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Sunday, July 9, 2017

TIME: Why Dancing Is the Best Thing You Can Do For Your Body



http://time.com/4828793/dancing-dance-aerobic-exercise/

Dance floors tend to be sweaty places for a reason. All of those shimmies and shakes burn energy like you wouldn’t believe—and come with many other surprising health benefits, too. When you cut a rug, you can expend more than 300 calories every half-hour, according to a report from the University of Brighton in the UK. That meets or exceeds the amount of energy you burn during an easy run or swim, the report shows. Even relatively tame forms of dance burn about the same number of calories as...  Read the full story

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