shiradotnet
Well-known member
The "greater danger" thread has shifted a bit to the question about whether it's responsible of us to promote belly dance as an exercise form. I'd like to explore the topic in greater detail, so I'm spinning off a new thread.
In that thread, I posted:
Here's my question to all of you:
How do you feel about promoting belly dance as a form of exercise and why?
I offer it as a class, but with the caveats mentioned above.
In that thread, I posted:
My take on it is this: belly dancing burns more calories than sitting at home, eating ice cream while watching television.
If someone wants serious calorie-burning aerobic exercise that drives the heart into the cardio zone, belly dance isn't the exercise form I would recommend for that purpose.
However, if someone belongs to Weight Watchers and is trying to obtain the 30-minutes-per-day of "activity", I do feel that belly dance qualifies as "activity" according to the Weight Watchers definition.
Here's my question to all of you:
How do you feel about promoting belly dance as a form of exercise and why?
I offer it as a class, but with the caveats mentioned above.