ACSM (The American College of Sports Medicine), the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world conducts an annual fitness survey with clubs and leading fitness experts worldwide. This survey results in a widely anticipated list of the top 25 trends in the fitness industry. ACSM is careful to point out that they are identifying trends and not fads which they define as a fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period. On the other hand, a trend has is described as a general development or change in the way that people are behaving. They are clear that they are not attempting to evaluate equipment, gear, tools, apparatus, or other paraphernalia that may suddenly appear at clubs or during late-night infomercials!

Our eMbody Fitness team has spent 18 months developing the eMbody concept including our programming, design and determining the quality standards of what we would offer.  We are pleased to see that our direction is in keeping with the top trends of the industry. As always however, our most important “trendsetters” are our members. We want to hear about your interests and ideas about how to make the club better.  We are here to listen to you and our motto is to say "YES" when we can. 

Here are the worldwide fitness trends for the past four years including the upcoming year of 2010:

Click here to enlarge

Click here to enlarge