| Who can forget the exercise guru, Richard Simmons, | | | | Heard of Koga? This exercise fuses kickboxing and |
| who popularized high-energy aerobic videos in the 80's | | | | yoga into one. Koga utilizes the mental and physical |
| and became an icon in the fitness world. In the 90's, | | | | concentration of yoga with the kickboxing techniques. |
| Pilates was the latest craze, which uses controlled | | | | The Koga concept states that when your body and |
| movements that are meant to tone and strengthen | | | | mind are in tune with each other, the body gets a |
| the body. Over the past few years, the focus has | | | | better workout. The mind can boost physical |
| been on fusion, which mixes and matches different | | | | performance and control over the body is training for |
| exercises to burn calories while having fun. | | | | control over the mind. |
| Many people recognize that traditional workouts can | | | | Undoubtedly, fusion workouts offer flexibility and a |
| be a bit monotonous and this is why fusion evolved. | | | | way to keep things interesting. The aim of fusion is to |
| Fusion takes exercise to a whole new level. Riding a | | | | add spice and entertainment while you are burning fat. |
| stationary bike can get boring and - without earphones | | | | Not to mention, varying it up a bit challenges the |
| or a magazine - it can be absolute misery to get | | | | muscles differently. The purpose of combining different |
| through an hour of cycling. Fusion adds a twist to your | | | | moves is to keep boredom at a bare minimum and to |
| workout. Cycling karaoke, for example, not only works | | | | increase the effectiveness of your workout by |
| out your body muscles but also your vocal cords | | | | targeting a variety of things like core, strength, balance, |
| because you sing while cycling. HydroRide takes | | | | endurance and agility all at the same time. Fusion |
| cycling even further - spinning in the water! Other | | | | workouts provide fast effective workouts for people |
| fusion workouts include yogilates, which is a | | | | with busy schedules. If your gym does not offer fusion |
| combination of pilates and yoga. If you find yoga boring | | | | fitness classes, then check out the Internet; many of |
| and have trouble staying awake then disco yoga may | | | | these types of classes are commonly available on |
| be worth a go; you groove to disco instead of the | | | | DVD's and videos since they capitalize on people who |
| relaxing spa-like music typical in yoga classes. | | | | workout at home. |