Confession time! I only made it to the gym 2 days last week. Yikes! That means I only did my pull-up challenge twice as well. But, I told myself over the weekend that this week, I’m back at it– no excuses! So far… I’m 2 days in, now just to make it the rest of the week! Conveniently, I came across this study from BarBend. They looked at Google data to determine the most popular gym exercises in each state.
Before we get to the top 6 most popular exercises overall, let’s look at Georgia and South Carolina!
Interestingly, crunches were the most popular in both Georgia and South Carolina. Which I find interesting, mainly because crunches aren’t just a gym exercise. You can do crunches just about anywhere. If someone were to ask my favorite gym exercise… it wouldn’t be crunches.
Honestly, my favorite gym exercises are either bicep exercises… because I really want to build my arms. Or, squats. I’ve always loved leg day for some reason. Although right now, my leg days have been a struggle! I feel like I’ve gone backward and had to start over too many times! But a lot of that is on me, for missing too many leg days (which are typically Wednesday for me). My plan is to start incorporating 2 leg days from now on though.
And if you’re just getting started on a fitness journey, check out what this spokesperson for BarBend has to say:
“When starting off at the gym is important to determine our goals or needs and decide which parts of our body we need (or want) to target the most.”
Also, in their research, BarBend found that different states are interested in different types of exercise, which they believe may be dictated by the local gym culture.
When it comes to the most popular gym exercises in each state, these exercises are the top 6 most popular:
