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OPERATIONS
10 Top Fitness Trends in the New Year
By Vitisia Paynich

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s park and recreation professionals, you know there's nothing
like returning from the holiday break to find community members who are excited and determined to ring in the new year
with a healthy attitude and new fitness regimen. Of course, like
many people with New Year's resolutions, their enthusiasm remains high
during the early stages of starting a fitness program and gradually wanes
with each passing month.
So, how can park and recreation departments keep community members engaged and on the
path to a healthier lifestyle? Perhaps by introducing new fitness
programming for 2019! Recently,
the American College of Sports
Medicine (ACSM) conducted a research survey among thousands of
fitness professionals, via a digital
questionnaire, to gauge their predictions about potential health and
fitness trends. These findings were
published in ACSM's Health & Fit-

ness Journal (FIT).
Following are the Top 10 Fitness
Trends for 2019 that you might
want to consider incorporating into
your own recreation programming.

1. Wearable Technology
With so many different brands
and models on the market today, it's no wonder that wearable
tech - including fitness trackers,
smart watches, heart rate monitors and GPS tracking devices -
has remained on ACSM's trends

list since 2016. Recreation staffers could encourage those taking
fitness classes to track their daily
progress using these handy devices to keep them motivated and
to ultimately help them achieve
their fitness goal.

2. Group Training
What's the difference between
group training and group personal training? According to ACSM,
more than five participants qualify
as " group training. " While group
exercise training programs aren't
a novel concept for recreation departments, you can bring a fresh
look to the types of classes you
currently offer. After all, encouraging people to bring a fitness
buddy to class increases their likelihood of staying on the program.
From cardio-based classes, to spin
classes, to dance-oriented classes
- the sky's the limit.

3. High-Intensity Interval
Training (HIIT)
Although dropping from the No. 1
spot from last's year survey, HIIT
still remains among the top three
trends. ACSM describes a typical
HIIT workout as " short bursts of
high-intensity bouts of exercise
followed by a short period of rest. "
You can offer this programming
as 30-minute classes or longer.
ACSM, however, does acknowledge that some fitness professionals
warn about " potentially increased
injury rates using HIIT, " but also
points out that " this form of exercise has been popular in gyms all
over the world. "
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