Monday, October 4, 2010

The Health benefits of Dancing--including special advantages of different dances


If you sashay secretly across your living room when you're home alone or long to cha-cha with your significant other, you are lucky. Not only dancing an extraordinary way to let loose and have fun, but it also includes some great benefits to your health.

Actually Mayo Clinic researchers reported that social dancing helps to: reduce stress, Increase energy, Improve strength Increase muscle tone and coordination

And whether you would like to kick your heals for hip hop, classical or country, the national Heart, lung disease, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) says that dance can: lower your risk for coronary heart disease to reduce blood pressure, help you manage your weight, strengthen the bones of your legs and hips

Dance is a unique form of exercise, because it delivers the heart-healthy benefits of a ærob exercise at the same time also makes it possible to engage in a social activity; This is particularly stimulating to the mind, and one 21-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine even find dance may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in the elderly.

In the study had participants over 75 years, is engaged in reading, dancing and playing musical instruments & Board once per week 7 percent lower risk of dementia, compared with those who did not.Those engaged in these activities at least 11 days each month had 63 percent lower risk!

It is interesting, was dancing only physical activity out of 11 of the study, which was associated with a lower risk of dementia. Said Joe Verghese, a neurologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and lead researcher in the study, "It is perhaps because dance music is halvtidsbeskæftiget dancer's eye".

Verghese says dance can be a triple advantage for the brain.Not only is the physical aspect of dance increase blood flow in the brain, but also the social aspect of the activity, which leads to less stress, depression and loneliness. Further, in dancing requires learning steps and work with a partner that both gives mental challenges, which are essential for brain health.

How good of a workout is Dancing, Really?

The amount of the benefit you get from dancing depends on, like most exercises, the type of dance, you are doing, how tiring it, duration and difficulty level.

Says exercise physiologist Catherine Cram, MS, of extensive Fitness Consulting in Middleton, Wisconsin, "when someone gets to the point where they get their heart rate, they actually get a great workout.Dance is a weight-bearing activity, which builds bones. It is also the "wonderful" for your upper body and strength ".

Plus dancing requires using muscles that you can't even know you had.

"If you dance the foxtrot, you will take a long, sweeping step backwards.It is very different than walking on a Treadmill or take a Jog around the neighborhood ...Ballroom dance works the backs of the thighs and buttock muscles differently from many other types of exercise, "says Ken Richards, a professional dancer and spokesman for THE U.S. Dance, the national governing body of DanceSport (competitive ballroom dancing).

Special advantages of different dances

If you are looking for specific health outcomes, here is a breakdown of the benefits of some popular dances. simply remember that any form of dancing is better than no dance at all!

Belly DancingBetter posture and muscle tonings Maintains flexibility helps to prevent lower back problems, tones and firms the arms and shoulders helps with weight loss helps prepare women for childbirth reduces stress
Dancing from these calories

How many calories do you burn while dancing?It depends on the type dans. Here is a range of some of the most popular varieties, based on a person, 150 g/m2 per hour: Swing dancing: 235 calories/hour Ballroom dancing: 265 Square dances: 280 ballet: 300 belly dancing: 380 Salsa dancing: 420 + aerobics dancing: 540 +
Ballroom DancingConditions body help keep the heart in Figure versions and increases stamina developer circuit Strengthens and tones the legs and body increases flexibility and balance helps with weight loss relieves stress
Salsa DancingBuild stamina and perseverance helps with weight loss relieves stress helps you release toxins through walling off may help lower blood pressure and improve cholesterol levels can lead to a reduced heart rate over time
Square DancingProvides cardiovascular conditioning can lead to a slower heart rate, lower blood pressure and an improved cholesterol profile Strengthens bones, and helps you develop strong social ties Loosens and tones muscles

Physical benefits aside, dance has a way of lighting up someone's day, says Ballroom owner and leader Karen Tebeau.

"A lot of times, when people come to the Studio, it is because there has been a change in their lives: a divorce or they have been through a period of depression. They (still) come in and you can see a great transformation. after a while, the walking in with a sunny expression. you know, it is the dance that makes that," she says.








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