Dance yourself thin?

[phantomtek]

Hi guys, hope you all had a good christmas.

I was wondering, would a good way to lose the fat I have accrued over the past year be to dance it away? I'm talking properly dance as in to hard dance or hard house music, stomping and glowsticking like at a rave, very energetic dancing which I enjoy doing. If I were to do 30 minutes to an hour of this a day every day, would it burn fat at any noticeable rate? I only ask as I want to get back into shape and I hate running or cycling. Walking is another option but wheres the fun in that and it takes ages

Cheers guys.

[5v3d3b0]

Combine it with some serious crack smoking and you'll drop weight like a space shuttle on take off

[Tonka]

Weight loss is simply using more energy than you take in, so I reckon that if you enjoy bopping about for a bit every day and eat sensibly you'll be on a winner

Most people fail to keep up their exercise regime as it's not enjoyable. Sounds like you enjoy dancing, therefore it's more likely you'll still be doing it come Easter, which is the idea. Not sure if you've noticed the ads on telly, but most of the fitness DVD's are quite dance based this year!!


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[mr jamez]

I don't think I could hack dancing everyday simply because its boring on your own and doing a gram of mandy five times a week will get expensive

Swimming is good for me, no sweat and doesn't hurt my joints.
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[Annabella]

I regularly spend a night dancing around like a loon in my extension (so as not to disturb my deaf Spanish neighbour) to music, after a couple of albums I can be properly out of breath and knackered - I reckon it does me as much good as going for a 5 mile run (lunch time exercise)... just don't counter the good by supping on nice cold beer

There's nothing boring about dancing around on your own after a day being trapped in meeting rooms/tied to a desk, especially if you're singing along at the top of your voice too
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[Robby]

Bella can get away with it, because she's eleven.

If you do it, you're a fag.

Post saved in the shame folder. Expect to see this again in the future.

[phantomtek]

Haha, does it really look like I care what people on here think of me? I won't meet most of you anyway (Thank fuck, in most cases!)

Theres nothing better than getting some good hard dance on and stomping the fuck out! Cept taking drugs and doing it!

Plus its less risky than sodomising Asian children so I think you have no room to talk!

Cheers for the more helpful replies!

[steppen22]

Who cares what people think? If you want to Dance, Dance Man, Dance!
(shoots a few shots at your feet)

People who go round calling people "fags" for doing anything remotely unusual are daft. If you live life worrying about what others think, there's always going to be morons who get kicks from mocking you for anything, and you'll get no where.



However, it will only have any success if you don't get bored of it.

I've always thought the best way to stay trim is to make activity part of the fabric of your life - so you stay fit without trying. Rather than partitioning an hour of your life each day specficially for exercise.

The problem is that 99% of us have really sedentary lives where our bodies are UNNATURALLY still. Humans are not designed to sit at keyboards for 8 hours a day motioning only our fingers.

Postmen don't go to the gym, for example, they get enough of a work out in the mornings.

To answer your question, if you burn off more calories than you consume (this being your recommended level) then you're heading in the right direction. Doesn't matter whether its by throwing stones or playing with children.
Consider your diet though: if you want to lose weight but you continue to eat shit, don't expect any sympathy when you fail. Less meat, more veg.
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[mooserx]

dancing??? to lose weight????

wtf??? are you a little gay???

why not just go for a run?

[Shaun]

Ignore robby and just go for it.

Worked for this guy.

[phantomtek]

[Sparks!]

Phantom, I don't think Shaun really cares if dancing is gay or not, or whether he even thinks it ... just you were an easy target and he took the opportunity to play on it

For what its worth, any exercise is good exercise and dancing is as good as any. If you find it fun and stick at it long enough to see results then fuck what anyone else says.

But it's still funny that Shaun got to you a bit hehe.
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[phantomtek]

[Sparks!]

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[Clanger]

Dancing is a fine way to keep in shape!

I personally think a bloke who can dance is an attractive quality, wayyyyyy more attractive than the proverbial beer belly!!!! (I'm sure a LOT of women would agree).
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[Annabella]

[Clanger]

Funnily enough (although probably not to fat people), I'm actually skinnier than I was when I went out dancing regularly... I am told this is because fat is lighter than muscle .
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[s44678]

Why not combine other excercise with hard-house music if you like it so much?

Like buy a cheapo second hand excercise bike, and make up a mix CD with your favorite tunes, preferably one with long breakdowns and good build ups, then 'pedal your tits off' to the tunes, Going really mental when the big beats drop. I reckon you'll get a similar euphoric feeling as dancing around. Endorphins being released and all that stuff. Plus will be a LOT more enjoyable than just cycling in silcene and less mental than dancing on your own

But basically you just want to raise your metabolic rate enough so you start burning off the fat, and the best way to do that is through excersice. Then you can actually start eating more and still lose weight (balanced diet of course).

[virus]

Let Leroy give you a few hints.

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0746Edaolz8



Cheers
John
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[phantomtek]

[s44678]

Either try and replace the friction mechanism thingy, or - if you can wait a month or so - there will be a tidal wave of excercise equipment appearing on Ebay as people realise they can't actually be arsed to stick to that new year's resolution.

[phantomtek]

Good thinking, I think I'll wait it out and also look for a good exercise routine to burn fat, I used to do HIIT which was a killer so might look into that again.