the fitness trends that have made an impact in 2022

The fitness industry in the UK is now worth a staggering £1.58 billion. It has grown considerably over the past decade as people look to improve their health and fitness through a variety of sports and activities. Whether it’s visiting the gym, joining a team or a club, or hiring a coach to help your performance, the fitness industry adds real value to people's lives.

The industry is incredibly fast-moving with new trends and developments every year. 2022 has seen continued growth in some emerging trends and new ones along the way. Let’s take a look at the impact they’ve made.

The continued growth of wearable technology

For the past 6 years, wearable technology has dominated the list of fitness industry trends. These enable people to keep track of their activities, check their progress, access key performance data and share their success stories. They allow people to obtain information about their training, such as their speed, distance and heart rate. They can be great at motivating people to perform more consistently.

Whether it’s something as simple as an app on your phone, or vests that can monitor your heart rate, wearable technology is continuing to develop.

Working out at home

Another trend that has continued to develop over the last few years is home gyms. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, home gym equipment was never a huge market. This changed during lockdowns as people looked for alternatives to visiting the gym.

Growing numbers of people now train from home, with more technology and equipment coming online to make it more attractive. The equipment now available for home gyms can match that found in commercial gyms. With digital technology, people are now able to train at home with online coaching support and access to group sessions. Working out a home is no longer a solitary pastime unless you want it to be.

For many people, training at home is easier, more convenient and comfortable. With a large proportion of gym memberships going unused, home gym equipment can make it easier to work out more consistently. Perhaps a limiting factor in the growth of home gyms, particularly in the UK, could be a lack of space in busy family homes. But for those who have the space, a home gym can be a real game changer.

Getting outdoors

Alongside the growth in the home gyms, is a trend to getting active outdoors. The continued growth and success of Park Runs, and Boot Camp style events have their roots in the COVID-19 pandemic, but since then, they’ve continued to appeal to more people.

Boot camp style activities are instructor led, frequently putting people through high-intensity workouts often based on military techniques. These are social, and target all areas of the body, bringing real results as well as a strong sense of achievement. They are tailored to all fitness levels, with many people seeing rapid changes in their overall health and fitness. They have also grown in popularity in the corporate world, with groups of colleagues coming together to get fit and challenge each other as well as themselves.

Getting fit and active, challenging yourself, and enjoying some of the well-being benefits of being in nature are all key attractions of this growing trend.

Personal training

Since surveys of the fitness industry began in the early noughties, personal training has been a consistent feature in the trends lists. Over the years, it has gradually crept up those lists with personal trainers no longer being the preserve of people with large amounts of disposable wealth.

The personal training market continues to grow, with increasing numbers of people looking to work with a coach to help them improve their overall fitness, achieve their sporting goals, lose weight and develop as a person.

With individual training sessions, the person is motivated to achieve better results. The coach will understand training techniques to help them develop safely and consistently. Many gyms and fitness centres now offer personal training and coaching support, and coaches can be found online through portals such as MyKoach.

It’s never been easier to access high-quality, experienced coaching and one-to-one personal training to help you achieve your fitness goals and sporting goals.

A developing market

The fitness industry is an adaptable economic success story and one that looks set to continue growing over the coming years.

Through improvements in tech and how are lifestyles are changing, the fitness industry is constantly evolving and responding to the demands that are being made.

What will be the big trend of 2023?

Watch this space!