Two in five aim to get fitter in new year

A recent survey of over 2,500 people conducted by Life Style Sports discovered that 85% of us have already committed to our New Year resolutions before we even break for the Christmas holidays. With two in five people aiming to get fitter in the New Year, Life Style Sports will be with them every step of the way.

Some 75% of those surveyed said they asked Santa Claus for new workout gear for Christmas, a sign of their good intentions. For those who weren’t lucky enough to receive some new workout gear under the tree this Christmas, Life Style Sports is offering deals on all running and fitness clothing, footwear and equipment, in store and online at lifestylesports.com from December 31st until January 18th.

Interestingly, 8% of those surveyed actually admitted that they had split their pants at the gym and an even greater percentage of 10% admitted to a treadmill tumble! It would appear that when we are in the gym we can't do a work out without music and that one in four of us have a gym crush. When questioned about who would be their gym idol, two names were outright winners, Jessica Alba and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

Debbie Byrne, marketing director at Life Style Sports said: “This is the first running and fitness survey that we have conducted and it made for some fascinating reading! It’s inspiring to see that people are running or working out at least three times a week, even during these cold winter months! At Life Style Sports, we believe that we have the biggest and best range of running and fitness clothing, footwear and equipment to support our customers in achieving their New Year exercise goals, whatever their level.’

Some more interesting stats from the survey include the following:

• two in five people believe they can run at least 5k

• one in five people believe they can run at least 10K

• two in three people have been caught checking their gym crush out!

Promisingly, 63% of those surveyed are absolutely sure that they will keep their New Year’s running and fitness resolutions. Life Style Sports also discovered that over 50% of us exercise at least three times per week with 7 out of 10 people preferring to run outdoors. Emphasising the current ‘life-logging trend’, 3 out of 4 runners track all workouts using a Running app such as Endomondo to track their progress.

Highlights of the Life Style Sports Running and Fitness survey include the following stats:

85% of us will make a New Years resolution before Christmas

two in five want to get fitter in 2015

63% are sure they will keep their resolution

two out of three asked Santa for new workout gear this Christmas

Over 50% of us exercise at least three times a week

seven out of 10 prefer running outdoors

10% have had a treadmill tumble

8% have split their pants at the gym

two out of three have been caught checking their gym crush out

three out of four runners track their workouts using an app or GPS

Legs are our favourite body part, and tummy is our least favourite

Jessica Alba and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson are our gym idols

The one thing we can’t workout without is MUSIC!