Well, it is the New Year already and now is the best time of the year to plan how you can make 2009 a successful year for your fitness. The obesity epidemic seems to grow each year with more Australians getter fatter, more lethargic and less healthy. What is more worrying is that this pattern is being mirrored in our youth. However, on a more positive note, I feel that 2009 will be host to several growing fitness trends that will provide the long-term answers to solve this ever-growing problem:
Fitness Trend #1: Fitness Boot Camps Will Rise, One-On-One Personal Training Will Fall
Fitness Boot camps are probably the hottest thing in the fitness game right now, especially in light of the current economic situation. Fitness clients are able to access personal training services in a unique and dynamic environment that provides better social support and accountability for only a third of the typical cost on one-on-one training rates.
Fitness Trend #2: Interval Training Destroys Aerobic Training For Improved Fat Loss and Fitness 100% Of The Time
High-Intensity Interval Training is rapidly gaining popularity as the best form of improving both fitness and fat loss. With interval training, the focus is on the intensity of exercise. Intervals consists of alternating between short bouts of all out high-intensity effort and active recovery periods for a much quicker and focussed amount of time. This approach is scientifically proven to burn nine times more fat AND lead to faster fitness improvements in fitness than the aerobic alternative.
Fitness Trend #3: Lean Protein and Fibre Are The Carbohydrate Addicts's Answer For Improved Health, Performance and Body Composition
The overwhelming scientific literature proving the fat burning benefits of a diet high in lean protein and fibre is finally catching the eye of mainstream consumers. Protein is the most important component of each and every meal or snack you consume. It builds and maintains muscle, allows your body to preferentially burn fat, increases metabolism through the thermic effect of feeding, and fills you up. Fibre helps slow digestion for a more steady supply of nutrients and sustained energy, it prevents overeating at each meal, and it helps keep you more full between meals. Thus by combining protein and fibre every two to four hours, you provide your body with the ultimate one-two belly fat burning punch for a leaner, sexier you.
Mireille Ryan PT, is a local Gold Coast fitness boot camp trainer. To book her to speak at your local company, club or organisation please contact her by email at myhealthguru@
