Trend #8

More fat loss programs will include jump training.

For over a decade, cutting-edge trainers have spoken up loudly for the need to include multi-muscle, total body, intense exercises in fat burning programs and in the last five years, we’ve seen a shift to doing as much bodyweight exercise as possible in order to get a lean, athletic physique.  Finally, jump training, the epitome of multi-muscle, intense, bodyweight exercise, is about to become more mainstream in fat burning programs.

Of course, jump training should only be done by those who are physically capable, but once that hurdle has been overcome, jumps can and should be used as a powerful, efficient way of working the body to burn calories, put turbulence on the muscles and possibly even light up the fire of the afterburn to consume fat and calories during the recovery period.

Trend #9

More people will be alerted to dangers of bad ab training.

Men’s Health dedicated an entire training section to the dangers of crunches and have printed more than one article with advice from Dr. Stu McGill, the world’s expert on using planks, side planks and bird dogs instead of crunches, but for some reason the world’s female fitness magazines still linger in the dark ages of crunches (and cardio, but that’s another story) and continue to give their readers bad advice on how to get great abs without hurting their backs.

But I truly believe this will be the year that crunches become passé, unless of course the body part specialization popularity rejuvenates the dead-end exercise known as crunches.  I guess this will be the fitness battle of the year.  Will crunches stay or will they go?  Here’s hoping this is the end of the line for that next-to-useless exercise.

Trend #10

No equipment will be the new equipment of the year.

Bodyweight training will have its biggest breakout year since it first started becoming popular back in 2004 and 2005.  Due to a tough economy and a decrease in time that people will have to workout, we’ll see more people abandoning traditional gym memberships and working out at home, in parks or even in hotel rooms without a single piece of equipment.

Plus, you’ll see innovative trainers, such as Adam Steer, Ross Enamait, myself and many others coming up with unique bodyweight programs, systems and techniques that you never would have expected could compete with traditional weight training.  For those folks that don’t rejoin the bodybuilding dark side (just kidding), you’ll see them pushing the envelope of how they can transform their bodies without a single piece of equipment.

Take Advantage Of New Fitness Trends

The smartest trainers will combine all of these methods, including the proven tactics from over the years plus the latest and greatest techniques to create the most effective workouts you could possibly have in the least amount of time.

It’s going to be you, the fitness enthusiast, who wins big time this year.


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