What health/fitness fads from a few years ago have died out now?

Magenta

Was in a spinning class the other day and it occurred to me, there was a time when spinning was all the rage and the hot new thing. Now, it's still popular, but you don't hear half as much about it. I am wondering if Crossfit will go the same way in a few years. Hopefully that juicing detox rubbish will too.

Colonics were also very popular in the early 00s but you never hear much about them now! What else has all but died out?

Alf Veedersane

Magenta wrote: »

Colonics were also very popular in the early 00s but you never hear much about them now!

Went down the tubes...

Magenta

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Went down the tubes...

People realised it was just a load of ****e! :P

btkm8unsl0w5r4

for all the good colononics do you might as well shove them up your arse

papu

Crossfit won't disappear the same way planet fitness, detox teas and online trainers aren't going anywhere. There's still a market for it.

LuckyLloyd

Well Crossfit is just Strength and Conditioning training. It's really just a rebranding and repackaging of training methodologies that have always existed. Barbell lifts; gymnastics; conditioning is never going to go out of fashion, and you're always going to have some level of demand for proper training utilising one or all of them at the same time.

Alf Veedersane

Spinning is still popular. It's just not new anymore so you don't hear about it.

Thud

Tae Bo

Penny Tration

High carb + low fat diet. Thank fook

Zillah

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Well Crossfit is just Strength and Conditioning training. It's really just a rebranding and repackaging of training methodologies that have always existed. Barbell lifts; gymnastics; conditioning is never going to go out of fashion, and you're always going to have some level of demand for proper training utilising one or all of them at the same time.

Don't forget the bizarre and terrifying cult-like atmosphere.

Hanley

The last few decades of fads...

Bodybuilding > Aerobics > "Functional" Training > CrossFit > Powerlifting > Weightlifting

...in order of appearance.

Weightlifting is still to come, it's kinda started, but it's the next logical follow on.

LuckyLloyd

Zillah wrote: »

Don't forget the bizarre and terrifying cult-like atmosphere.

I'm sorry, hadn't noticed it myself down where I train!!

Gummy Panda

Hanley wrote: »

The last few decades of fads...

Bodybuilding > Aerobics > "Functional" Training > CrossFit > Powerlifting > Weightlifting

...in order of appearance.

Weightlifting is still to come, it's kinda started, but it's the next logical follow on.

Haha I was about to post oly lifting will be new fad. I've already seen it been mentioned on other sites.

Gummy Panda

Zillah wrote: »

Don't forget the bizarre and terrifying cult-like atmosphere.

You only see Americans doing that crap on YouTube. They always want to be apart of a community

"I got the iPhone 6.. I'm so happy to finally be a member of the apple community"
"I joined a cross fit box... Blah blah blah"
"I gained 200lbs. I'm so excited to finally accept myself and be apart of the HAES/body positive community"

In fact has any of that HAES/body positive nonsense reached Joe Soap in Ireland?

Transform

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Haha I was about to post oly lifting will be new fad. I've already seen it been mentioned on other sites.

yup all you need is a €200 pair of shoes and in every video say you're new to this so thats why your form is a load of crap - this is coming from someone that considers himself only slightly less **** at oly lifting after about 5yrs.

Transform

Magenta wrote: »

Was in a spinning class the other day and it occurred to me, there was a time when spinning was all the rage and the hot new thing. Now, it's still popular, but you don't hear half as much about it. I am wondering if Crossfit will go the same way in a few years. Hopefully that juicing detox rubbish will too.

Colonics were also very popular in the early 00s but you never hear much about them now! What else has all but died out?

paleo has died out.

If you didnt get the memo - those at the top of the paleo education have backed off on their hard line approach

carbs aint all that bad if you're lean enough and active enough to need lots of them

WHIP IT!

The whole TRX thing seems to have, predictably, died on it's a*se in double-quick time...

Grays Sports Almanac

Jenny Thalia wrote: »

High carb + low fat diet. Thank fook

That's not really a fad though. It's tried and tested for a lot of body builders.

It's just one of the ways to skin a cat.

Big Ears

Probably a good few years since they were popular now, but vibration plates thankfully seem to be a thing of the past.

rubadub

Transform wrote: »

paleo has died out.

I see "paleo" on menus in the last few years, takeaways doing paleo stuff and specifically calling it that, and more low carb options with no buns etc.

Jogathon

Line dancing...anyone remember all the aul ladies dressed in cowboy boots and ten gallon hats in the pub on a Monday night. They danced their socks off to Cotton-Eye Joe and they were delighted with the work out!!

Transform

rubadub wrote: »

I see "paleo" on menus in the last few years, takeaways doing paleo stuff and specifically calling it that, and more low carb options with no buns etc.

No the Paleo concept not the commercial application has died out - now the pAleo template

Alf Veedersane

Hard work.

Stench Blossoms

Juicing is the new slim fast.

It needs to die.

Gummy Panda

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Juicing is the new slim fast.

It needs to die.

I think cycling is the next big thing

puntosporting

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Juicing is the new slim fast.

It needs to die.

Agreed!
Its getting to the stage if your not juicing your an eejit where I train...

deadlybuzzman

I thought juicing was a thing 10 or 15 years ago?

Transform

also gymnastics and its related skills will continue to and have seen a massive upsurge

Stench Blossoms

It's all cold press this and cold press that. Spirulina this and wheatgrass that.

Ugh just eat the goddamn fruit!

Cuddlesworth

Doesn't juicing mean steroid use?

I don't think crossfit is going anywhere. It might reach saturation and contract but its filled a gap in the market with no real competitors.

I can see pure gymnastics and Oly weightlifting getting a boost from its popularity if they haven't already.

Zillah

Gummy Panda wrote: »

In fact has any of that HAES/body positive nonsense reached Joe Soap in Ireland?

Oh lord, dump me in the liffey when it does, please.

terblaine

Do people still do zumba?

Zillah

terblaine wrote: »

Do people still do zumba?

Yup, saw some friends signing up to a class recently.

Gummy Panda

Zillah wrote: »

Oh lord, dump me in the liffey when it does, please.

But my rolls are super cute and my swollen ankles are so adorable today.. and if you don't agree that's because of your thin privilege :mad:

terblaine

Zillah wrote: »

Yup, saw some friends signing up to a class recently.

Always seemed cheesy to me. Never thought it would catch on in this country.

Alf Veedersane

terblaine wrote: »

Always seemed cheesy to me. Never thought it would catch on in this country.

Because too many people need to be hammered before dancing?

terblaine

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Because too many people need to be hammered before dancing?

Can't speak for everyone but I certainly need some lubrication before I attempt to dance in public.

Zillah

Gummy Panda wrote: »

But my rolls are super cute and my swollen ankles are so adorable today.. and if you don't agree that's because of your thin privilege :mad:

My brain had poured out onto the keyboard by the end of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6mMpE8AaA0

Mellor

Big Ears wrote: »

Probably a good few years since they were popular now, but vibration plates thankfully seem to be a thing of the past.

Where they ever popular?
I've seen one or two in his but never anyone using one seriously.


I think "MMA fitness" will be one of the next things to crop up more often. There's already UFC endorsed workout DVDs (P90x meets MMA). And a large chains are going to start rolling out MMA classes on their Fitness timetables.
Basically a new twist on boxercise.

Alf Veedersane

Mellor wrote: »

Where they ever popular?
I've seen one or two in his but never anyone using one seriously.


I think "MMA fitness" will be one of the next things to crop up more often. There's already UFC endorsed workout DVDs (P90x meets MMA). And a large chains are going to start rolling out MMA classes on their Fitness timetables.
Basically a new twist on boxercise.

McGregorcise.

IvoryTower

operation transformation is big at the moment, 6-8 weeks of torture

Gummy Panda

Zillah wrote: »

My brain had poured out onto the keyboard by the end of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6mMpE8AaA0

puntosporting

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Doesn't juicing mean steroid use?

I don't think crossfit is going anywhere. It might reach saturation and contract but its filled a gap in the market with no real competitors.

I can see pure gymnastics and Oly weightlifting getting a boost from its popularity if they haven't already.

That's the Juicing im talking about not the legal kind:P

atilladehun

ab rollers? They were huge in the 90's

I agree deadly buzzman. I remember everyone in college with masticating juicers, that was the early 00's.

Apparently Bodyweight training searches on google have increased exponentially since last year.

Deer

Does anyone remember Callanetics ? That was my workout in the nineties. That, Jane Fonda videos and step aerobics which I never hear anyone doing anymore

nice_guy80

Circuit Classes.

gone the way of the dodo.

eclectichoney

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Circuit Classes.

gone the way of the dodo.

Really? I think they are still going strong particularly if you include things like TRX - and some bootcamps and kettlebell classes are based on circuits also.

Batgurl

F45 is sending Crossfit to the undertakers here in Australia. There will always be something to overtake a passing fad.

ColeTrain

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Juicing is the new slim fast.

It needs to die.

Juicing is superb and isn't going anywhere.

Why not buy the bullet?

Stench Blossoms

ColeTrain wrote: »

Juicing is superb and isn't going anywhere.

Why not buy the bullet?

Because I'd rather eat the fruit and veg whole and get the fibre?

nice_guy80

Batgurl wrote: »

F45 is sending Crossfit to the undertakers here in Australia. There will always be something to overtake a passing fad.

I actually went and checked that out

on first view, I'd say the coaching is a lot less technical, less olympic style movements for gym goers to master and it is quite cardio based.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Their website is quite vague