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On the other hand, dance routines can be brought into step aerobics, for instance Phillip Weeden's "X-treme" hip-hop dance program with music by Beyoncé, Silentó and old school rappers. [46] [47] Elements of step aerobics can be blended into other exercise styles such as kickboxing [48] or Zumba to create hybrid or combo styles. [49]
Aerobic dances are musical fitness routines in which an instructor choreographs several short dance combinations and teaches them to a class. This is usually achieved by teaching the class one to two movements at a time and repeating the movements until the class is able to join the whole choreography together.
Alberto "Beto" Pérez (born 15 March 1970) is a Colombian dancer, choreographer, businessman, and Zumba instructor.He created the exercise fitness program Zumba in the late 1990s which involves dance and aerobic exercise elements with accompanying music, specifically Latin, and associated martial arts moves, squats, lunges, and other aerobic techniques.
The National Aerobic Championships was a competition of aerobic gymnastics started in 1984 in the United States. Founded by Sports Fitness International, it was the first major championship in the sport predating the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships by 11 years. From 1988 onwards the individual events were separated into individual men ...
Aerobics Oz Style is an Australian aerobic exercise instructional television series, shown in Australia on weekends and then weekdays on Network Ten at 6:00 am then 6:30 am and distributed to many other countries. It was cancelled by Network Ten at the end of 2005.
Jacki Sorensen (born Jacqueline Faye Mills; December 10, 1942) is the American originator of aerobic dancing, popularly known as aerobics.Inspired by Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper's 1968 book on aerobic exercise, she created for women an aerobic dance routine to music in 1969 in Puerto Rico, teaching U.S. Air Force wives. [2]
According to Blanks, the cardiovascular benefits are a result of the dance moves added to the already high-energy workout. [ 8 ] [ better source needed ] An hour-long Tae Bo workout will burn 500 to 800 calories , compared with the 300 to 400 calories burned with a more conventional aerobics class.
Once improvement in aerobic conditioning is apparent, for example in metabolism and oxygen uptake, the body progressively adapts to further training. [20] Aerobic conditioning can be anywhere from walking on the treadmill to mowing the lawn. The average healthy person should engage in 150–200 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise every week.