Power Your Body

With these hot new fitness trends.

- Swapnil Hazare 

The fitness world is an ever changing one. New trends emerge and garner support from a bunch of enthusiasts. ‘Variety is the spice of life’, is the adage that works for various industries like fashion and hospitality and is for the fitness industry as well. It is no longer a need, but considered an obligation for one’s body. With the changing working patterns of office goers, fitness centres, too, innovate and introduce workouts that are effective and fun.

1. POWER TRAINING / BARBELL TRAINING

This involves high intensity weightlifting that includes the Olympic weightlifting movements. A person is exposed to different explosive techniques that were once considered advanced training meant for elite athletes and power lifters. This training requires an Olympic barbell and a few weight plates.

There is a huge demand for such workouts as they build strength, and size to your muscles. They are high intensity and challenge your body on different planes as compared to traditional gym exercises as the movements are compound involving more muscles, thereby rapidly increasing the heart rate and helping to burn more calories. They include Olympic movements like the snatch, deadlifts, clean and jerk and push press, etc. These movements require a good base level strength and good mobility in the joints, and such workouts should be done under the watchful eye of an experienced professional trainer.