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Does dancing help you lose weight?

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Weight Loss. 21_Zumba.jpg. You can lose ten pounds just by adding dancing to your life. It will require careful food monitoring, picking your moves carefully, music selection, managing your time, and planning a dance routine. read more

To lose weight by dancing, you should strive for at least 20 minutes of time with an accelerated heart-rate at least 4-5 days a week. You should start with a 5 minute warm-up and end with a 5 minute cool-down which means 30 minutes, 4-5 times a week. read more

How much you lose depends on your weight, age, gender, body type and style of dance, but you can estimate calories burned in a 30-minute dance class or aerobic dance workout. read more

Dancing is an excellent choice of exercise for weight loss, as much for its fun factor as for the calories you burn. That said, 30 minutes of moderate exercise every weekday only just meets professional recommendations for everyday health; if you want to actually lose weight, you'll probably need to put in more dance time or up your intensity. read more

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