What are some of the hottest trends emerging in the fitness and health scene in 2013? Look for amped-up yoga festivals, CrossFit madness, green juices over coffee, and the year of the HIIT.
AFP RELAXNEWS
Bloggers and experts predict that CrossFit will become a household name in 2013.
What are some of the hottest trends emerging in the fitness and health scene in 2013? Look for amped-up yoga festivals, CrossFit madness, green juices over coffee, and the year of the HIIT.
For weeks, fitness bloggers and industry experts have been trendspotting for next year, and here is the best of the best on the horizon.
Functional training: Sure, it’s a fitness buzzword, but with most adults spending up to 20 hours a day sitting or sleeping, this technique targets a range of fitness needs in a short amount of time, says blog FoodandFitnessPro. Look for an upswing in classes such as TRX suspension training, P90X, bootcamp and kettlebell workouts, all designed to build strength for real-world activities.
Juice is king: According to Well+Good NYC, juice is the new coffee. Juices are a $5 billion business in the US and are expected to grow by 4 to 8 percent a year, according to Barron’s. Brace yourself for boutique juice shops and high-end urban cafes cold-pressing produce.
HIIT – or high-intensity interval training: The buzz over HIIT is only going to get stronger next year, bloggers say, as the principle of short, quick, intense workouts gets applied to everything from track drills to swimming to push-ups.
CrossFit craze: CrossFit hit the global mainstream with its hellish workouts done in short, intense bursts. But soon most everyone will chatting about WODs as the brand expands even further next year. CrossFit’s full product line and Reebok-backed annual competition on ESPN2 only reinforces the brand that much further.
Fitness studios go online: A slew of fitness brands in New York, such as Barre 3 and Physique 57, have introduced online workouts, and that trend is expected to expand, allowing people around the globe to partake in hot new classes. The concept — pay for a live class or may a monthly fee for unlimited access — is the business model of choice for cult-like celebrity trainers Mary Helen Bowers (Ballet Beautiful), Simone De La Rue (BBS TV), and Terri Walsh (ART Virtual Studio).
Yoga festival overload: While the Yoga Journal Conference is the “mother of them all,” writes Well+Good NYC, Wanderlust yoga-music festivals have grown to include six annual festivals, including events in Oahu, Chile, and Whistler. Also urban pop-up versions will likely blossom, and regional festivals are predicted to expand. Even Burning Man in California, a week-long music and art festival for the raving masses, has added yoga.
Wacky 5K races: This year zombie mania has expanded to fitness, with undead zombies chasing down participants in a series of 5K obstacle courses dubbed Run for Your Lives. Also Color Run 5Ks races — in which runners wear white T-shirts and get doused in colored powder-paint along the course — have swelled in popularity in the US and have expanded to Australia. Some bloggers are predicting events such as a Hunger Games themed obstacle race springing up in 2013.
