Apple
These people usually have extra weight in the upper body and middle part. Usually, the people with this body type have excessive belly fat and their legs are thin in comparison to the upper body.
The following exercises will help people with this body shape to lose belly fat and gain leg muscle mass:
The best exercises for this body type are cardiovascular exercises. Walking, jogging, using a treadmill or an elliptical machine is best for this body type. The elliptic machine is best, because allows you to burn fat, while gaining leg muscle mass.
To build muscles on the legs and strengthen your lower body, use the classic leg press. Further on, you can advance to squats.
Pear
People with pear shaped bodies are larger in their thighs and hips. The best exercise routine for people with this body type is:
Tricep kick-backs, bicep curls and shoulder presses help to gain upper-body strength and muscle to balance your upper body with the lower body.
Crunches will help you to enhance your flat belly even more. Doing crunches on an exercise ball will give you even better results.
Walk on a flat surface to burn the fat on your lower part, without gaining more weight on this troublesome area.
Rectangle
People with this shape have their weight evenly on their entire body. They can benefit from any fat-burning exercises and weight training that will help them get nice curves.
People with pear shaped bodies will benefit from the following type of exercise program:
Any cardio exercise is excellent for burning fat. Pear-shaped people can visit aerobic classes, do elliptic training or jogging.
The upper-body should be shaped with tricep kick-backs, bicep curls and shoulder presses.
To define the legs, people with pear type bodies should do squats.
Hourglass
Maybe this shape gives excellent curves, but also stores a lot of fats. People with this shape should do energetic cardio exercising as Zumba. Strength training will even enhance the perfect shape of this body type.
Even though media forces to us the rules of how a perfect looks like, every person must learn to love his/hers body shape and work on it.
The exercise routines are different for any body type. Therefore, pay attention on the exercise you chose. Chose the one that will help you lose fat and gain muscle on the right places.
