According To Experts, Virtual Reality And Mobility Workouts Are Among This Year's Fitness Trends.
If you played pickleball, tried inline skating for the first time since your teens, or took part in a hot girl walk, you're likely to have some fun memories to show for your efforts. It is now time to look ahead to what will be of importance in the coming years as the new year has just begun. These are the top fitness trends predicted for 2023, as well as the workouts, recovery methods, training styles, and more you can expect to see.
VR Workouts
Working out in a drab basement gym is so last year. The market for augmented reality and virtual reality products and services is expected to reach $80.6 billion by 2029, and Apple is rumored to release a VR headset in 2023 as high-tech headsets and devices become more common. Thus, software companies continue to add apps that make exercising feel like a game. A variety of VR workouts have been released lately (both in terms of graphics and physical challenges, such as Beat Saber's slicing of music notes and The Climb's mountain climbing). One of the most affordable VR headsets on the market for starting your VR workout journey is the Meta Quest 2. The app seamlessly integrates with Supernatural, an app that provides scenic, hyper-realistic workouts.
Posture Workouts
As People are experiencing the side effects of weak postural muscles (e.g. tech neck or dowager's hump) and are seeking exercises to improve posture to enhance their comfort and ease of daily living. An excellent antidote to the WFH lifestyle, posture exercises to train and strengthen your erector spinae, transverse abdominis, and pelvic floor muscles, which support the spine and the lumbopelvic hip complex (the lumbar spine, pelvis, and hips). You can add this bodyweight move to your daily routine instead of the gimmicky posture trainers advertised on social media and late-night infomercials if you want to improve your posture.
Mobility Training
An important fitness trend for the year 2023 is the continued emphasis on mobility training, in addition to all the workout varieties that already make up a well-balanced fitness routine (think: strength training, cardio, and low-impact workouts). As a result of mobility training, you are able to safely move a muscle or group of muscles within a joint through a range of motion. Moreover, flexibility is not the only aspect of it. It is important to develop your mobility in order to improve your functional movement, prevent injuries, reduce pain, and have many other benefits. Sedentary lifestyles can cause injuries and muscle dysfunction, so mobility training will be essential to make sure your joints are fully functional and you are able to move freely.
Primitive Movement
A primitive movement is a movement that humans have been performing naturally for hundreds - even thousands - of years, such as crawling, lunging, reaching, and pushing. Avoid complicated exercises that are unrelated to real-life movements in order to save time and energy. In lieu of conventional training, think of primitive movement as a subcategory of functional training - that is to say, training your body to perform the movements that it must do on a daily basis. You can capitalize on this trend by including squats, deadlifts, bear crawls, and farmer carries in your workouts, which are really more of a back-to-basics approach than a fad when it comes to strength training.
Standing Abs Workouts
It is imperative that you keep your yoga mat rolled up because the latest trend in abs exercises has you on your feet. There is no doubt that standing abs workouts are becoming more popular (just take a look at the #standingabs hashtag on TikTok, which has more than 22.7 million views), and it's no surprise as to why. It has been proven that working your core while upright has a lot more benefits than your traditional sit-ups and crunches. A number of benefits are associated with this type of exercise, such as a better posture than supine movements (lying face down), the stimulation of more muscle groups (think: glutes, lower back muscles, and even your upper body muscles), and the prevention of injuries associated with poor pore balance, as reported in Shape previously. In order to challenge your core even further, you can add kettlebells or dumbbells to your workout. The fact is that people with larger chests may find it easier to do standing core workouts (plus they are more comfortable, too). To get a head start on the 2023 fitness trend, try this standing abs workout to get a head start on this trend.
Exercise as a Mental Health Tool
To put it mildly, the last few years have been difficult, and it has become important to find ways to prioritize mental health and self-care as a result. As much as facials and bubble baths are certainly part of the relaxation and recovery process, more and more people are turning to movement as a way to protect and enhance their mental health in order to enhance their quality of life. In fact, exercise is proven to be beneficial in reducing stress, alleviating depression and anxiety, improving sleep, and even improving the functioning of the brain as a whole. However, aside from the fact that exercise has been proven to have many physical benefits, the use of exercise will also continue to grow in popularity next year as a means of connecting with others, spending time alone, achieving personal goals, and increasing one's self-esteem, all of which are crucial for maintaining mental health, regardless of whether it's physical or mental.
An Overview
Similar to this, finding an activity that you are actually excited about doing and that makes you look forward to it just adds joy to the quality of life you lead - plain and simple. It's time to put an end to any pressure that makes you feel like you must exercise a certain way for it to "count," rather than trying to force yourself to power through a grueling HIIT session. One of the biggest fitness trends for 2023 is to move in a way that will make you feel good in your body and mind. Whether it's the thrill of hitting a punching bag non-stop or the joy of taking part in a lively cardio dance class, finding the type of exercise you like to do goes a long way in making you feel your best - whether you want to lose weight or not.
By Rashmi Goel
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