Dance, Dance, Dance and Be Healthy!

There are many ways to Rome, so the saying goes. Similarly, there are many ways to a healthy body and mind. If you are bored with exercises such as running, push-up, sit-up, and other types, try dancing! In addition to relieving stress, dancing can also help prevent various diseases!

#1 Healthy Heart

Dancing can also constitute as a sport because in addition to it as a hobby or just something to do to engage in a social activity, you can also help make your heart stronger through dance moves. Every movement you make will be able to pump blood into your heart more optimally. If this is done routinely, you can say bye bye to heart attack!


#2 Improve muscle and bone strength and body coordination

Dancing has similar moves with regular exercises such as sit-up and push-up that would help your bone to get stronger. Dancing can be the perfect choice for you to strengthen your upper body. While dancing, you would often exercise muscles that were previously not worked up, so it can train and help your muscles working more optimall


#3 Healthy for your brain

As the command center for all physical activities, a healthy brain is important. Dancing increases blood circulation into the brain, making it receive more oxygen. The brain also works better when we dance, because dancing can relieve stress, depression, and loneliness. Don’t forget, dancing also requires you to memorize moves, so your mind is constantly at work and you will get used to concentrating.


#4 Weight loss

Do you want to participate in a fun diet? Just dance! Dancing also burns calories. Working out at the gym would get you the reward proportional to the training and equipments you use. Similarly, different types of dancing result in different amounts of burned calories.

- Sh'bam : 506 kalori/jam

- BODYJAM: 530 kalori/jam
- Zumba: 475 kalori/jam

- Belly Dance: 280 kalori/jam

- Salsa: 420+ kalori/jam
- Hip Hop: 370 kalori/jam

So, what are you waiting for? Shake your hip and do the dance!



Originally published on Fimela.com. Translated and edited by Gold's Gym Indonesia.