ACSM + ACE 2026 Fitness Trend Reports: Menopause & Women's Health in the Top 10

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Publisher: ACSM / ACE (via Flipping 50 midlife-women's reading) · Published: January 15, 2026 · Accessed: August 17, 2026

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Claims this source supports

• ACE's 2026 advisory board top-10 trends include 'Menopause & Women's Health - it's about damn time': strength, bone health, and hormone-aware programming.
• ACSM's 2026 worldwide fitness trends survey ranks Fitness for Older Adults #2 and Traditional Strength Training #7.
• Midlife women are the demographic driving the wearable-tech trend (#1 in 2026, as in 2025): HRV, resting heart rate, sleep scores and glucose tracking used as perimenopause evidence.