Over 45 SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents attended the Fall Line Dance Party hosted by Rebecca Magdanz. This photo is prior to the general and joyful collapse at the end of up to 15K steps. The SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue will benefit from over $200 in residual party proceeds and direct donations from the event held October 16.
Dr. Mark Magdanz
It’s time to reserve space for January 2016; almost 100 SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents are currently registered. Limits are placed on student numbers for safety. The winter series are planned for 10 classes in each level of difficulty. Starting the week of January 18 classes resume. Classes begin promptly at or before appointed hour, last 90 plus minutes and never end early.
This fall Level 1, 2 and 3 dancers had great fun at the October Kick Up Your Heels dance in the MountainView Ballroom; lots of pre-Halloween exercise. Students who were on the floor for all dances, clocked by Karen Brungardt, performed 15,000 steps in 2 3/4 hours of fast paced fun.
Health and fitness wise: Line Dance is mild to moderate Interval Training which has gotten tremendous attention lately. Interval workouts are far more time efficient in performing cardio exercise and definitely more effective than steady rate exercise. So, what exactly is interval training? In a nutshell, it’s alternating periods of high intensity workout with periods of lower intensity recovery. For example, after warming up for four minutes with moderate paced dancing, you go to a faster dance for three to four minutes and then slow your pace for a few minutes. Repeat this for several songs and you’ve completed a pretty complete interval workout with added balance control for a nice physical improvement. The key to any training is to continue the workouts over weeks, months and on to years. There are many plausible arguments for why one type of exercise is superior to another, but the only way to benefit from any one of them is to participate. Just showing up is probably 70 to 80% of success. Line Dancing happens to be great for both the body and soul.
There are three different levels of dance with Rebecca as well as three part paced fun hours of practice each week. Level 1 slowly builds aerobic, balance and foot speed capabilities. Feedback on this new series is very good from novices, but it also gets raves from those having trouble keeping the pace of the faster Levels. So if life is slowing down, this may be a way to do it gracefully. All line dance is a challenge to your memory, strength, endurance and balance. Gradual improvement occurs with loads of fun. Dancing with Rebecca is first and foremost enjoying learning, exercise and not taking life’s changes too seriously.
Level 2 and 3 are for more experienced and fit dancers. Step directly into 2 only if you know the basics and many step definitions. You’ll get a workout and have some fun, but will need to verify your status with Rebecca before entry here.
Rebecca, an 11 year SaddleBrooke resident, has been leading SaddleBrooke dancing since 2007. For cost and other information on Line Dancing Lessons with Rebecca in SaddleBrooke or the Ranch for 2016, contact Rebecca Magdanz at [email protected] or phone 818-2656.