Dancing Away Your Cares and Your Calories With Workout Video dance

When you are interested in finding a great workout video, dance is often one that is not considered. This is unfortunate, given the fact that dancing is one of the best ways to burn calories and have fun around! When it comes to dance, you'll find that far too many people feel that they can't dance or that they will look funny if they do so. Well, maybe that is true, but have you looked at how ridiculous people appear while they're doing aerobics? I was a little reluctant to do it, but after my best friend offered to let me do her DVD dance workout with her, I rapidly changed my mind.

It was just another Saturday afternoon at my friend Jenny's place and I was bemoaning the fact that I didn't have any energy to give to a new exercise routine. There was no time to get to the gym and I really didn't want to put a treadmill or an exercise bike in my home. Not only was I dealing with not enough time, I was also dealing with not having any money, and Jenny could definitely sympathize. That was when she suggested that I try doing one of her DVD dance workouts with her.

"But I don't dance," I protested and she grinned at me.

"You won't think that for very long," she promised me, and she popped the DVD into the player.

The one we started on that day was for bellydancing, and though I had watched some bellydancing on television before and even seen it when I went to the Renaissance Faire a few years ago, I never thought that it was something that I myself could do. The instructor started out very simply and made a big deal of getting the basic movements right. When I was concentrating on what my hips were doing and what I could do with my arms, the time flew by and before I knew it, I had worked up a bit of a sweat.

Then the video kicked into gear and we were following along with the instructor, and though I didn't really dance before, I was definitely getting into it! The music made everything a lot more lively and a lot more fun and it wasn't long before Jenny and I were giggling as much as we were doing snake arms.

The thing that I never realized about dance before is that it is all about movement and taking joy in movement. It's about learning to have fun in your body, and that is something that a lot of us forget about in our day to day lives. Forty five minutes later, we stopped for a drink and Jenny turned to me.

"Still feel like you can't dance?"

I thought about, but I was already shaking my head. When you are looking for a good workout video, dance is definitely not something that you should overlook. Exercise doesn't need to be a chore or drudgery; it can amazing joyful as well as being great for you!