Fusion workouts, promising to get you into shape without getting you bored, are fast gaining popularity in Mumbai

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Fusion workouts, promising to get you into shape without getting you bored, are fast gaining popularity in Mumbai

    _Has your fitness routine become a drudgery? The next time you’re bored of just going to the gym or jogging in the park, try something exciting like a fusion workout. This is a workout hybrid that combines the best of two or more effective exercises to benefit you. 

 
PILOXING Bringing together the elements of boxing and pilates, Piloxing, is a high-energy regimen that merges punching moves like throwing jabs, uppercuts, hooks and nifty footwork as well as slow pilates.
    Benefits: While the pilates helps to condition the muscles, the cardio-based boxing steps burn the calories to help you shed flab. Says fitness trainer Jivesh Shetty, “On one hand, you have speed with positive contractions and on the other, lengthened negative contractions, so it balances out. Piloxing is a controlled movement. As you jab to the right with your left arm, twisting the hip, it tones out the arms, strengthens the hip and shoulder joint, triceps and hamstrings and the core.”
    Can burn: 500-800 calories an hour 

 
BOKWA This is a dance-inspired fitness craze that’s fast catching up as a trend around the globe. Bokwa comes from Bo (boxing) and Kwa (the South African war dance, Kwaito). You do cardio moves to a high energy dance. Participants draw letters and numbers with the feet while dancing. What’s unique is that it’s the only workout in the world taught with a sign language. And you need not know dancing to try it.
    Benefits: Says Mumbai-based dance expert Aanchal Gupta, “It’s very intense, even more so than zumba. Bokwa helps motor training, and children can do this too. You have fun, so it’s a stress buster and makes for a great weekend workout too.”
    Can burn: 1,000 calories an hour 

 
KOGA Koga incorporates cardiovascular kickboxing and yoga into a single workout. As it offers flexibility and cardio strength, it’s being hailed as the perfect hybrid workout.
Benefits: “It’s an all-round workout,” says fitness expert and hypnotherapist Vishwajit Matkar. “It strengthens the core while stabilising the spine and improves flexibility. Koga brings together plyometric, strength balance as well as breathing training.” In a typical class, after a warm-up, there is an intense, twenty-minute kickboxing session. Post this, yoga moves focused on a particular body part are carried out.
Can burn: 800-1,000 calories an hour 

 
YOLETT Want that sleek ballet dancer’s frame? Go for Yolett, that combines ballet dancing and and yoga in one! Folks are raving about this fitness trend. In this fusion workout, you first do ballet movesfor greater balance and flexibility. Post that, you grab a floor mat and do half an hour of yoga poses and asanas. The resulting stretch is supposed to correct body alignment.
Benefits: This is superb body sculptor, which improves posture and blood circulation too. You hold each pose for 10 seconds or more, so the
muscles are challenged. It also leaves you feeling mentally refreshed,” says yoga instructor Yogesh Chavan.
Can burn: 500 calories an hour. 

 
WHY YOU SHOULD TRY THESE
A fusion exercise regimen works on a variety of areas in the body. This kind of workout wakes up different muscles and tones them up. It cuts down workout fatigue or boredom as you are introduced to a new activity. Can be done as a stand-alone regimen, even in the confines of your cubicle.

Mix and match: Try out multiple exercises in one routine