Have you ever watched So You Think You Can Dance?, America’s Best Dance Crew, or Dancing with the Stars? Have you noticed how fit these contestants are? I think dancers have the perfect bodies; they are slim, toned and in shape. Many guys have an issue with dancing, unless it’s break dancing, but they don’t realize how much of a work out dancing actually is and how easily it can put you into shape (not to mention, all the gorgeous ladies you can meet in your dance class!).

Did you know ballroom dancing burns 300 calories per an hour? Take a ballroom dancing class! If you practice 2 nights a week, that’s 600 calories a week you are burning! I personally prefer ballroom dancing over break-dancing. Although I grew up watching break-dancers, I feel that ballroom dancing is more of a cardio work out, while break-dancing is more strength. 

Whether you are doing tango, polka, disco, salsa, whatever, ballroom dancing will probably be useful to you in the future. Not only are you losing weight, but how cool is it to say that you can ballroom dance? Sure, it may not sound that cool in front of the fellas, but ladies will dig it! Plus, it’s more fun that you may think!

Dancing tones your body into really good shape because of the cardio involved. You will lose fat, and also do some basic muscle exercises. Before you know it, you will be practicing more on your own and losing weight while your mind is just telling you that you are practicing. When you are dancing, it’s not like jogging where you can just quit whenever you want, you must finish the dance! You keep moving!

Look up a local dance school in your yellow pages, or look for drop in sessions at community centres, and go for it! You’ll be surprised at how much you may enjoy it!