Best Workouts For Body Shape

By Anvi Mehta

Our body has a tendency to increase more fats in a particular body part. For example, a pear shaped body has a huge bottom and small top, an apple shaped body had fats accumulated to the waist and a chilly type body has no fats found anywhere.

To look perfect the body shape and type must be understood well. Accordingly, exercises and diet should be prepared.

But it is also not appropriate to work only on problematic areas. One must be able to tone their body throughout using different workouts.

There are workouts for shaping up the body and making it the "Perfect 10" as we all dream. You should follow the two R's to have a proper Body Shape - Regular workout and Religious workout.

A few of the best workouts for all type of body shape are given below:

Dance

Dance

Dance is the best workout for toning your body. When you dance, all your body parts are used and moved. This results in overall toning of the body. Everyday dancing can help you tone your body, get into a good shape and increase the strength. The best workout for shaping body is to Dance it out as it is both effective and fun.

Weights

Weights

Weights are an advanced phase of exercises. These should be used only by people who want to increase their muscles content of the body. Weight exercises are quite tough and need a lot of strength. But, no doubts that weights are the best workout for shaping the body and making it sexy.

Cardio

Cardio

Cardio workouts include cycling, running, treadmill, stepping and so on. These workouts help to reduce fat from all your body and increase your stamina and strength. Cardio workouts are beneficial for shaping body especially for the apple shaped body. The core is worked upon a lot in cardio exercises.

Yoga

Yoga

Yoga is the best workout for shaping the body. Yoga is known for its long term permanent effects. It does not only shape our body but is also responsible for improving skin, health and getting rid of unwanted toxins and stress.

Sports

Sports

Playing any sport activity like badminton, tennis, cricket and so on is one of the ways to reduce weight and shape up your body. This workout needs a lot of strength and burns a lot of energy. It is the best workout to shape the body.

Stretch

Stretch

Stretching exercises should be done regularly. They do not play an important part in reducing weight. These exercises are good for toning the body and bringing a good shape to it. Stretching helps get the curves you can flaunt.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi

The Chinese martial arts are a great workout to bring your body in a perfect shape. This workout increases your strength and also trains you for self defense. Tai Chi also increases the flexibility of the body and helps the body shape up properly. Tai Chi is one workout for shaping the body which is worth giving a try.

Swimming

Swimming

The water activity is sure to burn twice the calories than any other workout. Swimming workouts make your arms and legs strong and decrease the core as well. Overall, swimming is the best workout for shaping body.

Skipping

Skipping

A 100-200 skips a day can definitely make you the sexiest thing in the city. Skipping stimulates every part of the body and is responsible for toning the body quite well.

Gym

Gym

The most widely used workouts are that in the gym which includes almost every workout mentioned above.

Story first published: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 18:30 [IST]
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