Plant-based eating among top five 2020 wellness trends

Holistic training, boutique fitness in rurual areas and plant-based eating are among the five wellness trends set to take 2020 by storm, according to fitness and wellbeing booking app MindBody’s research. 

1. Plant-based eating 

Following the popularity of Netflix’s film The Game Changers, which is about plant-based eating, search interest for plantbased diets increased by 465% between September and November 2019, according to Google’s search data. As a result, plant-based eating is expected to be big this year. 

2. Boutique fitness

Boutique studios that specialise in a particular type of fitness, such as yoga, functional training or high-intensity interval training, will grow in popularity outside of London. 119,567 bookings were made at these “intimate” spaces during the period July 2018 to June 2019.

3. Recovery

Clients now want to maximise their recovery days after tough fitness sessions, turning to unconventional beauty treatments to achieve it – cryotherapy bookings saw an increase of 162% in 2019, while water therapy had an 107% increase.

4. Holistic training

A holistic approach to fitness training, which takes into account your physical, mental and emotional health, is also predicted to take centre stage, with more facilities launching that are dedicated to transform overall wellbeing.

5. On-demand fitness

Home-based workouts will soar, claims the report, with the likes of fitness providers Pelotan, BoxVR and Fiit now allowing people to do live stream workouts from the comfort of their home. MindBody also believes that gyms and studios will embrace technology this year to increase their fitness footprint beyond the physical environment.