Dance Vs. “Exercise”
Dance Vs. “Exercise”
Hedy McAdams & Dance Adventures
Dancers (line dancers in particular), compared with other athletes:
1. Get more from their workouts ...
• Have the best muscular-skeletal functioning
• Have sharper, healthier, stronger, brains
• Have strong (and shapely!) legs (and, therefore, stay independent longer)
• Have great focus
• Have less Alzeimers & dementia
• Exercise more safely
• Have stronger hearts
2. Are better at sticking to their programs ...
• Rarely, if ever, whine or complain about dancing
• Are inspired to “practice” and achieve and keep up with their dance buddies
• Can’t stand to sit still
• Anticipate pleasure, not pain or boredom
• Are not into delayed gratification
3. Are happier
• Have the best social opportunities, and don't need a partner!
• Over-indulge in “kinesthetic” candy
• Like to ham it up
• Laugh at themselves and each other a lot
• Are less depressed
• Live longer (or at least look great as they age)
• Have easier life transitions
• Have countless opportunities to notice accomplishment
• Save heaps of money
The benefits of dance compared to other fitness activities,
by Hedy McAdams
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Dance vs. “Exercise”