To look and fit trim, people hit to the gym or have equipments at home for workouts. It is just not about doing the exercise but you have to know the right exercise for your body shape to sculpt your body and boost your silhouette.

The body contour varies from person to person and thus people look different. You need to know your body structure and choose workouts which can give you a good shape as not all exercise can suit your body type.

If you are the blessed with hour glass figure, choose for cardio and resistance exercises. Cardio exercise helps to keep your weight in check while weight resistance exercise helps to strike a balance with your upper and lower body. While working on resistance weights keep it light to avoid adding much muscle mass. You can do slow jogging, swimming, jumping jacks, shoulder presses, squats and stationary biking.

Those of you with apple shape body are heavy on the upper side; the shoulders and chest are wider than the hips with a slim waist. The fat deposits are more on the back side or above the waist, the best work outs for this of body type is low resistance exercise which involves repetitions such as walking on an incline, stair climbing, cardio exercises, leg squats, leg presses, running and dead lifts.

If you have pear shaped body with narrow waist and shoulders with heavy bottom giving a voluptuous figure, you have to do exercise which balances your top half of the body with the lower half. The ideal workouts for the pear shape body are aerobic exercise for the lower part of the body and resistance exercise that trims the upper part of the body.

Focus on exercise with high repetitions such as walking, elliptical training, jumping rope, cycling (with low resistance), leg lifts and dips, push ups, chin ups and shoulder presses. Those of you with ruler shape body with no much distinction in waist, hips and shoulders can follow any exercise regime. You tend to gain weight in the stomach and the backside.

Focus on cardio exercises, for building muscle mass give emphasis to all muscle groups with exercises such as stretching, sit ups, step classes, spinning etc. To achieve a well toned look with exercise, follow a healthy diet combined a with healthy sleep pattern.