Barre classes centre around classic ballet moves such as pliés and arabesques, with a focus on correct form and muscle recruitment as opposed to dance sequences. Legwork plays a major role, which ...

As the world’s population ages, exercise advice targeting older adults has become more popular. Social dance, specifically, has been considered a good exercise for those of increasing age because it ...

WASHINGTON - Let's face it, a solid resistance exercise routine can be tedious, but effective. When it comes to cardio exercise, you have more freedom. You need to raise your heart rate, get your ...

Only 8% of kids enrolled in after-school dance programs got enough exercise during class to meet federal guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, a new study finds. Even worse, only 6% ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Bored with your workout? Try giving ballet a twirl. Ballet works almost every muscle of the body, increases flexibility and even helps relieve stress. At the Pittsburgh Ballet ...

How do you go from absolutely loathing every minute of working out, to loving it? 8 people share what changed and how you can ...

Fitness trainers say they are putting more dance moves in their routines, and high-profile trainer Shaun T has a dance workout called Cize for streaming or on DVD and at gyms including Bay Club in ...

St. Louis, MO. (Ivanhoe Newswire)– We all know eating right and exercising are key to staying healthy. But can flexing our creative muscles help us thrive as we age? Research from the national ...

Three new dance exercise classes%2C including a Girl Power class for teens%2C will run through the JCC. The spring classes will be run by Windsor High School and Alfred University graduate Katie ...

In a sprawling warehouse space in St. Paul that houses a boxing gym, a pilates studio and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu center, there's an exercise class for older adults that offers something besides ...