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Keeping Fit for Those Who Hate Exercise
We all know that we should exercise. Unfortunately, some of us (me!) have a pathological hatred of sport, games and all things competitive. I imagined I was destined to become progressively less and less fit until I collapsed into an unhealthy and total decline. Then I found line-dancing! Don't be put off by the "yeehah" image that's portrayed in the media. We're a friendly bunch with a great, affordable social life. We listen to a wider range of music than you'd expect, performed by top-quality singers and bands for a fraction of the price you'd pay in most other venues. Classes are almost essential to avoid making an idiot (and a nuisance) of yourself on the dance-floor. But don't get me wrong - the more experienced dancers will be very willing and happy to encourage beginners who are making an effort to learn. I didn't find it easy by a long way. As well as being non-sporty, I have no innate sense of timing or music. (My dancing teacher sometimes urges me to "just feel the music" - huh?) But she persevered with me through the beginners' class, and finally suggested I was ready to graduate to the 'Improvers and Intermediate". By this time I was hooked on dancing, spurred on by my increasing abilities and finally finding a way to enjoy an activity that got me MOVING! My blood pressure has fallen significantly and my weight stabilised. The pleasure I have had has been beyond measure. As well as being good exercise for the body, line-dancing keeps your brain in trim, because even a beginner dance can be 64-steps, and for a "non-dancer" like me, remembering the order is no mean feat. And there are so many different dances to learn...... I remember, when I first started going line-dancing with friends who were very experienced, I noticed that there were, let's say, "several" different dances. I tentatively asked "how many" - expecting a maximum of, say, twenty. I was horrified when they gently broke it to me that there were, well, an uncountable number! But fours years on I can't count the number that even I can do (nor the number that I CAN'T do). Yet I can still do enough so that, on most nights out, I'm dancing far more than watching. For anyone who'd like a more sociable way to keep fit than slogging to the gym in the early hours of the morning why not look up your nearest line-dancing class? It's not a problem if you're a lady, or gentleman, alone. This is dancing where you don't need a partner, lots of people go alone and are made very welcome. So if you're looking for a new social life, or if you're a confirmed exercise-phobic, like me - line-dancing could be just what the doctor ordered! |
Line-Dancing: Keep Fit for Body and Mind
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This intel was contributed by Joy Healey
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May, 2012
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