4 fitness trends that'll take your workout to the next level

Some of these new fitness trends are as fun as a sweaty night out in a Brazilian dance club

BRAZILIAN BOOTY BLAST 

Planet Fitness is now offering an exclusive training class, the Brazilian Booty Blast, which consists of high-repetition, bum-focused exercises that combine both stretching-type moves and Brazilian dance moves.

Set to rhythmic Brazilian music, the class is high-energy, building up to fast, sexy movements that are not dissimilar to twerking.

• For more info go to planetfitness.co.za.

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BOOTY BARRE

Already a favourite with Hollywood celebs, the Booty Barre is now in Johannesburg at The Body Workshop.

It's a high-energy, calorie-burning fusion of ballet, yoga, Pilates and cardio that tones and lifts the booty, lengthens and tones the legs and arms, and works the core muscles.

• For more info go to thebodyworkshop.co.za

ZUMBA

At Planet Fitness you'll find Zumba, a Brazilian dance exercise that's been gaining popularity for years. Zumba was created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto ''Beto" Perez in the 1990s.

The classes fuse Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves in a fitness programme that's as fun as a sweaty night in a Brazilian dance club. Sweat it out and lose weight while you learn some of the sexiest moves on the planet.

• For more info go to planetfitness.co.za

MOVEMENTX

These high-intensity interval training sessions combine sets of strength exercises and sprints on a treadmill, at maximum intensity, for 45 minutes.

• This article was originally published in The Times.

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article it was erroneously stated that yoga instructor and personal trainer Theresa Moodie offers Boxing Yoga classes at her gym in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Moodie held a once-off Boxing Yoga class last October in collaboration with Yaela Orelowitz, who is the local representative for Boxing Yoga. Moodie often collaborates with other instructors, such as Orelowitz, to encourage cross-training of different modalities.