the dramatic reduction in the quality of animal foods and will continue to suffer health problems and obesity from fast food.

Trend #4

Body part training articles, videos and books will be huge in 2010.

Meatheads, get ready!  It’s time to crawl back out of the caves and be loud and proud of your desire for bigger arms, a more muscular chest and yolk-like traps.  Generally when there is a movement to one extreme, we always see the pendulum swing back the other way.  In the past 5 to 10 years, bodybuilders have been like Rodney Dangerfield—“they ain’t gettin’ no respect.”  So this should be the year it all changes.  Flex magazine sales will probably go through the roof, more guys and gals will be caught curling in the squat rack and it will be okay again to be called a bodybuilder.  On the bright side here, these new programs will satisfy our guilty pleasure desires for pump-type workouts.  Hey, there’s a time and place for everything!

Trend #5

Trainers and fitness authors are going to create more age group targeted programs.

Whether or not this is necessary, we’ll see more and more books and trainers specializing in helping women over 50, men over 65, etc.  Now to be honest, with the exception of individual injury considerations, which apply to all ages, there really isn’t much difference in training someone for fat loss at age 30 or age 60.  However, on the bright side, every age group will now have access to more specific role models, tighter communities and peer-delivered messages that hit home stronger than ever.

Wow, What Else Will We See In 2010?

Those are just five of the top 10 trends we’ll see in the future of fitness.  Stay tuned for Part 2 where you’ll discover what’s hot in ab training, what’s new in workout equipment and a shocking revelation about high intensity exercise for fat loss.


Sources:
www.turbulencetraining.com
www.ttfatloss.com/burn-fat/fat-loss-programs-over-50/