Innovative Exercise
Working up a sweat can be as easy as hanging out with your baby, hooping it up, or taking a spin on the dance floor.
By Paige Bierma, James Burke, Diana Hembree, and Jen Robb
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE
Do you hate to exercise? Are you fed up with the gym? Have you never found a workout that makes you clamor for more? If the answers are yes, yes, and yes, we have some good news: Keeping fit doesn't have to be a chore. This video series gives you an inside look at hooping, salsa dancing, Orienteering, and Baby Boot Camp -- all ways that you can work up a sweat while making friends and having some outrageous fun. Click here or on the picture to start. Multimedia Team
Producer: Paige Bierma
Directors: Paige Bierma, James Burke, Diana Hembree, and Jen Robb
Camera: Paige Bierma, James Burke, David Dudley, Paola Laverde, Tim Fitzgerald, Elaine Herscher, Jen Robb, Laurie Udesky
Video editors: Paige Bierma, Elaine Herscher, Tim Fitzgerald, and Jen Robb
Flash design and animation: David Dudley
Flash production: David Dudley and Eric Turner
Web production: James Burke, Psyche Pascual
Executive producer: Diana Hembree Special Thanks: Night & Day Challenge, HoopGirl.com, Hoop Camp, MamboRomero Dance Company, ODC Dance Company, Cafe Cocomo, BabyBootCamp.com Troubleshooting
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Further Resources Night & Day Challenge http://www.nightanddaychallenge.com HoopGirl http://www.hoopgirl.com Hoop Camp, Santa Cruz http://www.hoopcampretreats.com Mambo Romero Dance Company www.mamboromero.com ODC Dance Company http://www.odcdance.org/ Baby Boot Camp http://babybootcamp.com
References
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Di Blasio A, et al. Physiological characteristics of Caribbean dance useful for health? J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2009 Mar; 49 (1):30-4.
Guzman JF. Perceptual-cognitive skills and performance in orienteering, Percept Mot Skills. 2008 Aug;107 (1):159-64.
Larson-Myer DE. Effects of postpartum exercise on mothers and their offspring: a review of the literature. 2002 Aug; 10 (8):841-53.
Groth, SW et al. New mothers' view of weight and exercise. MCN Am Journal Matern Child Nurs. 2008 Nov-Dec; 33 (6); 564-70.
Cluff T et al. Kinetics of hula hooping: an inverse dynamics analysis. Hum Mov Sci. 2008 Aug: 27 (4): 622-35.
Reviewed by Michael Potter, MD, an attending physician and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who is board certified in family practice.
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First published September 14, 2009
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