7 Totally Free Workouts: Dance Edition!

[Anonymous]

Working out at a gym isn't for everybody or you can just be bored with it and looking for something else to do for a while that won't cost you a dime. Physically with any workout program, in order to see changes, especially if you are looking for gains or to lose weight, you need to add variety and change to your workouts. You can't start January first with a workout plan, and by July, you're still doing literally the same exact thing and expecting to see different or more results (I think they call that the definition of insanity).

So, why not try dancing? Moving your body freely in dance allows you to work a lot of different muscle groups at once and unlike being in a class at a gym, if you can't afford it/don't have time to get to classes, or you feel you aren't the greatest dancer, there is no excuse not to workout and dance at home in your living room and just have a good time doing it. Here are some totally free dance workouts (and tons more that can be found on the channels listed).

1. Live Love Party

LiveLoveParty.Tv is a Zumba group based out of the Philippines. They have wonderful positive energy and a ton of videos on their youtube channel set to mainly popular pop music and latin/afro beats. Most videos are low impact (at least one foot on the ground) and fairly easy to pick up on the choreography. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/livelovepartyTV

2. Dance Fitness with Jessica

Jessica offers more high intensity dance fitness set to pop/hip hop music. You might need a bit more coordination for her videos. She also offers a few body weight focused exercise videos. View her playlists for workout sets or create your own playlist from her videos list.

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FitnesswithJessica/featured

3. Extreme Hip Hop with Phil (Whedon)

Phil's classes are high intensity step aerobics set to hip hop music. You need a step and a lot of coordination for his choreography. Sweat a lot and burn a lot of calories.

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJjDdo-Kqn-vEEVMSkckS5g

4. The Fitness Marshall (Caleb Marshall)

Caleb has a lot of dance routines which are set to pop/hip hop music. Unlike some of the others, CM does offer instruction on his videos. He has varying levels of intensity and offers his own playlist which changes weekly called the "sweat set," which is a warm up dance, followed by several medium to high intensity dances, and then a cool down or you can make your own playlist. Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFitnessMarshall/featured

5. Zumba-Danielle Habibi

Danielle offers zumba and zumba step classes. She does offer her own varying intensity workout playlists and some full 30 minute to an hour workouts. Most are set to pop/hip hop/afro-latin music. Mainly her videos are medium-high intensity, but she usually features a few dancers who are doing the low impact versions of the high impact exercises. She offers visual cues and some verbal instruction. YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Daniellehabibis/featured

6. Pump It Up

Based off of Eric Prydz's 'Call On Me' music video that came out in the early 2000's, Pump It Up is the dance workout inspired by the music video which was of course inspired by dance workouts of the 80s. The soundtrack is entirely that of The Ministry of Sound. Instruction is offered, medium-high intensity workout.

7. Club Fitz

Lauren & Kelsi teach hip hop dance classes of varying intensity. Some visual cues and instruction are offered. Set to mainly hip hop/pop music. Their channel offers playlist workouts or you can make your own. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/DawnLaurenFitness/featured

How To Create a YouTube Playlist

Create a YouTube Account if you don't already have one (it's free). Then click on a video on YouTube. Underneath that video on the left, it says, "+Add to." Click on that and you can create a new playlist, name it, and add the video(s) or you can add the video or videos to an existing playlist that you already have.

[Cccgala]

Thanks to this, I now know this Live Love Party that is from my own country! I'll visit their headquarters if I can :)

Great myTake!

[myTake Owner]

Cool, thanks!

[Fearless_banana]

This shit works guys. This is how I built my physique.

[Fearless_banana]

Danced my fucking heart out everyday

[Fathoms77]

I tried Zumba a few times, mainly to appease my girlfriend at the time.

It certainly works but... just couldn't get into it. I loathe that kind of music, anyway; maybe that was the problem.

I'll stick to rowing, a free home workout that has just one relatively expensive start-up cost. :P

[myTake Owner]

Well there are of course other types of dance, not just Zumba. It's the same with any type of workouts or food for that matter. You may try it one way, and hate it, but try it a different way, and you may like it.

[Fathoms77]

Oh, I'm sure. Zumba is the only one I've tried. And all dancing exercises can work very well because they're all cardio.

I'm not really a dancer, though.

[W31rd0]

Rowing is a home workout? What kind of rowing?

[myTake Owner]

@W31rd0 they do sell rowing machines.

[Fathoms77]

@W31rd0 This kind- https://www.concept2.com/

[W31rd0]

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I went to college gym and got on the rowing machine. It actually had REAL water in the thingymajiggy, so I could hear and see water waves with each row. I'd close my eyes and imagine that I was really rowing.

Does your rowing machine produce any water sounds?

[Fathoms77]

@W31rd0 Uh, no. I've never heard of such a thing but it sounds cool. Mine is a professional Concept2 erg rower that tracks multiple stats, like calories burned, wattage output, pulls per minute, etc, and that's what I want for performance purposes. :)

[W31rd0]

Are you overweight, obese, or normal weight?

[Fathoms77]

@W31rd0 Optimal weight now, after being 45-50 lbs. overweight this time last year.

Now I'm 6'3, 178 lbs with about 8% body fat, and in addition to working out with 55 lbs. and 65 lbs. dumbbells twice a week, my four-times-per-week rowing regiment is progressing. I can now pull the 10,000 meters (about 6.25 miles) in 40 minutes, 19 seconds (my best time so far, just pulled today). My goal is to break 38 minutes before the year is out. :)

[W31rd0]

Good for you.

I weighed myself for the first time when I was 7 years old. I always weighed less than 100 pounds. I am not sure whether I was obese/overweight; all I know is that I didn't really look like an obese/overweight kid. Then, I weighed myself again sometime during my early young adult years and found myself to be 180 pounds early this year. Then, there was that stupid day where I had to walk several blocks to find the job employment agency in the city. All that walking and running the whole day probably made me lose weight. Next time I weighed, I was at 170, and that's when I started to restrict my caloric intake and eat more nutrient-rich, calorie-low foods. My daily routine involves a lot of physical, manual labor, so that helps me be active. Now, I'm 161 pounds. I should be at 154 pounds to be within normal BMI range, but I'd like to target 134.

How do you calculate body fat percentage?

[Fathoms77]

@W31rd0 That's trickier than it sounds. Look up online for different ways to test your BMI; I get slightly different results depending on which method I use.

It's great that you're moving around more, though, and you have a goal. Nothing better than hitting goals you set for yourself. :)

[W31rd0]

Someday, I would like to go to the city again and waste the entire day walking around and visiting the city sights -- the statehouse, the state courthouse, the county courthouse, museums, stores, churches. By the end of the day, I'd probably lose significant amounts of weight, and have a lot of fun. I'd bring my own lunch to control the caloric intake, which is usually last night's leftovers reheated. That beats going to the gym and watching mindless TV anytime. :D

[Fathoms77]

@W31rd0 Well, unfortunately, you really can't lose any significant weight in just one day. BUT walking around a city will definitely get you moving; I was in NYC three times last year and one time, my brother counted our steps and we exceeded 21,000 for the day. LOL Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, walking blocks as opposed to taking cabs ALL the time, etc. It added up. :P

[W31rd0]

I should do it more often then.

[Swedgirl]

Lol, I did the "Im a slave 4 u" dance today with my friends xD It was really fun, not that much of a work out though, still fun :P

[myTake Owner]

Awesome! The one video isn't going to get you sweating that much, but that is why I listed the links to their youtube pages, because all these people have tons more videos which if you create a youtube playlist or use one of their own, you can get a really good workout. Good luck!

[Swedgirl]

Thanks for all the tips! I love dance work outs, definitely gonna use the channels you linked 👍🏼

[myTake Owner]

Awesome! Have fun with them.

[YourFutureEx]

Wooow! ^_^

I wish I'd workout like this and become a cool guy, but I always pass out and my moves are hideous ;_;

[myTake Owner]

Awe.

[YourFutureEx]

Once I lose two more inches of my waistline, I'll start taking help of glucose and amino and get the shit done. I can't afford to lose and regret ✊

[Xfitchick]

Good workout, but too soft for me.

[Tomboy_Cool]

i like the first thumbnail.