Can someone help me?i want to combine dancing and dieting together,and also i do exercises at home every day for an hour..and i go for belly dance classes 3 times per week for 1 hour..would these classes help me to get slim?or i should better go for fitness or gym?
Hi Mallika =]Belly dance is an increadable work out and it doesn't feel like your doing much but you will deffinatly lose weight this way.
Can someone help me?i want to combine dancing and dieting together,and also i do exercises at home every day for an hour..and i go for belly dance classes 3 times per week for 1 hour..would these classes help me to get slim?or i should better go for fitness or gym?
I have to disagree. I do two hours of belly dance classes together and no way is it anything like what I could do in even half an hour at the gym. A workout/fitness focused class might be different, but learning technique and stopping and starting is not a calorie burner IMO.
Very good for toning and strengthening and developing control over muscles you never knew you had though.
Depends on the class and also your level. While you are learning fine control or a new choreography it may not help too much. Doing drills, repetedly practicing dances all the way through and most folk classes will help though.i go for belly dance classes 3 times per week for 1 hour..would these classes help me to get slim?or i should better go for fitness or gym?
Not all belly dancing classes are the same. Some require you to move/dance continuously for the entire hour, while others have times where you stop dancing and stand around to listen to instructions. Needless, the latter won't do a lot to help you lose weight, but the former MIGHT.
Folkloric styles will do more to promote weight loss than standing in place doing hip circles. But, it's rare to see folkloric dances such as Saidi, debke, etc. taught in beginning belly dance classes. Most teachers (including me) save those for more experienced levels of dancers.
Here's an article on my web site that goes into this topic in more depth: Belly Dancing and Weight Loss