Why must you dance?

| Dancing is an activity with many more benefits than you think.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Dancing is a perfect cardiovascular activity to keep fit.
• The heart and the musculoskeletal system are the great beneficiaries of the body movement involved in dancing.
• At any age, from children to the elderly, it is possible to find the most suitable dance.

The dance As such it has existed for many years and in fact each nation or even region has some kind of dance of its own. The evolution of the human being is accompanied by the dance that has gone parallel to it. There are more lively dances and there are those that are less so, but at the end of the day all involve a body movement, which is an important premise to achieve good health.

Both muscles and joints are involved in the different choreographies that make up each type of dance, but if there is an organ that benefits greatly, it is the organ, along with the blood vessels; in short, the cardiovascular system.

Friend of the heart

The great health benefits, in general, are provided by the cardiovascular activities (walking, ... ..) and dancing are also among them. When a person dances, they are subjecting their body to a stimulus that makes the heart have to work to pump the blood that the rest of the body requires to move. This stimulus activates the heart, which, being a muscle, needs to move so as not to atrophy. Depending on the type of dance, the stimulus will be greater or lesser and the heart muscle will have to work to a greater or lesser extent.

Therefore, we must find the modality that best adapts to individual conditions since dancing is recommended to any age and for both sexes.

The best dance at every age

• For the younger ages the ballet or more moved modalities are ideal to start work coordination. In these cases, it usually begins as a game to end up following a choreography. It seeks to develop motor qualities and also, why not, follow a certain discipline. As the body develops, the range widens a lot.
• The youths they tend to opt for dances with a lot of rhythm and with a high level of energy waste and cardiovascular requirement. It is the moment to enjoy it since the organism is in full performance and, in addition, the more we take care of it now, the better it will be in the future. The muscles will be worked to be a perfect reinforcement for the skeleton, in addition to improving in terms of flexibility. The bones, meanwhile, will be gaining strength. In some of these dances, accessories are used such as weights, rubber bands, balls ... With them, an even more complete exercise is being carried out because it will be toning as well as continuing to give the heart rhythm. In addition, in the globalized world in which we live, dances that we did not even know existed are part of our routine today (lambada, zumba…).
• In the case of Adults the recommendations would focus on dances that are not excessively demanding on the heart and muscles. In any case, if people have danced at an earlier age, the adult can continue to do so by adapting to the characteristics of the moment. Avoiding excessive jumps or sudden movements is a way to adapt to the dance but you have to continue enjoying it. Feeling young is part of the happiness of the human being and if dance allows it, all the better. The Belly Dancing or the dances type "Bollywood”Are some of the things that are most successful among adult women, perhaps because of the sensuality of the movements.

REMEMBER THAT…

Many sports clubs and gyms offer their members more demanding or fun modalities, which are even a controlled way. One recommendation: keep in mind that by ending up exhausted you are not getting the most out of dancing. Obviously you will get tired, but step by step, your body will obtain more benefits if you progress with head and in an orderly way than if you do it in spades, in that case the only thing you will be achieving is putting your body to the limit every time.

• For the more seniors but who still retain the spirit of a dancer or dancer, there are also various possibilities at their fingertips. The well-known ballroom dancing they are usually the stars among this group. Party rooms are full of "kings and queens" on the dance floors. It is a highly recommended activity. With this, it is possible to put aside the sedentary lifestyle and "attack" all those risk factors that put the health in "check", especially the elderly.

Who dances has less chances of having elevated levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood sugar. You will get less tired when you go for a walk or even when climbing a hill. For postmenopausal women, it is a way to fight osteoporosis.