WORLDWIDE SURVEY REVEALS FITNESS TRENDS FOR 2008

A recently published survey in ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal listed the following as the Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2008. This survey recognized the difference between a "fad" and a "trend" based on the following definitions:

1. Fad. A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period; a craze (http://dictionary.reference.com)
2. Trend. A general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving (http://dictionary.cambridge.org)

The survey results based on trends, not fads:

   1.    Educated and experienced fitness professionals

   2.    Exercise programs for children to fight childhood and adolescent obesity

   3.    Personal training

   4.    Strength training

   5.    Core training

   6.    Special fitness programs for older adults

   7.    Pilates

   8.    Functional fitness

   9.    Swiss ball

   10.   Yoga

   11.   Excercise and weight loss

   12.   Spinning

   13.   Sport-specific training

   14.   Balance training

   15.   Group personal training

   16.   Outcome measurements

   17.   Comprehensive health promotion programming at the worksite

   18.   Reaching new markets

   19.   Worker incentive programs

   20.   Wellness coaching

Where applicable to our clientel, Bay View Fitness will endeavor to make available these options to assure the appropriate strength and conditioning offerings to make you feel and perform better.