For exercise when I can't get to the gym (too far to walk in this cold and icy weather plus it has crap hours and i don't like walking alone after dark)
I tend to dance home alone to high energy songs (like Raise Your Glass by Pink) for the duration of the song and then take a break, then another song, etc.

In my dance moves, I have no rhythm, I'm sure I look ridiculous but I put in a lot of taibo movements, some karate moves, and a little bit of bouncy jogging in place as well as sort of flinging myself around the room being silly. so much more fun then trying to follow a workout DVD


Does anyone else do this? Does anyone think this is effective?

Haha. I do that sometimes too. I'm really not sure if it's effective or not though. I wouldn't replace a regular workout at the gym with dancing in my room, although it can be fun.

But I agree, I hate those workout videos so dance away

i do this and call it my "crazy lady dancing like a maniac alone in her apartment" workout...
i'm sure it's still cardio since my heart is thudding and i'm sweating after a couple of lady gaga songs...

I did this today..in addition to some other cardio. It felt great and I was holding my 2 year old while I did it so im sure I burned some cals!

I like

"Gasolina" Daddy jankee
"Tik Tok" Kesha
"hips dont lie" Shakira

Dancing is my only form of workout so far, and it's definitely giving me results!

I've recently switched from crazy dance-around-the-room sessions to a more structured and choreographed workout where I never stop moving during the entire 30 minutes, but I don't see why you couldn't accomplish the same thing without the choreography. There are tons of stories of people out there who use the Wii games/DDR and lose whole gobs of weight, so I would say it should work!

I've tried, but I rather follow a dance workout videos. I just wouldn't move fast enough on my own.

Anyone have a dancing playlist they want to share?

Mine:

The Way You Are by Timbaland
Up! by Shania Twain
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! by Shania Twain
Hips Don't Lie by Shakira
Buttons by The Pussycat Dolls
Get This Party Started by Pink
You Make Me Sick (Save the Last Dance Soundtrack) by Pink
Stupid Girls by Pink
Most Girls by Pink
If God is a DJ by Pink
So What by Pink
Raise Your Glass by Pink
U & Ur Hand by Pink
**** Yeah by Montgomery Gentry
Cant Fight The Moonlight by Leann Rimes
Just Dance by Lady Gaga
Poker Face by Lady Gaga
Take It Off by Kesha
Gone by Kelly Clarkson
Survivor by Destiny's Child
The Story Of Beauty by Destiny's Child
Independent Women, Part I by Destiny's Child
(You Drive Me) Crazy by Britney Spears
Toxic by Britney Spears
Womanizer by Britney Spears
Sweet Dreams by Beyonce
Larger Than Life by Backstreet Boys
Freak Out by Avril Lavigne
Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
La La 3:44 Ashlee Simpson
Gives You **** by The All-American Rejects
Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm