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More than one-quarter of young adults in Britain now say their gym memberships matter more to them than vacations or eating out.

Sport England data shows that Gen Z has begun to turn away from running, swimming and fitness classes toward gym and strength training. For them, weight training is seen as the best form of exercise because it can help build strength, improve appearance and boost overall health.

People have argued about the best forms of exercise for over two centuries. While today's fitness trends tend to be more about improving the body and overall fitness, health has rarely been the sole reason why certain exercise trends gained popularity through the eras.

In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Prussia and, inadvertently, created the modern fitness industry.

As Napoleon's troops stormed their way eastward, one Prussian man, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, began to seethe with anger. For Jahn, Prussian men had lost because they were physically weaker than the French.

The nation's solution, according to Jahn, lay not in muskets—but muscles. So in 1811 Jahn opened a Turnplatz —an open-air gymnasium. Young men ran, jumped, climbed ropes, wrestled and vaulted. They also swung on two pieces of equipment that Jahn is believed to have invented : the parallel bars and the horizontal bar. Soon the trend spread to other nations, with England's first outdoor gymnastics school opening in 1825 .

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