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Dancing has been shown to be hugely effective at helping people to lose weight. And what’s more… it’s free and you can do it anywhere, anytime.
Life is short so let’s bring the joy, the love and the fun! And if you don’t enjoy your exercise, you won’t do it…
1) CHOOSE SOME FAST MUSIC
Make sure it’s a playlist of songs you LOVE! This will get you moving! You want to get your heart rate up. This isn’t the time for a romantic, slow song… 🙂 You’ve got fat to burn and muscles to tone!
2) DANCE FOR AT LEAST 20 MINUTES
3) MOVE YOUR WHOLE BODY to burn fat / calories
This is not the time for a shy, side to side shuffle! You need to move your legs and move your ARMS ABOVE YOUR HEAD to get the blood pumping and the circulation going. Move like you’ve got ants in your pants. Lose yourself in the music and raise your knees up high too! Don’t stop, keep moving.
30 minutes of dancing to hip hop can burn approximately 250 calories…
4) THINK OF IT AS INTERVAL TRAINING
Interval training – short bursts of very very intense exercise put together with less intense exercise is great for many reasons, including the fact that it helps you to burn calories much, much faster than when you exercise at a continuously moderate rate.
Dance to a fast song and GIVE IT YOUR ALL! And then you can dance to a slower song – keep moving while you recover, don’t stop – and then back to a fast one.
5) — — USE YOUR HIPS, BEHIND AND QUADS!
These are your most powerful groups of muscles and if you work them well, they’ll continue to burn calories for hours after you’ve stopped dancing (afterburn!).
The bottom line is you have my permission to GYRATE like it’s going out of style. Shake that behind / booty / a** and laugh out loud while you’re doing it.
6) ADD WEIGHT TRAINING
Hold a couple of weights, cans or water bottles while you dance. You want to build muscle for lots of reasons… including the fact that muscle burns more calories than fat does.
Remember to warm up before you dance. You don’t want to get injured now do you? 🙂
Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor so be sure to check with one before starting any new exercise program.
I’m here rooting for you!