What Fitness Trends Can We Expect In 2022?

Here are six fitness trends to watch out for in 2022 After an eventful 2020 followed by 2021, a year of awareness, change, growth and evolution, each of us have taken our learnings from these two years.

- Luke Coutinho

As we march forward and welcome a brand new year, we do not want this momentum to wane. Amongst the several shifts we have made in our living; the one unarguably is the way we perceive workouts. Workouts have evolved and in the coming year, we can expect them to evolve even more.

1. Home Workouts

During the pandemic, when all gyms and fitness centers remained shut entirely and masks became compulsory, many of us resorted to staying active within the comfort of our homes. So many of us are exercising from home, and this change will last. We realised that workouts do not have to happen in the gym. You can get a decent workout at home by including a variety of exercises like - bodyweight, rope skipping, stair climbing, fitness bands, kettlebells, provided you are disciplined enough to do it regularly and are creative to make it fun.

2. Doing less is more

A lot has been spoken about the consequences of being sedentary and underexercising But gradually, we are also realizing the serious consequences of over-exercising. Today, even science shows the relationship between over-exercising and low immunity, higher inflammation, more injuries, and slow recovery Overtraining can also strain our heart, just as much as undertraining can. This could also explain why so many young and middle-aged people, fitness enthusiasts with ripped bodies, are dying of sudden strokes and heart attacks. Unfortunately, this is not uncommon these days to hear about people losing their lives because of this and it might come across as a shock to all of us. But when you look at their lifestyles, they were probably going through some stress - emotional or physical.