Learn to develop a nutritional plan when you do dance classes
They can give us excellent results to help us stay in shape, improve our health and/or depending on what our goal is. lose weight.
Obviously, depending on the type of dance we wish to perform, we will lose more or less calories. In the case of ICTIVA, we propose performing Cuban salsa or belly dance as activities that can be performed in our services, where both depending on Depending on the intensity in which we decide to carry out the activity, we will spend approximately between 250 and 400 calories approximately per hour.
In the dance modality and to carry out a correct diet we should take into account different aspects, to assess what type of diet would suit the subject in question better, we must take into account aspects such as, what kind of dance want to do (in our case it would be belly dance or Cuban salsa), which objective pursue (if it is for performance, if it is for health, fun, to lose weight…) and if you practice it at an amateur, semi-professional or high performance level.
Refering to carbohydrate contributionit will depend a lot on the level of competition we want to perform, ideally carbohydrate consumption should be around 50% of the diet.
If you are a professional during heavy training phases you can increase up to 65% carbohydrates.
While for proteins we recommend a proportion of 12-15%, where we can get proteins come from lean meats, legumes… and between 20-30% fat, where it is much more advisable to look for unsaturated fats than saturated ones, such as those that come from nuts or oily fish.
Another important aspect in the dancer’s nutrition is hydration, since it is necessary to hydrate approximately every 45 minutes to have a good water balance.
We must also not forget to eat a serving of 5 fruits and vegetables every day. If we need more vitamins, A, C and E, particularly to recover, the sooner the better.
The practice of dancing will give us a whole series of Benefits such as: stimulate blood circulation, improve the cardiovascular system, increase lung capacity and regulate blood pressure.
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