Every belly dancing instructor I've seen is overweight.

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NYCNika
NYCNika Posts: 611 Member
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Just an observation.

Seriously, this seems to defy odds. If they were a sample of average population, at least 1/3 of them would be normal weight.
And, it is an active job, and they work out all the time, yet, wow!

Or have your experience been different?
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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    Every OL in the NFL is obese...
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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    every thread on MFP is threadbare in content and depth.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
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    every thread on MFP is threadbare in content and depth.

    Not mine :mad:


    OK, yes they are.
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
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    every thread on MFP is threadbare in content and depth.

    QFT
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Aren't they kind of required to have a high body fat percentage anyway?

    Doesn't that make the belly rolling easier or something?
  • icemaiden17_uk
    icemaiden17_uk Posts: 463 Member
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    My belly dancing teacher was very fat! But it wasn't her day job! If you search YouTube for proper belly dancers you will see some women with amazing abs!!

    Not me though unfortunately :(
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    ♪♫ ...every little thing she does is magic.
    everything she does just turns me on.
    even though my life before was tragic.
    now I know my love for her goes on... ♪♫

    this is a new game to me. i hope i played correctly. :embarassed:
  • gailmelanie
    gailmelanie Posts: 210 Member
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    The reason for that is that belly dancing is, and is promoted as, a way for ANYONE to practice some kind of movement and increase self-esteem through accomplishment, self-acceptance and peer encouragement. There is no rule that says a belly dancer has to be slim to be a dancer. And, the dance actually looks better when the dancer has a little softness to his/her belly. It accentuates the movements better. I have been overweight for years and if I waited to try this activity until I was thin, I'd probably never do it. So, I started going to classes and have been doing it ever since, 7 years now. It's therapy as well as a discipline for me. The instructor I started with was not overweight and the instructor I've been with for years now wasn't overweight when I started with her. She's gained since then, but that doesn't take away from her skill.
  • jlemoore
    jlemoore Posts: 702 Member
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    Okay, i do agree with the earlier posts about "every"... but I wasn't going to mention that.... ONce upon a couple of decades ago, a friend of mine did belly dancing, I asked her about the her robust waistline and she said that belly dancers do tend to have more of a middle to shake.
  • RachiiBBee
    RachiiBBee Posts: 4
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    o.O

    That will teach me to read this trash before coffee in the morning.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    I also see a lot of overweight ballet teachers. It is odd.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    They like a bit of roll on that jelly in Persia what can I say
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    I also see a lot of overweight ballet teachers. It is odd.

    maybe Dancing with the Stars lied it's not that great of a cardio exercise. If you want to get fat then Dance! Thanks Kevin Bacon...liar!
  • karl39x
    karl39x Posts: 586 Member
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    Every belly dancer I've ever seen is ****in' HOT!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,472 Member
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    every one I see is smoking hot!
    great exercise!
    hot bodies!
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
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    Every belly dancer I've ever seen is ****in' HOT!

    Are you a chubby chaser?
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
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    every one I see is smoking hot!
    great exercise!
    hot bodies!

    Temperature-wise, maybe...
  • juiletflt
    juiletflt Posts: 159
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    I also see a lot of overweight ballet teachers. It is odd.

    maybe Dancing with the Stars lied it's not that great of a cardio exercise. If you want to get fat then Dance! Thanks Kevin Bacon...liar!

    This is me, the overweight ballet instructor. While in class I am too busy correcting my students and making them look awesome to actually dance myself. I teach mainly teenagers so I work on vocabulary a lot instead of demonstrating everything for them. My dance kiddos on the other hand... they look AMAZING!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
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    I also see a lot of overweight ballet teachers. It is odd.

    maybe Dancing with the Stars lied it's not that great of a cardio exercise. If you want to get fat then Dance! Thanks Kevin Bacon...liar!

    This is me, the overweight ballet instructor. While in class I am too busy correcting my students and making them look awesome to actually dance myself. I teach mainly teenagers so I work on vocabulary a lot instead of demonstrating everything for them. My dance kiddos on the other hand... they look AMAZING!

    I was only being facetious of course, but that's another point most instructors dont really get a lot of time doing the actual exercise most of it is spent correcting form in the students.

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