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Originally Posted by Genisis
Hey I'll take advice from the fitness pros. Thats why I asked. I'll do my best to incorporate whatever ideas you guys come up with but if at all possible I need to at least keep the present weight added when I dance.
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Genesis, I guess the question of the hour is "Why?" Why do you have to combine weights and dance movements?
If you want to gain strength, do proper strength-training. A 20 min routine of free weight exercises hitting major combinations of muscles (squats, bench press, lat pulldowns, rowing, etc) will be more efficient and much less prone to cause injury than weighted dance movements. See
www.strumptuous.com for some really good advice.
If tennis players need to gain strength for their game, they don't go swinging a 50lb racket 100's of times -- what a recipe for disaster that would be. They go into a weight room and do a proper cross-training regimine for their sport. If baseball pitchers need more strength for their game, they don't run around the field with body weights, or throw big heavy lead balls, they go into the weight room and....you get the picture.
Strength training good.
Crazy shimmying with 30 lbs belts on your hips bad.
Sedonia