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Top 5 fitness trends 2022 by the ACSM
As is customary each year, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has revealed what the 2022 fitness trends aim to be. There are significant changes, with practices that were diminished due to the effect of the pandemic.
But, with the arrival of vaccines and the moderation of the population, it has allowed the cases of COVID-19 to decrease. It is for this reason that trends that were fixed in the past return, in an attempt by people to return to their old normality.
Wearable or portable technology
Returning again to its usual place, we have Wearable or portable technology as the first trend imposed by the ACSM.
As we well know, wearable technology is all those smart devices that are integrated with the person's clothing. Also, they can be used on the body, thus being considered as one more extension of it.
Thanks to the evolution of technology, they are smart devices that have the characteristic of being versatile, light and with an excellent design. In addition to that, they provide real-time information on the health status of the wearer.
That is why they are considered the first trend for the year 2022, given their great ability to provide data on user conditions.
Thanks to that information, people can improve their next workouts, so that they are more effective. Thus, in the future, they will have short-term results thanks to more specific sessions.
One of the most common devices is the SmartWatch or even a sports watch, which by simply placing it on the wrist, measures different values of the person. Likewise, they count the steps and distance traveled, while linking with different applications to support entertainment during exercise.
In short, they are the ideal complements for any physical activity session, whether it is weight training or going for a run outdoors.
Exercise at home within the fitness trends 2022
One of the immediate effects of the pandemic was that people acquired habits related to physical activity. First, it manifested itself with outdoor jogs, bike rides, and group runs.
But, it seems that it was a provision that is here to stay, given that the ACSM positions it in second place in the ranking.
Its great impact was reflected in the number of products and machines related to the world of exercise that were sold during the last two years.
And if we add to that the ironclad fear that still wanders about the contagion of the new variants, people continue to choose to exercise at home.
In the same way, it was a scenario in which the big companies took the opportunity to launch all their material related to physical activity. This is how online fitness classes were born, which still allow people to do any type of training at home.
However, although there are training methods that do not require a lot of sports equipment, it is advisable to have enough equipment. Among the most important elements, the leagues, bands, ropes, rugs, balls and a couple of weights stand out.
Outdoor Fitness
The pandemic was responsible for altering the routine of all the people in the world, where one of the changes occurred in their exercise sessions.
Indeed, he brought as a product this discipline, so to speak, which has been established as one of the fitness trends of 2022.
Suffice it to see that, since its inclusion in the ranking in 2010, it had always remained in positions below the top 20. However, during the last two years, it has climbed positions, to the point of now being in third place.
Getting into the matter, one of the main advantages provided by outdoor fitness is that it allows the user to free himself from his routine. And it is that, it admits the incorporation of different training and exercises in each session, thus achieving different benefits.
One of them is the improvement of cardiovascular conditions, where oxygenation is increased by outdoor training.
Likewise, it is a practice that allows integrating other types of training, in order to achieve greater benefits. For example, outdoor fitness can be supplemented by yoga, while wearable technology is being used to record our health data.
free weight training
Considered one of the most traditional, it made it to the list in 2020, ranking fourth. After a bump last year, it has returned to the same place within the 2022 fitness trends.
It is the classic training that includes weights, with the aim of working the muscles more intensely. Recently, with the advent of exercise at home, many people have acquired a large number of bars, plates and dumbbells to train.
In turn, normality seems to be returning, and with it, the reopening of gyms that provide the ideal equipment for weight training.
Exercise to lose weight
The confinement derived from the pandemic brought with it a series of weight problems, directly related to the sedentary lifestyle used by people.
Such reasons would be the main reasons for the position scale of the training dedicated to weight control.
Among the most basic routines are cardiovascular exercises, which promote a broader loss of calories. However, losing weight is not only achieved with training, but must be accompanied by a good diet.
Let's not forget mental health
Although it is not within the ranking of global fitness trends for 2022 by the ACSM, mental health is still important.
In that sense, it is a factor that interferes with each of the processes that we carry out, including physical activity. They are even two disciplines that complement each other.
In other words, exercise and body workouts have mental health support among their benefits.
And it is that, in the end, health is not only based on the conditions of the body, but also involves the state of the mind. Everything, with the aim of achieving general well-being, which is indirectly part of the 2022 fitness trends.
