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Wanting to start an amazing fitness routine in 2025? Want to make sure that this year you stick to your resolution and get the results you want?
Each year, different types of fitness can trend in popularity. Keep reading to see which ones topped the list and how to add it to your exercise routine.
Which one will you add to your life in the new year?
Utilize wearable technology
Wearable technology has exploded over the past few years. Some examples of these include: The Oura Ring, Fitbit watches, Garmin or Apple watches, or even continuous glucose monitors (CGM).
We are gaining more and more ability to see the details of how the body is functioning on a detailed level. This can help your fitness goals by tracking heart rate, calories burned, quality sleep and more. All of these factors play into your fitness ability.
CGMs can aid your fitness by preventing fatigue due to decreased blood glucose, improving workout recovery and more.
Fitness trackers and smartwatches can help with accountability of fitness goals as these devices usually have a component where users can participate in fitness challenges. This could be with other users or with friends and/or family.
Older Adult Fitness
If you’re 60 or older, exercise and mobility is so important for your quality of life. As you age muscles and bones weaken, making you more susceptible to injury. When you continue to exercise you can reduce the risk of this happening.
There are so many other great benefits to fitness in your older years. These things include: better sleep, less anxiety, and lower blood pressure.
Fitness can also give longer-term benefits like reducing the risk of Alzheimer's and dementia, reducing the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes; reducing weight gain; cancer prevention; and allowing people to live independently for longer! (1)
Start small and simple, activities like low-impact cardio, yoga, and resistance training for seniors. A 15–20-minute walk, 2-3 times a day is all you need to start seeing some of these benefits!
Exercise for Weight Loss
We all have heard the two major components of losing weight include: eating right and working out. Calories in and calories out may be a simplistic way to explain the process of losing weight, but it cannot be denied that both of these things must exist!
To exercise for weight loss, the most important thing is to move your body in a way you love! If you start a fitness plan doing something that you do not enjoy, you will likely not stick with it. The best exercise routine is pointless if you do not do it!
Basic walking is one of the best exercises you can do for weight loss. In this study, researchers took obese participants through a 12-week walking program and compared them to a control group.
At the end of the 12 weeks, the walking group reduced their fat tissue and decreased their fasting glucose levels. This all occurred from moderate walking 3 times a week for a total of 50-70 minutes!
Other types of exercise to incorporate that could help you lose weight include jogging, cycling, weight training, swimming, or interval training (2).
Weight loss medications have also become quite popular over the last couple of years. To learn more about losing weight with the help of GLP-1s, read our other articles:
Include Strength Training
Benefits of strength training include increasing your metabolism, reducing body fat, and increasing lean muscle mass.
You don’t have to do this type of exercise every day to see results. Just 2-3 times a week for 20-30 minutes can impact your weight loss!
Before starting any workout, be sure to stretch and warm up. Then begin with simple movements like squats, lunges, pushups, glute bridges and tri-cep dips.
All of these movements can be done without any weights or dumbbells. For more resistance and challenge add weights to these simple movements. You can simply use soup cans or try these dumbbells.
Focus on Mental Health
We know that health is more than just your physical strength or a number on a scale. The focus of our mental health is continuing to grow in popularity and should be a main component of our health and wellness journeys.
To gain a holistic approach to fitness and health, be sure to work on your mental health as well.
This can easily be a part of your fitness routine by trying workouts that combine mindfulness or meditation to it. Types of exercise like yoga, barre, or tai chi.
In addition to exercise, there are many ways to focus on improving your mental health by decreasing stress, anxiety, and depression. Look at our blog for easy 5 minute wellness activities.
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Health Coaching
Health Coaching will continue to be a popular health service for 2025. Health Coaches allow personalized support tailored to each individual need. They act as your guide, accountability and cheerleader along your health journey.
At Idaho nutrition our Health Coaches are also licensed Dietitian-Nutritionists, so you can feel confident that your coach has the training and expertise required to guide your wellness journey in a way that will support your long-term health.
Take a look at how health coaching can help you reach your health goals in the new year.
What Will Your Fitness Resolution Be?
As the holidays are upon us, the time for New Year resolutions is not too far away. If fitness falls into your goals for 2025, there are many ways you can stay healthy next year.
Wearable technology offers a way to monitor your heart rate, oxygen, sleep, calories burned, and more to optimize your fitness routine.
It can also provide motivation to reach your goals and keep you accountable.
If you are older than 60, fitness is still so important to your quality of life. Simple movement, like walking, can improve so many facets of your life.
Weight loss continues to be a popular goal for many Americans. Consistent exercise that you can do every day has the greatest impact on your weight.
Strength training will continue to be important for many in the next year, as it boosts your metabolism, reducing body fat while increasing lean muscle mass. Aim for 2-3 strength training workouts a week for the best results.
And lastly, mental health continues to be of utmost importance to overall health. Incorporating meditation or mindfulness into your exercise routine will help reduce stress and anxiety.
So, what will you be changing about your fitness routine in 2025? Comment below to let us know.
Whatever your goals are for the new year, working with a coach or registered dietitian at Idaho Nutrition improves your chances of being successful. Contact us today to get started!
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