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anyone dancing off the weight?

ayannabayer
ayannabayer Posts: 153 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone else been doing zumba like workouts? Well I just started and I wanted to know if anyone has had any success and what kind of dance work out do you do?

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  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    I do a lot of swing dancing.
  • Swoopette
    Swoopette Posts: 118 Member
    I use to do Zumba and oh my lord so much fun and so many calories burnt. I don't think it really matters how little or how much you weigh for Zumba its a burn for anyone. I have it for my wii I should get on it. Give it a try its soooo much fun
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  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I LOVE ZUMBA!!!!! My biggest weight loss leap was because of Zumba. I had been weight training for months and months and not loosing anything (I wasn't paying attention to my diet so I know that didn't help at all either)
    I started going to Zumba and BAM! 10 pounds randomly came off with out any diet changes.

    I wore my HRM just on Friday to Zumba and it said I burned 571 calories in 56 minutes.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    I do the following partner/social dances on a fairly regular basis:
    standard salsa (LA style)
    Cuban salsa (casino and rueda de casino)
    merengue
    bachata
    cha cha cha
    Mexican cumbia

    I also do dance fitness:
    Zumba
    hip hop/funk/club dance

    It's funny how little these two worlds overlap.

    I have dabbled in or more occasionally do many other dances. Examples: samba, flamenco.

    I don't really tend to lose weight just by dancing--I also need to be lifting weights and swimming if I want to lose. Probably 80% of the dancing that I do is just for fun. The extra activity helps, but it isn't the end-all and be-all for me with respect to weight loss.
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    edited March 2015
    I wish I could but I don't have the confidence (nothing to do with my body, I have bad social anxiety around new people. I also don't have an appropriate sports bra LOL). I used to play DDR a lot as I had it for Wii, but I've not been home for a while since I'm currently at uni, and when I am home all I want to do is relax.
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
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  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    I do as much of the horizontal dance as possible....if you know what I am talking about.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    MarziPanda95 wrote: »
    I wish I could but I don't have the confidence (nothing to do with my body, I have bad social anxiety around new people. I also don't have an appropriate sports bra LOL). I used to play DDR a lot as I had it for Wii, but I've not been home for a while since I'm currently at uni, and when I am home all I want to do is relax.

    You don't need a sports bra for social dancing. I don't use them for cardio dance either as they don't provide enough support.

    What about taking a class where everything is structured?
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    I do as much of the horizontal dance as possible....if you know what I am talking about.

    Hey, doesn't burn many calories and you can't track it. ;)
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    If you want to check out some dance fitness workouts on YouTube, try these channels:

    Sarah Placencia
    SkillfulMovementzSon
    CrazySockTV

    If you look at those, they will lead you to others that you might enjoy.
  • TiffanyR71
    TiffanyR71 Posts: 217 Member
    Love Zumba- I do it at home... I find it more fun because I let loose! :)
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