When it comes to staying fit, running is my go-to. It’s my “me” time, where I think about all the things. It relieves my stress, and it gives me that amazing high afterward. It’s pretty much been my main form of exercise for the last 10+ years.
I have dabbled in other things over the last decade though.
I’ve tried different forms of yoga: ashtanga, vinyasa, hatha, bikram, and yin yoga. And there was that time a friend and I tried SoulCycle. We enjoyed the 45-minute heart-thumping, spin-dancing class. Afterward, we went to the bar next door for beers, and never returned to SoulCycle again. Not because we didn’t like it, but because it was too expensive. We didn’t feel the cost of the class was worth attending on a regular basis. I also tried SoldierFit once — they partnered with an organization I work with, Girls on the Run, as part of a Women Empowerment series we put together.
Other than that, I haven’t done much else besides run.
I’m embracing diversity in my fitness now though. And for a little inspiration, I looked into the latest trends for this year.
The American College of Sports Medicine surveys thousands of professionals around the world each year to determine health and fitness trends. They released their results for 2019 late last year.
Here are this year’s predicted trends:
Running the States 