Health Benefits of Salsa

Look Better, Get Fit and Lose Weight

Salsa dancing is one of the best forms of exercise. Some of the health and fitness benefits of salsa dancing are: weight loss and muscle gain, boosting your physical endurance and range of motion all while learning the latest salsa dance steps.

Dancing salsa can burn up to 10 calories a minute, without harmful side effects caused by high impact exercises such as running. Dancing the night away can burn more calories per hour than riding a bike or swimming.

Salsa also helps to
* Reduce stress
* Increase energy
* Improve strength
* Increase muscle tone and coordination

Cheers
Tina

Great!!!

with just a little bit of googling i found this.....

you’ll be amazed at how many calories you burn
while having fun! Check out the chart below:

STYLE OF DANCE	Approximate Calories Burned Per Hour
	100 lb. Dancer	125 lb. Dancer	150 lb. Dancer	175 lb. Dancer	200 lb. Dancer
Disco, Cha Cha Cha, Mambo, Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue	264	330	396	462	528
Samba, Ballet, Fast Dances	288	360	432	504	576
Waltz, Foxtrot, Bachata Tango, Rhumba, Bolero	144	180	216	252	288

Great information dude! You are rocking!
Keep it up!

hey aashish.. do a conversion for us ...to kgs

Here are conversions:

100 lb. = 45.36 Kg
125 lb. = 56.70 Kg
150 lb. = 68.03 Kg
175 lb. = 79.38 Kg
200 lb. = 90.72 Kg

Where:
1lb = 454 gms approx (.45 kg)
1Kg = 2.20 Lb

ashish and ajay,

great post guys

anand

i'd dance even if it were to be as healthy as having a vertigo at mocha...

Hi Anand,

Do give me some credit also, for starting this discussion......

Tina...

tinashah wrote:Hi Anand,

Do give me some credit also, for starting this discussion......

Tina...

Ha ha! I appreciate your assertiveness!
Accept my credits, this discussion thread is quite useful.

thanks ajay,

for voicing my thoughts exactly

yes tina, your contribution is no doubt appreciated..unless for people like you , our forum would be empty

thanks again

regards
anand

Hi Anand

Its nice that salsa has a lot of health benefits to offer.....But I dance, purely coz I love salsa.....It gives me a big high..... But, the one thing thats important is that you should have a good partner....u know...Coz as a girl, if you dont get a good lead, it can be really taxing...

Plus, you rarely come to the class these days........

Tina