My Partner trains me for running and swimming tournaments. I earned many medals under her training. She is at Olympic level. When I broke my leg in 2019, I recovered and participated in my first running tournament in December 2020 and I got a bronze medal after a long recovery. She is also incredibly good as an athleticism motivational speaking.
Dancing helps us for running endurance.
Cardiovascular Fitness: Dancing is an aerobic activity that can enhance cardiovascular endurance, similar to running. Improved heart and lung capacity can benefit overall endurance.
Muscle Strength and Flexibility: Different dance styles engage various muscle groups, improving strength and flexibility. Stronger and more flexible muscles can enhance running performance and reduce the risk of injury.
Coordination and Balance: Dance requires coordination and balance, which can translate to better running form and efficiency.
Mental Engagement: Dancing can improve mental focus and motivation, making workouts more enjoyable and less monotonous, potentially leading to longer training sessions.
Cross-Training Benefits: Incorporating dance into a training routine provides variety, which can prevent burnout and overuse injuries commonly associated with repetitive running.
Overall, while dancing may not replace specific running workouts, it can be a valuable complement to a training program aimed at improving running endurance.
Engages more muscles
Your arms, head, torso and butt are getting a good workout and a lot of the moves in dancing require some form of shifting your body weight here and there so you are doing cardio AND body weight training.
Time seems to pass faster
This is subjective but I enjoy dancing much more than cardio for the simple reason that running is too repetitive. I can go through 30mins of dancing without feeling as weary as running for 30mins.
Improves body coordination
If you are in a dance class or following a dance workout video, your body will be trained to follow directed movements much faster as your limbs get accustomed to the signals your brain is sending. This helps a lot especially with reaction time.
There are some more benefits to dance such as improving your balance, musical and rhythm awareness, concentration etc. that I think aren’t really present in a monotonous activity like running.
Both running and dancing can lead to “flow.”
As runners, we have experienced the wonderful feeling that psychologists call flow. Flow is that state of being when you are completely immersed in the joy of doing an activity. You aren’t thinking of anything else and you are wholly focused on the task or movement at hand.
As runners, we have discovered that movement of our bodies can lead to this positive feeling. Moving and exerting our body feels right to us. Dancing is related. Dancing is aerobic and it too is movement. So for many runners, dancing can also lead to this joyous experience in which you are caught up in the here and now. It is these happy moments that make life worth the living.
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