These cities are walkable, have healthy eating options, and plenty of workout spaces for residents to accomplish their new year's goals.
Seven of SmartAsset's top 10 fitness-friendly cities in 2016 finished in the top 10 in 2017. Missoula, Montana, this year's number one city, continues to be a great place to meet fitness goals, having finished in the top spot for three years in a row -- around one in 11 residents walk or bike to work in this city, a top 10 rate.
In order to find the most fitness friendly places in the U.S., SmartAsset looked at data for 340 cities. We looked at metrics like the percent of people walking or biking to work, the number of fitness jobs in the area, the cost of hiring a personal fitness instructor, the number of fitness establishments and the prevalence of fast food restaurants.
