The Five Alternative Dance-Inspired Trends to Try Out
by Laura Forsyth | 3rd February, 2023 | Fitness
Looking for fun ways to stay fit? You don’t need to be an expert to get started with dance fitness; it’s simply about moving your body and having fun – all while getting fit. Dance wear experts at BLOCH have revealed the fun fitness trends to look out for to stay active, including virtual reality workouts.
1. VR Fitness
After originally taking off across the other side of the pond, with search interest increasing by 317% last year, virtual reality workouts are starting to become more popular in the UK.
A very new age way to get fit, users with a virtual reality headset, such as the Meta Quest 2, can download various fitness apps to play games and do workouts from the comfort of their own home.
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2. Barre
Brits searching for Barre fitness has gone up by 134% in 2022, showing this low impact, strengthening workout is growing in popularity. Barre workouts are a blend of yoga, Pilates, and ballet, with many health and wellbeing benefits, such as increased strength, balance and posture, as well as helping to alleviate stress.
3. Jazzercise
Experiencing heightened of levels of interest in the UK, Jazzercise looks like it will be making a big comeback. First invented in 1969 in Illinois by student, Judi Sheppard Missett, it blends jazz dance, Pilates, kickboxing, resistance training and yoga in fast-paced, energetic routines that are designed to improve endurance, strength and flexibility.
4. Pilates
Search interest for Pilates peaked in 2022, the highest search interest since 2010, almost doubling since the start of the year (up 92%). First invented by German personal trainer, Joseph Pilates, in the early 20th century, it is now practiced all over the world.
5. Zumba
Whilst Zumba isn’t a new trend, it is experiencing a significant peak in search interest in the UK, up by 200% in the last year. This dance workout involves cardio and Latin inspired dance, having been founded in 2001 by Colombian dancer and choreographer, Beto Pérez. By 2019, it had 15 million weekly participants across 180 countries, which could well go up.
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All data from UK Google Trends with article contribution from BLOCH.