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Top-6 Ways Coronavirus Has Changed World Fitness Habits

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“Social distancing” became a worldwide phenomenon in March 2020 in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To see how the quarantine is impacting fitness and wellness behavior around the world, has compiled key behavioral data from its 400,000-subscriber base.

Weight loss is a priority under quarantine

33% of users chose programs dedicated to weight loss or body toning.

Movement preferred over meditation for stress-relief:

  • 4% increase in physical fitness activities
  • surprisingly, stress-relief activities like meditation declined by 4%

Time spent exercising outdoors went down:

An average of nearly 9 minutes

BUT the duration and quantity of fitness sessions have jumped. 

Users trained an average of 1 minute more, and 20% of them completed 1 more workout than in the previous month

Afternoon workouts peaked

  • An average of nearly 5% more people choosing to work out between noon and 7 p.m.
  • While workouts between 8 p.m. and midnight decreased on average by 3%

Mediterranean, Middle East surged in fitness adoption

These three countries led the way in online fitness adoption:
Italy: 197%
Greece: 185%
Iran: 159%

Stay Tuned

will be sharing future data trends on how quarantines and social distancing are changing global fitness behaviors from its subscriber community.

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Statistics was based on data sourced from 400,000+ app subscribers. Data and methodology.

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