Can Ballroom Dancing Be Healthy?
by admin on March 11th, 2011
filed under Ballroom Dancing, Ballroom Instructors, Erin Pick, Group Dance Classes, Health and Ballroom Dancing, Private Dance Lessons, Types of Dances
Every time we turn around someone or something is telling us we need to be more healthy!
Ok, we know, we know – don’t eat junk food (Time to ration those Wendy’s chocolate frosties and midnight Del Taco runs 
), drink lots of water and walk at least twenty minutes a day.
But what if ballroom dancing was the perfect way to stay healthy?
What if we didn’t need to beat ourselves up about missing yet another workout because we just couldn’t get motivated.
Well, we’re in luck because ballroom dancing is a great way to
stay fit in body, mind and spirit.
According to Kathryn Radeff, E-How Contributor, “It lifts the spirit, strengthens the body, stimulates the mind, and according to researchers, keeps you healthy as you age.”
Mike Brown in his e-article, “Dance To Improve Your Health and Strength”, says, “The second simple reason for learning how to dance is self-evident: aerobic exercise. Any experienced body-builder knows that cardiovascular exercise is a necessity in order to gain muscular size, improve circulation, and prevent injury.”
Miranda Hitti in “Dancing Your Way To Better Health” offers us this advice, “Dance can challenge your mind as well as your muscles. At least one observational study has shown sharper minds with ballroom dancing.”
Dance for Health!
What more could we want?
And what are we waiting for?
Ballroom dancing utilizes the brain for learning steps and mastering music, the muscles (in different ways than we’re used to!) and brings out the joy in our hearts to do something fun and exciting.
Which means ballroom dancing is a healthy habit we can stay with year in and year out!
I don’t want to say how many times I’ve started out with the best of intentions, January 2nd, to make and keep a fitness routine?
By March 1st that resolution is paling and the grind of every day life has taken its toll on me and my fitness routine.
But with ballroom dancing we can be healthy and have fun at the same time and isn’t that a lot easier to stick to over the long run?
Check out the Beginners Start Here page and see what dances catch your interest.
- Do you want to “swing it”?
- How about a steamy tango?
- Always fantasized about being a waltzer?
- Fred and Ginger fan – try the foxtrot!
- Salsa your thing?
Click here to go to the Pick School of Ballroom Dancing Master Calendar… for group classes or try some up close and personal exercise and take a private lesson with Erin Pick!
Email today to start a new ballroom dancing fitness routine and get on the road to a healthier you!