Kaleidoscope 2024, 6 Of The Most Interested Sports This Year Is A Reference For A Healthy Lifestyle

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JAKARTA - Towards January, you may have focused on determining a healthy life resolution for 2025. However, before deciding what activities you will do, try to revisit the list of the most popular sports throughout 2024, which VOI summarizes from Strava and ClassPass, Thursday, December 26.

ClassPass said that Pilates became the sport most ordered on an international scale in 2024. The number of election customers on the platform has increased by 84 percent since last year. ClassPass said in its report that the presence of social media and loyal followers were the main reasons why this sport was popular in 2024. The TikTok metric also supports this claim: A platform representative told TODAY.com that between 2023 and 2024, the hashtag #pilates experienced an increase of 105 percent in the number of posts.

The sports app Strava reports that weight training is the fastest growing sport among women in 2024. American College of Sports Medicine puts strength training in 5th place in the top 10 fitness trends in the world for 2025. Power training is not only important for people to build and maintain muscle mass. But it can also prevent injury and disease in the future. Research also shows that strength training can be very beneficial when women enter the periodiopause and menopause period. Obé Fitness's application noted that strength training on this digital platform has doubled by 10 times in 2024 compared to 2023.

ClassPass also reports that strength training has become a popular complementary exercise for Pilates, cycling, running, and boxing. Which appears as a complement to a balanced fitness routine.

High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a high intensity sport that only lasts 10-30 minutes. With this duration, HIIT is also one type of micro-workout. Although for a while, this sport is known to be effective in burning body and calorie fats. HIIT can also help maintain heart health and form muscle mass.

In general, HIIT exercises are divided into several sessions with the same movement. However, these movements are carried out in different intensities. On the sidelines of inter-session time, you can take a break for a moment to gather energy. Some examples of HIIT movements are plank, squat jumps, burpees, jumping jacks, and side lunges.

Running has also become a sports trend in 2024, especially with so many marathon events that are fun. This one sport does save many benefits for the body, ranging from increasing muscle resistance, maintaining knee strength, building physical fitness, to losing weight. In fact, running can also improve the atmosphere of the day so that your mental health is better maintained.

For beginners, start running at low speed first. Get used to yourself so that your body can run at stable speeds for a long time. No less important, wear good sports shoes so that you are comfortable running, so that you can prevent injury.

If you like intense, vibrant, and exciting sporting movements, try exercising a pound fit. The combination of music, cardio movements, and a special tool called Ripstix makes pound fit into fun and different exercises from others.

In this exercise, participants will use two sticks such as drums used to pat floors or air, similar to playing drums, but with body movements that combine strength and cardio exercises. One of the things that makes the pound fit so attractive is the atmosphere of a class full of energy and enthusiasm.

The next trend of sports in 2024 is walking. Walking may sound simple, but did you know that this sport has a myriad of tremendous benefits? This year, walking is back in trend because it is considered an easy and effective way to stay fit without having to leave too much energy. It's enough to spend 30 minutes to 1 hour every day, you can already feel the benefits for the health of the body and mind.