The Problem And its Background Introduction Many individuals participate in Samba but people didn’t know the benefits that they get from it and who is the founder of this dance exercise; so this research may help you what are the benefits that may get from it. My topic is all about Samba: History, Benefits and Results in our Physical Health and Fitness. Choose this topic because it is timely. The purpose of my research is to give some information about Samba.
Statement of the Problem As said in my introduction, my topic is Samba: History, Benefits and Results in our Physical Health and Fitness. Will tackle its benefits in our body that may encourage you join or to participate and the history of Importance of the Study The importance of my study or my research is to give information and maybe to encourage people to participate on it. Scope and Limitation In this study, I gathered some information about Samba; and did this research on November IS, 2014 to January IS, 2015 at my house, in Sat.
Cecilia College library and in an internet cafe. Definition of terms Samba is a dance fitness created by Columbian dancer and choreographer Alberta Perez. It created in the year asses. It is a Latin inspired dance fitness class that usually lasts between 60-30 minutes. Typically instructors start with a very short warm up (after calling out all Of the “newbie’s” to the class) and then go straight into the dance portion where you will be expected to burn calories shaking your to the tune off blend of Salsa and hip hop music.
Don’t be intimidated if you “can’t dance; the majority of Samba dance classes take place in the dark, often even with a disco ball spinning lights across the room. Plus, you can take comfort in the law of physics that everyone looks foolish when they dance. Http:,’,nun. ;/. Monoclinic. Org/healthy-living/tinniest/expert-answers/samba/FAQ -20057883 Chapter 2: Historical Background History Of Samba Samba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberta “Beet” Perez during the asses. Samba involves dance and aerobic elements.
Samba’s choreography incorporates hip- hop, coca, samba, salsa, meringue madwoman. Squats and lunges are also included. Samba Fitness, an organization that sells Samba videos and products, goes not charge licensing fees to gyms or fitness centers, Approximately 14 million people take weekly Samba classes in over 140,000 locations across more than 185 countries, According to Columbian choreographer Alberta Perez, “One day, he walked into his aerobics class and realized he had forgotten his aerobics music, Thinking quickly, he grabbed whatever tapes he had in his backpack.
Bet¶s tapes were comprised of songs he loved, the traditional Latin salsa and meringue music he listened to all his life. But it was a challenge to improvise a whole class on the spot using non-traditional aerobics music. Beet rose to the challenge and from this last-minute improvisation a revolutionary new concept in fitness was born – the Samba Fitness-Party! The class soon became the most popular class at his fitness facility,” It’s Origin In the mid asses, Beet Perez forgot his tape of aerobics music for a class he was teaching.
He went to his car, listened to music – consisting Of non- traditional salsa and meringue music – and improvised a class using this non- traditional aerobics music. After finding initial success in Colombia, he moved to the United States in 2001, where he teamed up with expounder Alberta Perlman’s ND a childhood friend, COO Alberta Action. The trio produced a demo reel, and the concept was discovered and licensed by a company called Fitness Quest to create a direct marketing campaign and a line of home videos. Samba sessions are typically about an hour long and are taught by instructors licensed by an organization called Samba Academy.
The exercises include music with fast and slow rhythms, as well as resistance training, The music comes from the following dance styles: cambium, salsa, meringue, mambo, flamenco, chases, reggae on, coca, samba, hip hop music, ax music and tango, There are nine different hypes of classes for different levels of age and exertion. Samba Gold mainly targets the older population. It is specifically designed to the needs of the elderly and includes the same kind of music as the Samba fitness Para class. Samba Step, the newest Samba program, tone and strengthen glutens and legs with a gravity-defying blend of Samba routines and step aerobics.
Samba Toning is for the people who do their workouts with toning sticks. Samba Toning will target the abs, thighs, arms, and other muscles throughout the body. Samba Toning is adding sculpting of body and cardiac. Aqua Samba is Samba in a swimming pool. The instructor leads the class from poolside while participants follow the shallow water workout. Mouse hue been specially adapted to combine the same dance movements used in a Samba Fitness class with those used in aqua fitness classes creating a fun and effective total body workout. Samba in the circuit is the dance combined with circuit training.
These classes usually last 30 minutes and features strength exercises on various stations in timed intervals. Samba Kids is a class designed for children between the ages of 4 and 12. It has the same dance and music styles as a regular Samba Fitness class, but has routines designed pacifically for kids. Samba Gold-Toning is a toning class for older participants with goals of improving one’s muscle strength, posture, mobility, and coordination. Samba Senate is a chair workout that focuses on using body weight to strengthen and tone the body.
Samba instructors have the option to become a ZINC (Samba Instructors Network) member to receive bimonthly training DVD’s to assist with the creation to music and choreography tort their personal Samba classes. ZINC members are the only instructors allowed to register for the new Samba Core training class which helps to incorporate more core training into NY type of Samba class. Because Samba offers different options, proponents of Samba claim that it is safe for all ages, meaning that anyone from age Tot 100 can participate in this form of aerobic dance.
At least some of the classes are specifically aimed at elderly people, to help them build strength, improve motion and posture, and socialize. The Samba program claims to borrow from the following dance styles: Salsa Meringue Mambo Flamenco Chaw-chaw-chaw Samba Belly dancing Banger Hip-hop Tango How Samba Started or It’s Timeline As a fitness instructor in his native Call, Colombia, celebrity fitness trainer Beet Peeper’s life took an unexpected turn one fateful day when he darted off to teach an aerobics class and forgot his traditional aerobics music.
He improvised using his own mix of music from tapes he had in his backpack- an array of popular salsa and meringue. Spontaneously, he created a new kind of dance-fitness, one that took the focus off counting reps over music and instead focused on letting the music move you. His class loved it. Energy electrified the room; everyone was smiling and cheering. On that day, a revolutionary new fitness concept was born. 1999: Following his success in Colombia, Beet brought his dance-fitness concept to the United States where he began teaching classes in Miami and continued to perfect the science of his innovative program.
His classes quickly became a sensation on the fitness scene as word spread of his new, exhilarating fitness offering. 2001: Beet joined entrepreneurs Alberta Perlman’s and Alberta Action; together, they formed an alliance and created a business, calling it Samba Fitness. They branded the program Samba and set a goal to expand that brand all over the world. 2003: Samba V-tiniest teamed with the Kellogg Company to develop a fitness campaign for the Hispanic market. The Kellogg Company has since expanded the campaign o five additional countries.
The Samba program has been featured on millions of boxes of Kellogg Special K cereal around the world. 2004: Samba Fitness launched a successful infomercial campaign in Spanish for the LLC_S_ Hispanic market and Latin America, increasing sales to millions of DVD’s in over 30 countries. 2005: Creation bazaar Academy In 2005 Samba established a Samba Academy to teach and license Samba Instructors Who would then teach Samba classes. The company was further expanded into the area of merchandise around the Samba brand with the creation of Summarize.
Samba Fitness and the Samba Academy have aligned tit FAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America), ACE (American Council on Exercise), IDEA (the world’s largest association for fitness professionals), CSCW Fitness Education, Can-Fit-Pro (International Trade Show and Conference in Canada), and many top national and international fitness facility chains and organizations. Instructors who complete Instructor Trainings offered through the Samba Academy are also eligible to receive continuing education credits (Sec) to satisfy recertification requirements from many of these associations, 2007: The Samba program launched intentionally. 008: Best selling Home Fitness DVD In 2008 the Samba Fitness Total Body Transformation System featuring Beet and two Of Samba’s great stars Tanya Beardsley and Gina Grant became one Of the widest selling home fitness DVD’s. 2010: Samba Gaming Samba became the first fitness brand to release a program to all major gaming platforms, with the release of Samba Fitness for WI Samba Fitness for OXBOW Samba Fitness for as 2011: Samba Fitness became the largest branded fitness program in the world, with more than 12 million weekly class participants in 1 10,000 locations across more than 125 countries, http://en. Kipped. Erg/wick/Samba http://ёmm. Pathfinder’s. Com/history-of-samba. HTML http://schoolmistresses. Com/samba-history/ http://’. NM. W. Categorization. Com/about/history-of-samba-fitness/ Chapter 3: Other related topics about my research The Comparison between Samba and Aerobic Dance: I _ History Aerobic dance began in the early asses with the beginning of the disco era. Instructors like Jackie Sorensen would dance to popular tunes While leading groups of individuals for exercise.
With a background in dance, Sorensen started teaching aerobic dance to a group Of military Wives in Puerco Rice, where she and err family were stationed. And she later expanded aerobic dance programs to YMCA in the United States. A form of aerobic dance, Samba began in the asses when Beet Perez, a Columbian dancer and fitness instructor, forgot his aerobic exercise music tapes and had to improvise with his dance music for a fitness class, The class was an instant hit with his students, and he later expanded his idea and classes to the u. S. 2.
Choreography Aerobic dance can include traditional dance movements, such as box steps or even line movements; however, dance aerobics can otter some non-traditional events such as belly dancing, scarf dancing or hip-hop dance, Movements are choreographed in sync to music, which can include disco, techno, Mutton, big band or Plywood, Samba consists of several choreographed Latin dance aerobic routines within a class. With the popular motto “ditch the workout, join the party,” the class is geared for a fun and high energy workout while dancing to Latin music. 10th offer the social aspects of group fitness and support as well as a motivated, certified instructor to lead the class. 3. Effective Workout With a wide range of workouts that are a part of aerobic dance, participants can urn calories according to how hard they work during class. Both Aerobic dance and Samba incorporate large muscle groups for movement during class for aerobic endurance, strength training and flexibility. A study led by John Proctor, program director of the Clinical Exercise Physiology program at the university of Wisconsin-La Crosser, found that Samba burns more calories than typical cardiac classes such as kickboxing. Rower yoga and step aerobics. 4. Instructor Training Individuals who wish to teach Samba must attend a one. To two-day training workshop certification. There are two different levels for beginners. Samba Basic developed for those who would like to learn the foundations and basic dance moles, and Samba Jump Start Gold, for teaching active older adults a safe, fun and effective workout. All of Jackie Soreness’s instructors teach under a franchise as an affiliate or own their own franchise. All franchise owners lease all dance exercise materials trot Jackie Sorensen and must follow the company’s guidelines. Http://alleviative. Chronic. Com/comparison-aerobic-dance-samba-SASS. HTML What is the difference between Samba and a regular Aerobic class? I _ Samba can be taught internationally- Since instructors cue with their bodies, here is no need for them to talk. This technique is utilized for students to enjoy the music and focus on their movements without being so aware as to what the instructor is saying. 2. Steps are unique for each rhythm- In a Samba classes no routine alike. In some dance fitness classes the same routines is practiced over and over again for an hour.
It could be useful when the same rhythm is played for the entire session. Spice is the heart Of Samba! People like variety! 3. Move as you go. In a Samba fitness class, the instructor do not break the steps. It is a waste of valuable cardiac time! Students usually catch up the movement really fast! 4. Everyone can do it. Steps are easy and repetitive. At 12 year old can follow along a 60 year old. The steps are design to be fun and to make you move no matter what! Some of the moves can be mind teasers which is great to develop mind and body coordination skills, p ores. Mom,’CLC 2/04/AS/what-is-the-d CE -between-samba-fitness-and-a-regular-aerobics-class/ Ways to Avoid Samba Injuries Samba, the Latin dance-inspired fitness craze, is a great way to burn calories, up to 500 per hour. It also gives you a good cardiovascular overtook without asking you feel like you’re exercising. This increasingly popular workout attracts a diverse crowd at dance studios and health clubs, including a sizable number of those 50 and up. But for people who are out of shape, taking the first classes can be like trying to run a marathon without ever having jogged around a track.
Even so, many describe Samba as addictive, and novices become hooked quickly from the endorphin-fueled high enhanced by feel-good music. While tears thrilling for those who’ve never been able to stick to exercise or lose weight before, it’s also a setup for injuries. So here are the ways how to stay safe, How to stay safe in a Samba Class 1. Prepare tort class. Samba instructors select dance steps from a variety of styles, including salsa, samba, meringue, hip-hop, tango, and belly dancing, Take a prep class that teaches the basic moves or a beginners Latin-dance session before you show up at your first class.
And if you’re a baby boomer, try to find a Samba class geared toward your age group. 2. Find an experienced instructor. Any enthusiast can receive basic certification after completing just a one-day course. Before signing up, research your teacher’s experience and the extent of his or her fitness or dance certification. Muslim, for example, is a licensed Samba instructor who is also certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a personal trainer and by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America as leader in group exercise. You’ll find licensed Samba teachers at Samba. Mom, where you can also search for classes by ZIP code and day of the week. 3. Wear the right shoes. Shoes for Samba should have few or no grips on the soles so you can pivot easily without sticking to the floor. Dance shoes with pip)t points allow multidimensional movement, Muslim says. Don’t wear running shoes, Which are made for forward Ђ”not side-“movement, Bucharest notes. People who wear them for Samba are at a higher risk for hip, knee, and ankle injuries. It’s also important to find flexible shoes with the right amount of arch support. 4. Avoid the wrong floors.
Makeshift Samba studios have sprouted in converted church basements, school auditoriums, office buildings, and strip-mall storefronts. But not all floor types work well. Be wary of unforgiving surfaces such as concrete, concrete covered with a thin layer Atwood, or floors with hard tiles, and avoid carpeted surfaces, Muslim, who used to teach on a carpeted surface in small gym, saw her share of twisted ankles and torque-knee injuries from shoes sticking instead of gliding on the floor. Hardwood floors, which provide a certain amount of give, offer a good venue for Samba.
But they still can get damp from sweat, humidity, or wet soles (l found that out the hard way when fell flat on my butt doing a meringue! ) Be sure to test your glide before you start, and mop up your area if needed. 5. Ditch the crowds. Samba requires a healthy amount Of physical space so that people don’t injure others with high-velocity movements like boxing punches or chorus-line kicks. Crowded classes can lead to injuries, bumps, and falls. Check out multiple facilities and various times of the day to find which classes are least congested. 6.
Stretch after your workout. Recent research suggests that stretching before a workout may actually hinder performance. The best time to improve flexibility and posture is after class, when your muscles are warmed. 7. Warm up and cool down. A good warm-up will help raise your body temperature, work your muscles, and reduce soreness afterward. A brief cool- down consisting of lighter physical activity will help bring down your heart rate, expiratory rate, and body temperature, Samba instructors often use music with a slower beat (as in the first halt to “Proud Mary” vs… He last) as the initial and final song to accomplish those goals, 8. Hydrate, You’re likely to perspire a great deal and can become dehydrated quickly. So bring a bottle of water and stop for frequent sips. Humidity can add to your risk of passing out. Watch for lightheartedness and stop if you feel faint. G. Modify those moves, use common sense and avoid dangerous moves, even if the teacher and your neighbors are doing it. I avoid any ones that involve gig leaps (it’s called an “insanity diamond jump” for a reason! _ And if my heart rate gets too high or feel short of breath, I substitute low-impact side-to-side or front-to-back moves. A good instructor Will demonstrate lower-intensity alternatives and tailor the class to participants’ level of performance. 10. Consult your physician. As with any high-intensity cardiac exercise, its best to see your doctor before you begin, especially if you have heart disease or kidney disease, asthma or emphysema, high blood pressure, arthritis, osteoporosis. Or disk hernia ions. Http://www. Unsupported. Org/crop/2012/07/10. Ways. To. Avoid -samba-injuries/index. Tm Chapter 4: Advantages and Disadvantages Benefits of Samba in Our Body Improved Cardiovascular Health One of the best fitness benefits associated vivid Samba dancing is an improvement in your cardiovascular health. Your cardiovascular system is composed of your heart, as well as the veins and arteries that deliver blood to and from the heart. When this system is weak, you may experience symptoms such as weakness, shortness of breath, fatigue, and an inability to perform the daily activities Of life. In addition to these symptoms, a weak cardiovascular system can, in some cases. Cause heart attacks or even death. Research has found that one of the best ways to improve the condition of your cardiovascular system is by performing physical activity that stresses the heart, such as walking, swimming, or Samba dancing. For best results, try to get at least 30 minutes five days a week, As with any cardiovascular workout, the benefits of Samba can include calorie burn, increased aerobic threshold, more stamina, increased bone density, improved balance and muscle tone, less body fat, and lower blood pressure.
Weight Loss At its core, Samba classes are intended to provide a large calorie burn through aerobic activity done with interval training in mind. Depending on body weight, sex, fitness level and other common physical factors, the number of calories you burn in a typical Samba class will equal that of any fast social dancing hour, such as salsa, disco or jitterbug. Poor most people, that can add up to 400 to 600 calories burned per hour. With the classes choreographed to provide intervals of intensity in both pace of music and type of movements, class members’ energy expenditure is maximized for fat-burning benefits.
Fitness moves are also incorporated within Samba dances, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself moving from a fast meringue beat to a long, slow set of push-ups on the wall, or doing several sets of squats followed by polymeric jumps. Improved Coordination Samba dancing is also a great way to improve your coordination. Having a good sense of coordination is very important, especially as you age. Falls among the elderly are one of the leading causes of death. Therefore, if you can improve (and maintain) your coordination as you age, you Will be less likely to fall victim to these types of accidents.
As with any exercise, if a certain movement or position hurts, try to modify the workout to avoid the aggravating activities. Also, anytime you’re training with resistance, remember that proper technique is important. Don’t get so caught up in your dancing that you forget proper form, Improved Mood/Positive Self-Image Finally, research has found that all types of exercise produce endorphins, which are a type of “feel-good” hormone that are released into the blood stream tater you finish exercising. People who suffer from bouts of depression are often encouraged to participate in physical activity in order to benefit from these remorse.
Studies have discovered that for the highest amount of endorphin release, you must participate in cardiovascular exercise, such as dancing. Stress Reliever Samba dance routines are all about releasing your inhibitions and losing yourself in the movements. Some people who attend Samba classes say RSI better than therapy. Not only do the energetic moves cause release Of mood altering endorphins, you can feel your worries melt away as you lose yourself in the music and the movements Tones the Abdominal Many Samba dance moves aid in working on the core abdominal muscles – the Iredell of muscles that gives the pelvis its strength and power.
