What's hot in fitness this year? According to some of the 5,000 fitness professionals who attended IDEA World Fitness Convention in Los Angeles, the new trend is functional, balanced workouts designed to keep you fit and injury-free.

"It's pretty clear from the front-line program directors that they see things trending even more strongly toward more functional, life-enhancing types of training and equipment," says Kathie Davis, IDEA's executive director of a survey report released by the organization last week.