Does your body look like a toned one? What do you see as reflected in your body? Is it full of fats or muscles? If your muscles are hidden, it is an indication that you have excessive fat. Unless you get rid of fats, you cannot work on your muscles. The ideas provided in this article are applicable to both men and women.

When the measure of your body fat is found to be excessive, the best way to achieve your objective in having a well-conditioned body is to first remove the fat from your body and control it by doing the following activities to shape up and define your body:

1. Indoor and outdoor exercises - These exercises help improve the body's ability to burn fat and they have a positive effect on the body metabolism. The outdoor exercises can be in the form of: walking, slow jogging, cycling, or mountain hiking. Indoor exercises can be in the form of: stationary bicycle, rowing machine, treadmill, stair climbing and home aerobic activities.

2. Fitness training or workout in gyms - If you cannot afford to buy the stationary bike, the rowing machine or treadmill, you can visit a gym near you to get the chance of using these machines and do body building work outs. The gym people will assist you how to operate the exercising machines and provide tips on physical fitness. Recently, a new body toning machine was introduced in the market. The use of the machine is to transmit vibration to the muscles and produce contraction. It is not only useful in toning the body but also useful in rehabilitating injured patients and athletes' strength training. The use of the new machine is highly recommended by health and physical fitness experts and doctors. So if you are planning to buy one, consider this particular machine. It is important to note that slow exercise burns off more fat than intense exercises.

3. Weight lifting/body building - This type of activity increases the amount of muscle allowing the body to use more calories. Also, it improves posture and attitude because physical strength improves emotional strengths. In the same way, it also primes deep muscle levels to increase the muscles involved in an aerobic exercise. Lastly, it changes the shape of the body and enhances the curves.

4. Eating a balanced diet and intake of supplements - Eating may often cause you to accumulate more calories and fats but to have a balanced diet induces gradual fat loss and helps retain the muscles as the fat decreases. Careful attention in balancing the diet is essential. If you think that your diet does not have enough nutrition, you can take multivitamins. It provides the needed nutrients for your body because they are food supplements.

Your mind is now filled with ideas on how to get a great toned body. The next thing to do is to put those ideas into action and achieve positive result very soon. Motivate yourself by looking at the mirror once again to see that bulging body transformed into a slim, firmed, and toned body.