Dancing?

[Guest]

Yesterday I got round to hooking up the stereo in my room, so now I can listen to my music out loud in there. It gave me an idea, I could just dance around in my room for a while while including some exercises like squats and light weights. I did that yesterday for about 25 minutes and had worked up quite a sweat.
Do you think this could become part of my everyday exercise routine, is it sufficient?

~Thank you

 

[Mr. Love]

Anything that gets you up and moving around and gets your heart rate up is going to help.

 

[Guest]

Anything that gets you up and moving around and gets your heart rate up is going to help.

Oh right! Anything at all? It certainly felt like I had done some work, haha!|
~Thank you, anyways!

 

[Jericho]

actually, yeah. Movement and actions burn calories, even if it is 1 extra calorie..that's 1 extra calorie

 

[Jeanette401]

Helpful yes. 'sufficient' depends on what you want it for. It certainly counts as exercise every bit as much as walking or taking a class.

 

[bonmar]

Yesterday I got round to hooking up the stereo in my room, so now I can listen to my music out loud in there. It gave me an idea, I could just dance around in my room for a while while including some exercises like squats and light weights. I did that yesterday for about 25 minutes and had worked up quite a sweat.
Do you think this could become part of my everyday exercise routine, is it sufficient?

~Thank you

You may like a workout like Turbo Jam or Hip Hop Abs - they incorporate movements that help you to lose weight and tone/sculpt your body. I will be happy to share more with you if interested.

 

[VJDTropical]

Yesterday I got round to hooking up the stereo in my room, so now I can listen to my music out loud in there. It gave me an idea, I could just dance around in my room for a while while including some exercises like squats and light weights. I did that yesterday for about 25 minutes and had worked up quite a sweat.
Do you think this could become part of my everyday exercise routine, is it sufficient?

~Thank you

Dance away.

 

[Jynus]

You may like a workout like Turbo Jam or Hip Hop Abs - they incorporate movements that help you to lose weight and tone/sculpt your body. I will be happy to share more with you if interested.

actually they do not, what you're describing is impossible..

you're either gaining muscle and fat, or you're losing it. Can't gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. So if your goal is to gain a lil muscle to get a more "toned" look, you're going to be eating a ton of food, getting those calories up, and doing big resistance moves to push your muscle fibers to get them to grow.
Then when you've gotten them to the level you're happy with, you can then cut the fat off while trying to leave as much muscle mass as possible. (will lose some though) Things like turbo jam and whatnot, while they might get the calorie burn up and improve your cardio response, are not resistance training in any shape or form.

edit: all this being said, dance away. Anything that gets you moving more can only help. And if you enjoy it, all the better. Just remember they key long term is improving what you're doing. Need to always be taking things a lil further to continue to see improvements.

 

[JanaNanner]

My favorite way to workout is dancing. It's so much fun that even when you feel like you're going to drop you just keep going! Of course, I usually do it along to dance workout videos most of the time, but there's nothing wrong with a little freestyle, either.

 

[biggestloser105]

actually they do not, what you're describing is impossible..

you're either gaining muscle and fat, or you're losing it. Can't gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. So if your goal is to gain a lil muscle to get a more "toned" look, you're going to be eating a ton of food, getting those calories up, and doing big resistance moves to push your muscle fibers to get them to grow.
Then when you've gotten them to the level you're happy with, you can then cut the fat off while trying to leave as much muscle mass as possible. (will lose some though) Things like turbo jam and whatnot, while they might get the calorie burn up and improve your cardio response, are not resistance training in any shape or form.

edit: all this being said, dance away. Anything that gets you moving more can only help. And if you enjoy it, all the better. Just remember they key long term is improving what you're doing. Need to always be taking things a lil further to continue to see improvements.

I'm curious though, I have started losing weight and have lost 30 pounds. I have been doing some resistance training, and I am noticeably stronger. I can lift heavier weights, I can do more reps. Wouldn't that mean I gained some muscle?

 

[Emerald1]

I find dancing is one of the most distracting workouts. For me that's a major thing since I easily want to quit 5 min into any workout. But with dancing, once I finally glance at a clock (which I shouldn't do lol) 30 minutes has passed!

I love to belly dance. It's more of a work out than it looks like. Most importantly, it's something I can do thats distracting enough to get me through the entire workout since I'm enjoying myself.
Anything that gets you moving. Especially anything that makes your sweat is good enough.

 

[Jynus]

I'm curious though, I have started losing weight and have lost 30 pounds. I have been doing some resistance training, and I am noticeably stronger. I can lift heavier weights, I can do more reps. Wouldn't that mean I gained some muscle?

By and large, the bulk of any "strength" gains when starting out are not from an increase in muscle mass, but the increase in efficiency of your neuromusclular systems. Your muscles are just learning how to fire properly and work together. You're not technically getting "stronger" in the muscles are growing sense. Just your muscles are finally starting to work to their potential...

That being said, The first 2ish months are what I like to call noob gains. Basically is means your body will put adapting your muscular tissue to stress placed upon it as a priority when doing it's maintainence, regardless of your current caloric deficit. For a lot of people, that means in the first while they can indeed lose fat and gain muscle mass. However, this effect is temperary and eventually the body will adapt to the point where further progress at building any muscle mass or improving strength can only be achieveed by being in caloric excess...