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Not all workouts are created equal, especially when it comes to your body type. NY1 recently checked in with fitness expert and owner of Real Pilates Alycea Ungaro for some slim down tricks tailored to all different body types.

If you're a pear shape, that means you're slender on top and fuller on the bottom. Ungaro says pears shouldn't skip cardio, but you want to work harder on the upper body and arms with some weight-bearing exercises to balance things out.

"For pear particularly, we like to focus on the deltoids because that's the muscle group that's going to give you that defined shape so that when you're looking in the mirror the eye doesn't automatically go down. Instead you see a more hour glass shape," Ungaro said.

If you already have that hour glass shape, it means you've got well proportioned shoulders, a tiny waist, and fuller hips. If you have an hour glass figure that means you can incorporate an all around workout for every part of your body, but you still have to focus on tone.

"I love jump rope for hour glass and I also like to bring them back into weight bearing exercises," Ungaro said. "They can work things like standard weight training. We do classic squats with weights just to get everything toned. But in terms of cardio they can go light."

If you're considered the apple of someone's eye, it could mean you've got a fuller upper body.

"The apple or cone, it can be either or, and actually men tend to err on this side as well," Ungaro said. "You think of yourself as gaining 30 pounds would your legs look the same? If the answer is 'yes' then you're an apple."

Weight around the middle boosts chances of heart disease and diabetes. Ungaro recommends if you've got an apple shape you want to focus on training stronger stomach muscles, even when doing cardio. The goal is to keep abdominal gain to a minimum.

And finally, if you're a considered a ruler, it doesn't mean you automatically measure up. Rulers tend to be slimmer and more athletic in build, but that doesn't mean you can skip workouts.

"Those slightly more athletic bodies, sort of bird boned gals you see, they tend to also be at risk for osteoporosis so you still want to incorporate resistance training, but you're going to bring back in some of the techniques that the apple works," Ungaro said. "I like to focus on the waist for the rulers so that while they are trimming and toning upper and lower, you're also creating a shape and that's what the whole thing is about."