Exercises fall into three categories—aerobic, strength conditioning, and flexibility. Ideally, you should include all three types of exercise to achieve a complete fitness program. A workout cocktail of two totally different workouts will not only give you more benefits than a class that offer one type of training it can also save you time.

Check out your local fitness classes or DVD’s to find some of the newest trends in workout combining. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Piloxing- is a sleek, sexy and powerful workout! It might be the latest Hollywood Celebrity fitness craze. PILOXING creatively mixes Pilates and boxing into a fat blasting and muscle sculpting workout.

Cy–Yo - brings the mind, body, and spirit together in a fitness workout. A Cy-Yo class begins with yoga flow that focuses on energizing the muscles, lubricating and warming the joint structures, and bringing awareness to the mind/body energy centers. Following is an indoor cycling class. During the cycling class, focus is on energy centers, visualization techniques, and breathing patterns. A yoga flow is done following the cycling class to refocus minds, calm bodies, and create a positive energy flow.

Yogalates - Yoga focuses on flexibility, then strength. Pilates focuses on stability, then strength and flexibility. Pilates helps develop a stable core. Combining the two disciplines of "yoga" and "pilates" into "Yogalates" is perfect blend.

Circuit Training - includes both your cardiovascular and weight training components of fitness. Circuit training is short bursts of resistance exercise using moderate weights and frequent repetitions, followed quickly by another burst of exercise targeting a different muscle group or cardiovascular activities to encourage weight loss and calorie burning.

Try out Fit Behaviors 30FIT(CURCUIT TRAINING) includes unlimited workouts every week for the same price as a one hour personal training workout! There are only one to six people in a workout session. The intensity levels are high to challenge you, yet can be modified by the personal trainer to accommodate your personal level of fitness and work around previous injuries.

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Every day is a different work out so you will never get bored! Workouts consist of boot camp, functional training, plyo metrics, cardio kick, compound training a variety of workouts to inspire and keep you focused. Group training includes kettle bells, ropes, weights, steps, heavy balls, TRX, and all the latest and up to date equipment to get you fit!

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By Carolyn Phillips

Carolyn Phillips has a 20 year history as a certified personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and Certified Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, teaching lifestyle management, nutrition, weight training, cardiovascular, fitness testing, and behavior modification.  Carolyn is featured on WFSB Channel 3’s, Better CT and on radio 96.5 TIC FM with Damon Scott as the fitness expert every Wednesday.

Carolyn Phillips is founder and CEO of Fit Behavior (http://www.fitbehavior.com) and. Carolyn’s Menu of Life (http://www.Caroylnsmenuoflife.com) The facility has a 13 -year history and has been awarded winner of the best place to workout and best Pilate’s studio by the Hartford Magazine and voted best by The Hartford Advocate for its nutrition and cardio program. Carolyn won the prestigious 40 Under Forty award from the Hartford Business Journal for outstanding leadership in the greater Hartford area.

Carolyn has over 25 years of combined comprehensive sports and education experience.

• ·         2000-2010 ACE Certified Personal Trainer
• ·         2010 ACE Certified Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant
• ·         2007-2010 Featured on Better CT Channel 3 as a Fitness Expert
• ·         2009-2010 96.5 TIC FM's Damon Scott radio show as the weekly Fitness Expert
• ·         2007-2010 The Mary Jones Radio Show, WDRC-AM 1360 - guest Fitness Expert
• ·         2008-2010 West Hartford Community Television - Fitness Expert and Group Instructor on air
• ·         1990-2010 Guest Speaker on ESPN, WHCN, WCCC, WDRC
• ·         2002-2010  President - Board of Directors at Chrysalis Center Inc.
• ·         2009 BS in Organizational Leadership, Quinnipiac University
• ·         2007-2008 Published writer for Natural Nutmeg Magazine
• ·         2007-2008 Nutmeg Community Television - Fitness Expert and Group Instructor on air
• ·         2000 40 Under 40 Award from the Hartford Business Journal
• ·         2004 Licensed Professional Mountain Biker
• ·         1998-2004 CT State and Regional Mountain Bike Champion
• ·         1990-1997 CT State Bodybuilding Champion and National Competitor
• ·         1974-1980 VT State Gymnastic Champion and Junior Olympics Competitor
• ·         3 years coursework in Health Sciences

·         Currently studying for Master's Degree in Nutrition

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