1. Keep Moving to the Beat When You Teach Salsa Workouts
The benefits of salsa workouts are many. With or without a dance partner, not only is salsa a great form of exercise but also it provides relaxation, stress reduction and motor skill improvement. Even if your students aren't expert dancers, they can benefit from salsa workouts. The main thing to keep in mind is to keep participants moving, so they can reap the health benefits of exercise. At the beginning of your salsa workout class, explain to participants that trying to get the steps down perfectly isn't necessary. Encourage amateur dancers to just enjoy salsa and take it at their own pace.
2. Hip Action Attraction
Not everyone is born to dance or even with rhythm; however, we're all born to move. And most people enjoy moving to music, especially with the sexy and upbeat sounds of Latin music. Salsa movement starts with the hips. Persuade new dancers to first listen, feel and begin to move their hips to the music during Salsa workouts. Often participants are more successful who just let their bodies move to the music rather than attempt to consciously control its placement and posture for each beat. Although many dance studios and gyms have mirrors, it's sometimes better to encourage dancing without a reflection at first. This allows a dancer to be less inhibited while learning. Salsa workouts should not be intimidating but fun.
3. Simple Salsa Sizzles
Start with basic dance steps at the beginning of salsa workouts. This encourages new participants as well as the regulars to stick with their weekly workout routines, and it provides a good warm up at the start of each class. Begin with natural, reverse and side basic movements first. Move on to basic progressive moves and then more advanced moves. Encourage learners to keep arms natural and to gently step first with the balls of their feet. Explain complicated dance steps each time during salsa workouts to give new participants a chance to catch on and regular participants a chance to review. Mix salsa moves with other aerobic movements for a complete salsa workout routine. Combine high-intensity and low-intensity steps that keep the heart rate slightly elevated and steady for at least 20 minutes during most salsa workout routines. Remember to slow things down and to include stretching at the end of the class for a needed cool down.
