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Seeing the viewing figures of dance shows on TV, spending time and energy on the dance floor has become very popular. So, if you want to improve your health, dance as exercise might be the activity that we all needs to stick with the cardio workouts known to be so very good for your health.
Studies, One out of the UK and one from Italy, presented at the most recent annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Seattle suggested that dancing could be the way to go.
The Italian research suggested that salsa dancing boosted cardio fitness, while the UK results showed that the less strenuous fox trot or tango added two thousand steps to our daily total.
Ten thousand steps, it is suggested by experts, are required daily for good health - But every little bit helps, specially as you get older.
The Italian researchers analysed lively salsa dancing, takin heart readings and oxygen levels in dancers who were doing either lessons, dancing at a night club or doing a group dance known as the rueda de casino.
This work involved eleven pairs of dancers, of an average age of 36 years old.
The top heart rate of the subjects went up 58-75% and their oxygen levels shot up 41-56%, subject on where the participants danced.
Dancing at the nightclub was the most aerobic of the three places, though all increased heart rate and oxygen levels.
Gian Pietro Emerenziani, the Study author, from the University of the Studies of Rome in Italy, comments that Salsa is an spirited dance, and all three styles of salsa in the study if practiced regularly, will have a positive affect on wellbeing and fitness.
Taking their cue from the popularity of the dance shows, a team of UK researchers conducted a study of the effects of dancing by offering a 12-week series of ballroom dancing lessons to a group of non-active adults.
The average age of the 27 subjects was 53; most, 22, were females. They attended lessons once a week for two hours, all led by a qualified instructor. The dances the subjects learned and performed included the tango, fox trot and cha-cha.
"Learning to dance can be a fun, social, local and friendly way to enjoy low-intensity physical activity and skill learning", explains the author of the second of the two studies, Stephen Cobley who is a senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.
This means you dont have to go to the gym or get all hot and sweaty to get the aerobic benefit of a workout.
It helps strengthen bones and muscles without hurting joints, it tones your body, helps with posture and balance, improves your stamina and flexibility, reduces stress, wards off potential problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis and even depression.
As you dance, you want to keep an eye on your heart rate however, so that youre sure the exercise is intense enough.
Also don't take away the benefits of the dance session by consuming high calorie drinks or snacks.
However, before you just straight into it, be sure that you've had a word with you family doctor about what type of activity is right for you, especially if you have been inactive for some while.
If your doctor agrees that being active is safe for you, dance as fitness - square dancing, swing dancing, line dancing, folk dancing, ballroom dancing, belly dancing, salsa, flamenco, jazz, modern, clogging and contra - can be good for your health, and your overall fitness levels, not to mention your social life.
Studies, One out of the UK and one from Italy, presented at the most recent annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Seattle suggested that dancing could be the way to go.
The Italian research suggested that salsa dancing boosted cardio fitness, while the UK results showed that the less strenuous fox trot or tango added two thousand steps to our daily total.
Ten thousand steps, it is suggested by experts, are required daily for good health - But every little bit helps, specially as you get older.
The Italian researchers analysed lively salsa dancing, takin heart readings and oxygen levels in dancers who were doing either lessons, dancing at a night club or doing a group dance known as the rueda de casino.
This work involved eleven pairs of dancers, of an average age of 36 years old.
The top heart rate of the subjects went up 58-75% and their oxygen levels shot up 41-56%, subject on where the participants danced.
Dancing at the nightclub was the most aerobic of the three places, though all increased heart rate and oxygen levels.
Gian Pietro Emerenziani, the Study author, from the University of the Studies of Rome in Italy, comments that Salsa is an spirited dance, and all three styles of salsa in the study if practiced regularly, will have a positive affect on wellbeing and fitness.
Taking their cue from the popularity of the dance shows, a team of UK researchers conducted a study of the effects of dancing by offering a 12-week series of ballroom dancing lessons to a group of non-active adults.
The average age of the 27 subjects was 53; most, 22, were females. They attended lessons once a week for two hours, all led by a qualified instructor. The dances the subjects learned and performed included the tango, fox trot and cha-cha.
"Learning to dance can be a fun, social, local and friendly way to enjoy low-intensity physical activity and skill learning", explains the author of the second of the two studies, Stephen Cobley who is a senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.
This means you dont have to go to the gym or get all hot and sweaty to get the aerobic benefit of a workout.
It helps strengthen bones and muscles without hurting joints, it tones your body, helps with posture and balance, improves your stamina and flexibility, reduces stress, wards off potential problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis and even depression.
As you dance, you want to keep an eye on your heart rate however, so that youre sure the exercise is intense enough.
Also don't take away the benefits of the dance session by consuming high calorie drinks or snacks.
However, before you just straight into it, be sure that you've had a word with you family doctor about what type of activity is right for you, especially if you have been inactive for some while.
If your doctor agrees that being active is safe for you, dance as fitness - square dancing, swing dancing, line dancing, folk dancing, ballroom dancing, belly dancing, salsa, flamenco, jazz, modern, clogging and contra - can be good for your health, and your overall fitness levels, not to mention your social life.
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