- New research has revealed the most sought-after fitness trends as we enter 2025
- There was a 414% increase in searches for remote personal training between July and September last year.
- Other big winners include Hyrox and the viral 30-30-30 TikTok challenge.
A new study into the top fitness trends we can expect to see in 2025 has revealed a staggering increase in searches for remote personal training, as well as popular new fitness trends like Hyrox and the viral TikTok 30-30-30 challenge.
Data collected by UK fitness outfit PureGym analyzed Google search interest for more than 200 fitness trends, comparing interest between July and September 2023 to July and September 2024.
While artificial intelligence, smart tech and biohacking might have been expected to be the buzzwords of 2024 and beyond, the biggest surge of interest is in old-fashioned personal training, fueled by a relic of the pandemic : the humble Zoom call.
Could remote connection save personal training?
When you look at the rapid advancement of technology and fitness, it’s hard not to imagine that 2025 could be the year that sees an avalanche of AI-powered apps, smart rings and biohacking that could make the personal trainer obsolete.
Why would the average person spend money on expensive hourly training when they can rely on apps and algorithms? The best fitness apps, like PUSH, can use AI to provide progressive overload tracking and comprehensive fitness plans to help you build muscle and burn calories.
Perhaps the power of remote technology could remove physical barriers to personal training, such as travel costs or required access to an expensive gym. It makes training more flexible and means trainers can work with anyone in the world, not just the local gym. It could be an obvious and easy solution as personal trainers try to keep up in a world increasingly driven by technology and personal algorithms.
As mentioned, the other big emerging trends appear to be Hyrox, the popular fitness competition that combines running and functional training, as well as TikTok’s 30-30-30 trend. The latter is the hilariously simple (yet effective) art of consuming 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up, before engaging in 30 minutes of low-intensity exercise, a method first promoted in the 2010 book The Four Hour Body.
