Regardless of gender, generation or
income group, more and more people are
going to the dance floor for a workout
versus a gym and an exercise
physiologist at New York City's Hospital
for Special Surgery, a leading center
for sports medicine, thinks she knows
why.
“The best exercise program is one that
is safe, balanced, promotes fitness and
importantly, one people will do
regularly because they enjoy it,”
according to Polly de Mille, exercise
physiologist at the Women's Sports
Medicine Center at Hospital for Special
Surgery.
“The social aspects of dance help to
make it very attractive for an
increasing number of people versus, say,
an elliptical training machine.
Scientific studies are now also telling
us that many things make dancing an
excellent fitness regimen with
attractive benefits,” de Mille said.
Of course, balanced, targeted gym
workouts can provide excellent fitness
benefits as well but for some people,
the “fun factor” is missing at the gym.
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