If you enjoy dancing, it can be a great way to boost your mood and improve your fitness. This week, we have some great inspiration that will get you in the mood for dancing to lift your spirits and move your body.
If you want to find out more about the impact of dance on mind and body, have a look at this article on the ultimate feel-good exercise. Did you know that dancing can burn up to 600 calories per hour? Or that hip hop dancing boost your mood, lowers stress and improves your energy, similar to other more traditional forms of aerobic exercise? Find out more dancing facts here in this article by Time magazine. If you need any more reasons, Warwick University have put together this list of six of the benefits of dancing to get you started. Finally, for some truly personal inspiration, here is a wonderful Tedx Talk by Kevin Turner who talks about how dance has impacted him as a person and his mental health condition.
Dance to Health are an organisation that have created these great follow along dance routines that you can do in a chair in the comfort of your own home. These routines are designed to help prevent falls in the over 55s – another great benefit.
Wanting to burn those 600 calories? How about this 15 minute dance workout or this 30-minute hip hop routine from Pop Sugar?
If you want to feel more confident in your body when you dance, we have found some great dance videos for everybody here, here and here.
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