Increase your strength, endurance and all around fitness level at aerial silks and pole dancing classes.
Although these aerial activities might look very graceful and effortless, the physical work that goes into them, which anyone who has ever tried these out can testify. Aerial Arts are not just good for toning muscles, they also allow significant energy expenditure too. While participating in these activities you can look forward to burning between 300 and 400 calories per hour and with experience and increased intensity of exercise, even greater energy expenditures can be achieved while enjoying your workout. The muscle mass that is gained during participation, increases metabolic rate, so even at rest more calories are burned during aerial silks and pole dancing. This makes aerial silks, aerial yoga, aerial hoop and pole dance a great form of exercise help with weight loss or to ensure that the extra pounds do not creep upon you.
The increase in physical fitness that can be gained through aerial silks, aerial yoga and pole dancing should not be underestimated. All three of these activities can increase muscle strength especially the core. Both aerial silks and the pole are great for improving upper body strength which most women lack. Increasing your upper body strength through body weight will not only work your larger muscle groups but also the tiny stabilizer muscles which you don’t get through a gym workout. In aerial silks and pole dancing you are lifting your self up always keeping a tight core and maneuvering yourself up down and side to side leaving you strong and also toned and defined.
As your body weight is taken off the ground with these activities they are low impact, so injury to the joints are less likely than weight bearing exercise such as a high impact activity like running. Your stamina increases with aerials silks, pole dancing and aerial yoga which increases the lung capacity through the breathing techniques adopted a fall in heart rate and blood pressure are also seen, which indicates an increase in all around fitness level.