Rewind 2024: A Look at the Biggest Fitness Trends of This Year

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A Brief Look at What Happened This Year in Fitness

Health and fitness dominated 2024, just like they have dominated the recent years. This time, technology emerged as a contributing factor to fitness, ranging from virtual reality (VR) to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here’s a look at the biggest fitness trends as 2024 comes to a close:

Wearable Tech 

Wearable technology devices, including smartwatches, heart rate monitors, and smart shoes, emerged as one of the biggest fitness trends this year. As per a recent report by Predence Research, the wearable tech market was already worth over $178.72 billion worldwide in 2024.

Fitness Apps

With more and more people becoming health conscious, there has been an increased use in subscribing to fitness apps. These apps are designed to help with exercise, other types of physical training, nutrition and diet. 

HIIT

High-intensity interval training, more commonly known as HIIT, is another longstanding fitness trend. A recent survey of industry professionals by the ACSM found that HIIT remained within the top 20 fitness trends, although it fell from 7th last year to 20th this year.

Diet

An important part of good fitness is a good diet. This year, the top diets included Mediterranian diet, plant-based diet, and low-carb and high-fat (LCHF) diet.