Dance Workouts

[ncl]

Originally Posted by Tammie M

I would love to take ballroom lessons. Unfortunately my husband hates dance lessons. That's why I take line dancing lessons. We dance for about 3 hours during the class. I think we have learned about 30 dances.

Tammie, i take ballroom without DH. Some DH's wouldn't tolerate that, but many do!

[Kitten]

Soul Sweat. It's a bit freeform, which drove me nuts at first, but I grew to like it. Plus, there's an awesome stretch at the end.

[TinierTina]

Originally Posted by Gancho Girl

GROOVE is not a freeform dance. Everyone does the same movement, just in our own unique way.

Well, in some ways it isn't. Just like Toni Bergins' Journeydance (a meld between freeform dance and yoga) is heavily guided but freeform to an extent.

No, I did not try Journeydance yet, but I have had several discussions with a Journeydance instructor. She'd thought it would be somewhat of a fit for my temperament or degree free spirit at the time, but I did not pursue further.

Being barefoot challenged (except if I am on a pristinely clean surface for bellydance, and some Doonya classes) certainly narrows the field in conscious dance ... [freeform is a subset of conscious dance Conscious Dance—101 Modalities that Define the Movement]

[Judy W.]

I always enjoy Scott Cole's Disco Dojo. Lots of fun and easy on the joints as well.

Weight Watchers has a set called Ultimate Dance Party. Has 3 workouts of varying levels and comes with a set of light shaker weights similar to Zumba sticks. It's a tad pricey, but I found a good deal on it and am enjoying it a lot.

[TinierTina]

Originally Posted by aggmom

I like Refit classes -- I take them locally and also subscribe to their streaming service for $10/month. A new live class is posted every day. They have a few DVDs and tons of video on Youtube. Can be modified up or down to suit you. www.refitrev.com

This site sounds interesting.
Appears to me it may have started with corporate fitness or team-building, and then branched out.

More guided than I'd thought it would be, though ...

[horsemom2]

My youtube playlists have some dance and rebounding which may interest you:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9...xBFw/playlists

Barb S

[sbh]

My favorite dance workout is Cardioke - Billy Blanks Jr. I'm always a sweaty mess afterwards.

[AsSweetAsSugar]

I love Zumba! Besides it, I also like Hip Hop Abs (BeachBody) and Rock Your Body with Jaime King (I got it at totalfitnessdvds on sale for 1.99 a while back) it is fun and challenging (there is a learning curve), at the end you feel like you're performing with them on stage

[Leonana]

I haven't done this one, but a friend said it was good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Su...l49G1d3N90bU_T

[Gancho Girl]

Originally Posted by TinierTina

Well, in some ways it isn't.

Not "in some ways", it just isn't. As facilitators we are very clear that this isn't a freeform dance. There are specified moves that we all do together, it's simply that how you do that movement is up to you.