| There are quite a few Ballet workout DVDs | | | | they are also very fast paced and intense, and |
| hitting the market right now, along with a wide | | | | are not very relaxing. |
| variety of DVDs focused on a variety of other | | | | Yet, the slower flow of a Ballet workout DVD |
| dance forms. When there are hundreds of other | | | | does not mean it is less effective. In fact, you will |
| workouts on the market as well, why would | | | | feel the burn in every part of your body while |
| anyone go with Ballet? | | | | doing this form of dance. Just like Yoga and |
| Benefits of Fitness Dance DVDs | | | | Pilates, most movements pull from your core |
| Workouts based on any form of dance have a | | | | muscles and there is an emphasis on connecting |
| great advantage over any other type of workout | | | | your mind to the movements of your body. |
| simply because they are fun. While you are | | | | The result of the controlled, focused movement |
| getting a good workout that builds muscle and | | | | is a very tight, toned body with a much lower |
| increases your cardiovascular fitness, you are | | | | body fat percentage in most cases. If you look at |
| smiling and enjoying yourself. It doesn't feel like a | | | | professional ballerinas who do these workouts on |
| grueling workout, but you still have the sore | | | | a routine basis, you will find them representing the |
| muscles in the morning to prove that it was in | | | | ideal body type that women all over the world |
| fact effective. | | | | strive to achieve. It isn't because they starve |
| Another benefit of workouts based on dance is | | | | themselves, but because they are toned and well |
| that they tend to work muscles that you do not | | | | formed as a direct result of Ballet. |
| work through many other types of exercise. For | | | | There is no question that you could burn a lot of |
| instance, when you run on the treadmill you are | | | | calories with a fast paced hip hop workout filled |
| burning a lot of calories, but you are only really | | | | with complicated footwork and routines. Yet, it is |
| using the major muscles throughout your legs and | | | | also a proven fact that you could burn just as |
| some of your core. | | | | many calories and get more body toning benefits |
| On the other hand, when you get into a dance | | | | from doing a Ballet workout DVD that features |
| routine you are moving in all different directions, | | | | easier to catch footwork with a slower, more |
| reaching up tall and dipping down low, and basically | | | | graceful pace. |
| working a variety of muscles. You work small | | | | Note on Form |
| muscles along with large ones, and you work the | | | | Everything that was just stated about a Ballet |
| upper and lower body in unison. This is why it is | | | | workout DVD hinges on the assumption that you |
| common to feel sore in odd places when you first | | | | are following a technically correct instructor with |
| start dancing. | | | | proper form. Just because you recognize a |
| There is a big difference between doing a long | | | | celebrity on the DVD cover doesn't mean you are |
| set of push ups and doing a dance routine which | | | | getting the best workout. When it comes to |
| works those same arm muscles without you | | | | Ballet, you are better off finding a DVD instructed |
| ever realizing. For this reason, you are more likely | | | | by someone skilled in this particular dance form. |
| to stick with a dance based workout in the long | | | | Who Should Do Ballet? |
| term. | | | | Okay, so who should really be doing a Ballet |
| The Ballet Advantage | | | | workout DVD? This is an art form that many |
| Now that it is clear that dancing is an excellent | | | | people relate to small children in tutus, but that is |
| way to develop a lean body and lose weight, | | | | not the reality in the adult dance world today. If |
| what gives a Ballet workout DVD the advantage | | | | you were to go to a fitness studio offering a |
| over a DVD featuring hip hop? | | | | fitness Ballet class, you would be quite surprised |
| Ballet is actually one of the gentlest forms of | | | | to see a mixed group of people, often |
| dance when it comes to the impact and wear and | | | | representing every age, race, and gender group. |
| tear on your body. Since the movements | | | | This is because Ballet is effective for everyone! |
| featured in a Ballet workout DVD tend to be | | | | Anyone who wants a lower impact workout that |
| more graceful and slow with feet planted firmly | | | | delivers a tight, toned body and maximum fat |
| on the floor, you will drastically reduce your risk | | | | burn will find a Ballet workout DVD well worth the |
| of injury. Hip hop DVDs are quite popular, but | | | | investment. |