FITT 3 Flashcards
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The heart pumping health benefits of dance are right in line with the Department of Health and Human services’ physical activity guidelines trusted source for adults.
Improves cardiovascular health
How minutes per moderate intensity exercise
150 to 300 minutes per week
One of the reasons dance is such a great form of physical fitness is because it incorporates movements on all planes of motion and from all directions
Improves balance and strength
How many minutes of vigorous intensity exercise per week?
75 to 150 minutes per week
Many forms of dancing, such as ballroom are appropriate for people with limited mobility or chronic health issues
Gentle for your body
A lot of research shows how dancing can maintain and even boost your ability to think as you age
Boosts cognitive performance
Tylicki points out that the brain power you need to access for dance, specifically, requires you to focus on both the constant changing of movement and recalling moves and patterns
Challenges your brain
One of the greatest things about dance is that anyone can participate. If you’re able to move, even only if its your upper body, you can dance
Inclusive
While you may prefer to bust a move when no one is watching, there’s something incredible about dancing with others
Can be a social activity
It’s this “letting lose” that helps improve trusted source your mental and emotional health by reducing stress, decreasing the symptoms of anxiety and depression, and boosting your self esteem
Helps boost your mood
An expression of an intensified sense of life, arising from an inner perception that stimulates both the mind of the body.
Dance
It may tell you a story, set mood or express an emotion
Art
It provides fun, relaxation, companionship
Form of creation
What is the formula of dance
Movement + rhythm
The oldest proof of dancing comes from what and where?
9000 year old cave paintings in India
These were the most serious concerns of primitive civilizations. Their art concerns were mainly for source of food and how to increase its supply
Art and Religion
This includes fear, anxiety and other mental phenomena affect movement either positively and negatively
Psychological factors
Physical fitness and body built are two main concerns that affect human movement
Physiological factors
These refer to the relationships of the performer with the particular group and his regard to social conformity and norms
Sociological factors
The maximum space available to a person in a stationary position
Personal space
The area which includes one or more persons moving like gymnasia, the swimming pool, classroom, ballroom, plaza and others
General space
Refers the movement: forward, backward, upward, downward, sideways, right,left and combinations of all these
Direction
High, medium, middle, low
Level
Maximum reach of an individual or sometimes referred to as personal space
Range
