Thankfully, 2025 looks set to be a much more sensible affair in which trends that have grown over the past few years mature into the mainstream and arrive at gyms and studios near you.
Fraser Smith, founder and chief executive of London’s Vive Fitness, explains: “There is an overall shift towards health and longevity as people realise that performing training specific to your daily demands makes sense. For example, you can have muscular strength that has little day-to-day benefit. What’s the point of being able to chest press heavy weights but not being able to reach your shoelaces, or the top shelf of the cupboard? It becomes a matter of common sense. What is a better use of your time, and which has the better overall outcome in terms of how well you function physically?”
While lifespan refers to the length of your life, health span represents the number of years a person can expect to live in good health, free from chronic diseases, frailty, and debilitating conditions. It focuses on the quality of life rather than just the quantity of years.
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“People are [now] looking to use a variety of modalities to ensure everything from cardiovascular health to positive mental well-being, which will add quality of life to your later years rather than just some extra tough years to your life.”
Anthony Mayatt is a TRX (total resistance exercise) coach and owner of Breathe Fitness London. TRX is a form of suspension training that uses your body weight and gravity to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability, and is something we can do at any age.
Functional fitness
Functional fitness relates to a method of training in which exercise engages several muscle groups and mimics everyday movements to improve not only strength, but also balance and movement as well.
“For the majority of people, functional training is a better use of time, as it improves strength, cardiovascular health, movement range, coordination, general health and wellbeing.”
The rise of social-driven fitness is also illustrated by the growth in social sports like padel, which is like a hybrid between tennis and squash and played in doubles. Padel is widely considered the fastest growing sport in the world with more than 25 million players worldwide.
Omnifitness
‘Omnifitness’ was a buzzword at fitness industry conferences this year and the concept is filtering through to gyms and studios. Omnifitness describes combining traditional gym experiences with digital solutions. As an example, people taking the popular Blaze high intensity interval training (HIIT) classes at David Lloyd Clubs can wear Myzone activity monitors in-class, which are connected to screens to show effort levels.
2025 could be the year that Apple and Fitbit lose their grip on the wearable market. Smaller wearables such as Whoop wrist straps and Oura rings are taking market share. Smart rings in particular are growing in popularity as technology shrinks and allows more functions to be crammed into ever smaller devices.
Time efficient training and exercise snacking
From 45-minute HIIT classes that pack maximum effort into a short session to 20-minute EMS sessions that use electrical stimulation to fire up muscles, short bursts of exercise throughout the day instead of one long session are increasingly becoming popular with the time-poor.
For those looking to reduce training to 30 minutes, he advises setting clear goals, using whole body movements that activate multiple muscle groups, concentrating on quality slower movements over faster erratic ones, seeking professional guidance, and using tech such as apps and trackers to ensure time is maximised.
AI will also help recovery, as Steven Dick, director and co-founder of personal training course provider, The Fitness Group, explains: “Recovery technology will become even more sophisticated, offering personalised recovery plans based on biometrics and AI analysis. Wearable devices will monitor factors like muscle fatigue, hydration levels, and sleep quality, providing users with detailed recovery recommendations.”
Dance meditation
Michelle Dand, head of fitness programming at David Lloyd Clubs, explains: “Conscious dance means allowing your body to lead the movement rather than your head leading the movement. Our lives can be so overwhelming, and in a dance meditation class, you feel like you’re taking control of yourself again.”
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