Monday, 14 April 2014

How to get A Dancer's Body.

How to get A Dancer's Body.

Since dancers have lean and toned bodies, how can one achieve the same with exercising or their gym routine?
Balance, coordination, flexibility, strength, endurance, speed and agility require for a Dancer body. Most dancers requires to have both a high arch and high instep (top bump) regards to feet and also a very good posture related with the back and body alignments. This can come with the right understanding of posture, understanding of body’s biomechanics and center balancing, flexibility workout to lengthen and lubrication of the muscles by doing lot of stretching exercises, a strength training regime to preserve and gain muscle mass and a high intensity cardio to increase speed and agility. A surly a very hard core practice which makes a dancer different from other lean and fit exerciser.
If someone really wanted a body like professional dancer, the main key is flexibility and balance, which are the two important factors and reduces the risk of muscular injuries and helps to maintain good range of motion in the joints. But yes if you have a very good flexibility but no strength in the muscles of your core area (especially abdominal muscles and back muscles), and have strong legs, in order to execute a variety of turns, grooves and leaps, you can’t get the right body to look like a dancer.
A very high intensity move with fast and slow movements, require a good amount of cardiovascular endurance, which can be achieve by doing a lot of aerobic exercises combinations.
So it means the person who wanted a body like Dancers, they have to follow a complete routine from which they can improve flexibility, muscles endurance, strength and cardiovascular endurance.



What are the workouts?
Pilates and Power Yoga can be a better choice to increase flexibility faster; it also improves muscles coordination, range of motion between the joints. There are static, dynamic, isometric and PNF stretch are included in a workout.

Pilates Workout
Pilates workout is the best exercise routine to correct and alien body posture.  It is very necessary to strength core muscles, which can be enhanced by Pilates workout; one can add workout like The Hundred, Mermaid with Twist, Side Plank with Leg Raise, Pilates Swimmers, Teaser, and Shoulder Bridge Prep etc.

Power Yoga
Sun Salutation, Seated spilt leg stretch, Dynamic Triangle Stretch, Repeaters Worrier Stretch, and also moon Pose, Tree poses…. etc can increase the balance of the body and followed by better coordination and strengthen the muscles.

Strength Training (with BMXStrength® Technique)
Strength Training with BMXStrength® Technique can increase the mobility of joints and increase flexibility. BMXStrength® Technique is an innovative exercise skill performed for relaxation of the entire body. In this technique exercise is done as per conditioning and stretching of one specific muscle with joint friendly movements. It increases and strengthens the muscle endurance without losing flexibility. In BMX Strength one can get the results 4 times faster than the old system of exercise and also enhance sports specific skills and there day today life physical work. Specially Strength training for all body parts, leg (Thigh and calf muscles), Shoulders, hands, back, abdominal and chest muscles.

Hit n Fit (High Intensity Training) / Cross Fit Training
Hit n Fit workout is an effective way to be fit like a sports person and can also one get dancer body look. This workout can enhance body speed and agility with challenges to exerciser. It is a fitness program that combines a wide variety of weight resistance training and functional movements. It includes Pushups, pull-ups, squats, weightlifting, high Jumps, gymnastics, running, rowing amongst few others. People, who wanted body like dancers, will get lot of benefits from this kind of workout.

Is there a specific diet one must follow? What is it?
Diet plays a major roll to recover, preserve and building of muscles and also necessary to get the essential nutrients to run your body. You should consult with your instructor or a professional.
                                                                                                                              
Need to eat clean food, and try to eat unprocessed foods, and low glycemic food as much as possible. The five rules to get a body like dancer.

1. Keep your carbohydrates to a moderate level, carbs are the energy source for all the physical activity and for running your all body processes.  When you trying to achieve a body like dancer, an approximately 250 - 300 grams of carbohydrates (may varies for different individuals), good clean and fiber rich carbs includes whole grain, oats, brown rice, and a little of potatoes.
2. Eat protein 1.5 gram of your per kilogram of body weight. Choose high protein like eggs, lean meat, poultry, beans, soy bean, legumes, or protein powders.

3. Drink at least 3-4 liters of water; this is the source to enhance your metabolism. No to soda drinks, but yes you can add coconut water, lemon water or a green tea, as a beverage.

4. No to fat and instant sugar calories and also very less salt intake. But yes if you are having a lean body you can add little instant sugar like glucose drink during the workout.
 
5. Exercise daily, Warm-up, Stretching, Moderate weight training for 30 minutes followed by 30 minutes of High - low intensity cardio and cool down.

Are there any dos and don'ts to keep in mind? Any tips?
Never train your body if it you are fatigue, or do not over train so you can do train yourself next day.
There are 4 pillars of getting your goal - 1) Exercise, 2) Diet, 3) Adequate Rest and 4) Positive thinking.
Never compromise with the technique, when exercising. Right technique is required for any workout; else you may get lot of injuries.
Hydration is vital for all the processes of the body.
Written by:

NEERAJ MEHTA, (Fitness Professional, Nutritionist and Inventor of BMXStrength ® Technique of exercise, Director of GFFI Fitness Academy)
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