How Many Calories Is Your Dance Workout Worth?

By Hilary Walke

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5 Dances That Tone

In light of Oxygen’s new dance reality TV series Dance Your Ass Off, we've covered 5 different dance styles that help you tone certain parts of the body. Tune in every Monday at 10 on Oxygen for Dance Your Ass Off.

Salsa for Legs
Salsa gives you rhythm, flexibility and most importantly, toned legs. With pivots, slides and swivels, salsa is one of the best types of dancing for working your legs due to its fast-paced focus on the lower half of your body. You’ll burn over 420 calories from a 60 minutes session.

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Comments

From: Zurica Carton
Date: 09/12/2009 - 02:49 am

can you show is a video of each dance type because i dont know the moves of most of the styles..also can we do different dances each day??

From: Naina
Date: 07/16/2009 - 12:27 am

thanks for the tips! but it would be nice to see a video of the dance moves...thanks

From: kristi
Date: 07/08/2009 - 03:38 pm

Is there anywhere that I can get all of these dance TYPES in a package so that I can do one type every day...?

From: Craig - Fatblastzone.com
Date: 06/30/2009 - 06:58 am

These are great suggestions! I especially love belly dancing. Well, I
don't participate but I love to watch it. A few of my friends have
taken classes and their waist lines have dwindled away. I like the
suggestion for doing Indian moves to work the arms but I just don't
know how effective it will be. What I enjoy is using resistance bands
to do a variety of exercises that tone and firm the arms. I've gotten
good results with this.

Oh,
and jazz sounds like it would be a really fun way to get in cardio
without staying on a machine and being bored to death, and so does
Salsa. I think these are all great ideas for breaking the monotony in
your fitness routine. You still need to add some sort of resistance
training though.