The Amazing Benefits of Salsa Dancing
No Wonder Dancing Feels So Good……
Music and dancing has been a part of many different cultures for centuries. It is part of celebration and entertainment. And whether they knew it or not, way back when the dancing began, there are numerous amazing health benefits. Now that the American population is facing a major obesity epidemic, health benefits from dancing is something that should be taken a closer look at.
The Health Benefits of Salsa Dancing
Not only is dancing an exceptional way to let loose and have fun, but it also provides some terrific benefits for your health.
In fact, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that social dancing helps to:
* Reduce stress
* Increase energy
* Improve strength
* Increase muscle tone and coordination
Dancing
Dancing the night away can burn more calories per hour than riding a bike or swimming.
And whether you like to kick up your heals to hip hop, salsa or country, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute says that dancing can:
* Lower your risk of coronary heart disease
* Decrease blood pressure
* Help you manage your weight
* Strengthen the bones of your legs and hips
Salsa dancing is a unique form of exercise because it provides the heart-healthy benefits of an aerobic exercise while also allowing you to engage in a social activity.
The amount of benefit you get from dancing depends on, like most exercises, the type of dancing you’re doing, how strenuous it is, the duration and your skill level.
Salsa Dancing
* Builds endurance and stamina
* Helps with weight loss
* Relieves stress
* Helps you release toxins via sweating
* May help lower blood pressure and improve cholesterol levels
* Can lead to a reduced heart rate over time
Dancing Off Those Calories
How many calories will you burn while dancing? That depends on the type of dancing. Here’s a range of some of the most popular varieties, based on a 150-pound person, per hour:
* Swing dancing: 235 calories/hour
* Ballroom dancing: 265
* Square dancing: 280
* Ballet: 300
* Belly dancing: 380
* Salsa dancing: 420+
* Aerobic dancing: 540+
Mental Benefits of Dancing
Dancing is a unique form of exercise because it provides the heart-healthy benefits of an aerobic exercise while also allowing you to engage in a social activity. This is especially stimulating to the mind, and one 21-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine even found dancing can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in the elderly.
In the study, participants over the age of 75 who engaged in reading, dancing and playing musical instruments and board games once a week had a 7 percent lower risk of dementia compared to those who did not. Those who engaged in these activities at least 11 days a month had a 63 percent lower risk!
Interestingly, dancing was the only physical activity out of 11 in the study that was associated with a lower risk of dementia. Said Joe Verghese, a neurologist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a lead researcher of the study, “This is perhaps because dance music engages the dancer’s mind.”
Verghese says dancing may be a triple benefit for the brain. Not only does the physical aspect of dancing increase blood flow to the brain, but also the social aspect of the activity leads to less stress, depression and loneliness. Further, dancing requires memorizing steps and working with a partner, both of which provide mental challenges that are crucial for brain health.
So clearly dancing is excellent for your body, mind, and soul. Pick up a new heart healthy habit and learn to dance salsa.
Shannon M
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April 28th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I had the most fabulous dance with a hot woman at a club last Sat. night. She gave me her #. What's next?
It’s one of those moments, I was bold enough to be aggressive take her into my arms and dance salsa with her in a hip-hop setting. We danced like there was no tomorrow. I gripped her ass close to me and she smiled. I kissed her… we danced passionately… and we took a break for water and she gave me her #… before we broke away to get back w/ our group of friends, i learned she’s a young architect…i was amazed to be w/ someone hot and intelligent… anyway…being bold got me to dance w/ her and get her number… what are next steps. We’re going out again soon for coffee… I’m seeing the benefits of bein bold and aggressive but there’s also quiet side of me…any ideas to keep her interest?
April 28th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
stay unpredictable. girls love thatt
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
call her
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
call her
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Just be ur self..you sound fantastic..she is one lucky lady.
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Just run w/it and see what happens, don’t read too much into it.
Sometimes people get together just for the fling and fun.
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
call her see what her interest are
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Keep it short. Make it look like you’re pressed for time. From the beginning of the coffee say something like, "I can only hang out for a few because I have [something to do, make something up] in 45 mins". Then, in the last 5 mins or so, schedule some other activity… like bowling. (Unless you wanna grab her *** again, in which case you could settle for a movie at home)
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Be true to yourself and who you are. Don’t put on false pretenses and hey just relax and enjoy your time with her. No matter where it leads remember how great it made you feel. Don’t be overly aggressive and remember this is 2006 women can make their own moves.
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Gotta agree with buddah, never try and cram your whole life story down her throat on the first, second, or third night (or anything else down there). Ask her if she has an email too, so you can IM/email, that way if you get her voicemail you can just email her instead, statistics show that people are more likely to respond to emails than voicemail. And yeah, just tell her little bits of about yourself at a time, so she will still find you interesting.
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
just coompliment her and stuff and keep her luaghing. but most importantly be yourself b/c if she doesnt like you for who you are then you’re just wasting your time
oh yeah and pay for her order even if she insists that you dont—its a polite thing to do
Hope everything works out!
God bless!!
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
be ur self. if u get far in a relationship and ur acting like ur someone ur not then who knows wut could happen!
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April 28th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
women wait for to days after giving her number out axiously by the third day they give up on the idea. call on the third day you surprise her and dont seem desperate thoes third day calls have always lasted 2-6 year relationships for me so far good luck
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