How To Lose Weight Dancing

I have taught a lot of adults in the past who have not only wanted to get fit but also wanted to know how to lose weight dancing. Many people want to lose weight and know that they must get more active in order to do this, but lugging themselves to the gym for yet another session on that treadmill or bicycle is just way too boring. Strength training, especially on your own is also terribly tedious, and often people give up before they have even started.

Luckily going to the gym is not the only solution available if you want to lose weight. You can join a dance class which is way more fun and this is sometimes just the answer you have been searching for, as you can have fun while you exercise, and it won’t be as much of a chore to go to a dance class as it will be to go to the gym.

How To Lose Weight Dancing

If you want to lose weight with dancing, you need to choose a vigorous dance class. If you do this you can burn between 400 – 600 calories in an hour, depending on your body weight and the intensity of the exercises. This is just as much as you would burn with biking, swimming or even fast walking.  This is why dancing is considered one of the best cardiovascular workouts you can give your body.

If you go for two classes a week and practice at home for a few hours, you could easily rack up the recommended 5 hours of cardio activity that doctors recommend a week, and even better, you could lose anything from 1.5 – 2 kgs per month if you kept your diet healthy. Obviously, if you load up on junk food and calorie rich foods, this may not be the case.

What Types Of Dancing Are The Best For Losing Weight

If you are looking primarily at how to lose weight dancing these are options you could try:

• A good ballet class with a bar warm-up, center work that does a lot of jumping and grand allegro is excellent.
• A fast-paced Latin American class will burn a lot of calories.
• High energy disco or freestyle is great for burning calories fast and getting fit.
• Hip Hop, especially the B-Boy or House Style will give you a great cardio workout.

For losing weight, the more energetic the class is, the better.

How To Lose Weight Dancing At Home

If you are too shy to dance in public, or do not have any options close to where you live, you can try out some of these options that you can purchase online. They are all excellent programs, and it depends on what sort of dancing you are looking at doing:

Shaun T’s CIZE Dance Workout – Base Kit

This is a great set you can start on at home.

• CIZE helps you get fit in 4 weeks as you master professionally choreographed dance routines.
• Shaun T breaks down the freshest choreography step-by-step, move-by-move so that by the end ANYONE can bust out an impressive dance sequence.
• You’ll be so focused on mastering the moves and having fun that you’ll forget you’re getting a cardio, core, and strengthening workout at the same time!
• You’ll get 6 Dance Courses plus an Ab Workout on 3 DVDs
• You’ll also receive a Get Started Guide, Eat Up Meal Plan, Beginner and Advanced Calendars and a Weekend Survival Guide

Stop Exercising and start dancing! Forget everything you dread about workouts. Because starting today, exercise isn’t something you have to do. It’s something you’ll want to do. Beachbody is about to show you how to dance your way to fit in just 4 weeks!

Let loose your inner dancer as you learn the hottest professionally choreographed dance routines. You’ll be so focused on mastering the moves and having a blast, you’ll forget you’re working out and losing weight! This is your chance to dance like no one is watching in the comfort of your own home.

And here is another option:

 The Cardio Samba Workout with Quenia Ribeiro

Learn authentic Rio De Janeiro style Brazilian samba as you perform a high-energy dynamic cardio workout. The dance instruction is blended into the fitness program in a way that will keep you focused on the dance steps as you are working out, so the workout feels like a dance party.

Even if you have never danced the Samba, you will easily pick up the moves of this elegant dance from this easy to follow program!

Body Groove

What Other Advantages Are There To Doing Dance

Dance not only tones all your muscles but also keeps your cardiovascular system healthy. If your muscles are toned, your metabolic rate will go up, and that means that you will be burning more calories, even when you are not exercising.

Dancing also makes you more flexible, which is great to have as we age.

Because dancing is weight bearing, dance has the potential to boost bone density in women.

Learning a dance form can be an extremely enriching cultural experience. Apart from that, you will get the opportunity to make new friends and learn how to love and connect with your body far more.

Dance is becoming more and more popular, which is why Gyms worldwide are now offering classes such as Zumba and other dance related classes.

The choices are vast and endless on how to lose weight dancing, so there are no more excuses not to get fit or lose weight anymore.