Take off your fitness tracker and remove your headphones. In a world where our workouts are dominated by data and electronics, it’s ironic that the latest trend is for the simplest retro gadgets that promise maximum results. For its annual survey of worldwide fitness, the American College of Sports Medicine consulted more than 4,000 fitness professionals around the world and asked them to look beyond gym hype and predict the lasting fitness trends of this year. The findings, published in the Health & Fitness Journal, suggest that this will be the year we ditch excessive workout technology. And the exercise accessory of the year is likely to be the skipping rope.

Source: The Times January 27, 2018 00:11 UTC