There are so many types of workouts out there including toning workouts, circuit workouts, boot camp workouts, fatloss workouts, cardio workouts and those are just the most basic categories. Once you get into more specialized workout like yoga, pilates, dance, and martial arts your options can become even more overwhelming.

So how do you determine what type of workouts you should be doing or what type of fitness plan you need. Finding what you need among all these options can be tough. A visitor recently emailed to let me know just how confused she was. She explained that she was petite and had two trouble zones where she stored fat. She wanted to know how to best lose the fat while getting fit too.

The answer to her fitness question was easy for me but does not come easy for most. Below is a quick workouts guide that can help you find the ideal workout for your body and your fitness goal.

Need To Lose Serious Weight?
Pilates, yoga, and toning aren’t going to work unless you start starving yourself and nobody wants to do that. The best types of workouts for women who need to lose more than 15 pounds are boot camp workouts, interval cardio workouts, and fatloss workouts (also known as metabolic workouts). These workouts are designed to boost fatloss hormones that tell your body to start using fat as fuel. They also include big full body movement that burns tons of calories. Once you get the weight off you will get much better results from toning workouts so be sure to stick with this list first if you need to lose serious weight. Lose the weight and get fit with Barry's Bootcamp Complete Workout System

Need To Lose Fat & Tone Up
So maybe you’re fit and not overweight but you are flabby and you’ve got stubborn fat deposits that you can’t seem to get rid of no matter how much cardio you do. The best workouts for you are high intensity circuit training, fatloss toning workouts, and martial arts or boxing workouts. These types of workouts don’t allow you to rest much so they burn tons of fat (as well as calories), they tend to target the trouble zones, and they increase your endurance big time. Burn the fat and tone up with Jillian Michaels: No More Trouble Zones

Need To Improve Core Strength, Posture, Flexibility or Reduce Stress?
Cardio, pilates, and yoga are your best bets when you need to improve core function, when lack of flexibility or mobility is causing you pain, or to handle stress and boost mood. All the other workouts listed here can accomplish this too but mind body fitness workouts tend to be less rushed so you can really make improvements much faster and then transfer those improvements over to other types of workouts. The great news is these can also be combined with any of the other workouts listed here for a very well rounded workout plan. Get a killer pilates/core/yoga workout with Exhale: Core Fusion - Pilates Plus