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When Men and Women Dance, Women
Work Harder
Their hearts beat faster
(HealthScoutNews) -- Maybe you've watched the old Ginger
Rogers-Fred Astaire movies and marveled how Ginger not only
did everything Fred did, but she did it in high heels and
backwards.
Well, according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine, she
was also getting a better cardiovascular workout than Astaire
along the way.
In a study of competitive ballroom dancers, both men and women
were working within 80 percent of their maximum oxygen
consumption. In modern dance, the men recorded a heart rate of
170 beats per minute, while the women were going 173 beats
every minute.
In Latin American dancing, men's hearts were coasting at 168
beats per minutes while the women were recording 177 beats per
minute.
Work Harder
Their hearts beat faster
(HealthScoutNews) -- Maybe you've watched the old Ginger
Rogers-Fred Astaire movies and marveled how Ginger not only
did everything Fred did, but she did it in high heels and
backwards.
Well, according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine, she
was also getting a better cardiovascular workout than Astaire
along the way.
In a study of competitive ballroom dancers, both men and women
were working within 80 percent of their maximum oxygen
consumption. In modern dance, the men recorded a heart rate of
170 beats per minute, while the women were going 173 beats
every minute.
In Latin American dancing, men's hearts were coasting at 168
beats per minutes while the women were recording 177 beats per
minute.
