The biggest thing to hit the fitness industry since the aerobics and bodybuilding craze is functional training. Gyms have evolved from makeshift equipment and grimy settings to country clubs and more commercialized settings. As gyms became more suited to the needs of the general public, they have gravitated away from what brought them their in the first place which was gymnastics and bodybuilding. As machines became more prevalent, one would see less dumbbells, power racks, power platforms and bumper weights unless you went to a powerlifting or hardcore bodybuilding gym. Fast forward to the present moment and you will see an even bigger trend in which more and more gyms are resorting back to the powerlifting, bodybuilding and functional strength training format. I know some of you are saying bodybuilding can't be included in this format. Yes, it can and should. Bodybuilders have been doing squats, pull ups, dips, and feats of strength since its inception which by today's fitness nomenclature is very functional based. Here is a picture of a gym without all the machines. This type of gym is what is needed more nowadays than ever.
We sit too much and move less and the current model of gyms with a ton of machines are only reinforcing those bad habits even more. The newer gyms now being constructed are adding more functional training equipment and less machines as we resort back to fitness in its primal glory.
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