Dancing is good for health

Research has proven that apart from enjoying your self at a dance party, dancing has several health benefits. While dancing a lot of calories are burnt just as when one is jogging, walking or exercising. The amount of benefits one gets out of dancing depends on the type of dancing, how strenuous it is, the duration and your skill level. Once your heartbeat rate increases, then you are having a terrific workout. Dancing is a weight bearing activity; therefore it strengthens your bones, muscles, your upper body and you gain a lot of strength too.

Dancing styles, along with their specific benefits.
There are several dancing styles and all of them have different health benefits, the following are the most common with their respective health benefits
1.Belly dancing; involves dancing with the belly, maintains flexibility, improves posture and tones muscles too. It also helps prevent lower back problems. It prepares women for childbirth
2. Ballroom dancing; this type of dance conditions the body, and keeps the heart in good shape. That’s not all; this style of dance builds and increases your stamina as well as helping you with weight loss.
3. Salsa dancing; it helps you release toxins through sweating, lowers blood pressure and improves cholesterol levels. It also builds endurance as well as stamina.
4. Square dancing; it helps you to loosen and tone muscles, strengthens your bones and more importantly it provides cardiovascular conditioning. It also slows the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and improves cholesterol.
Apart from the health benefits dancing helps to develop strong social ties, it relieves people a lot of stress and most people make friends during these social dance parties. Studies have also proven that dancing has the ability to reduce Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in the elderly. So whether you are young or old dancing is good for your health, apart from that, dancing has a way of brightening one’s day.