Table 2.
Description of Dancesport program for the present study (adapted from [36])
| Exercise program contents | Period | Intensity | Freq | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm up | Stretching | 5 min | 3 times | ||
| Main exercise | Rumba | Cuban Rocks, Alternative Basic Movement, Open Basic, Right U/A Turn, Check from Open C.P.P and P.P, Spot Turn to Left, Side step to Left, Chcharachas | 45 min | – Moderate exercise intensity: 1. 50 60% HR Max. 2. Breathing quickens, but not out of breath. 3. A light sweat after 10 mins. | a week |
| Cha-Cha-Cha | Right Under Turn, New York, Spot Turn to Left, Time Step, Shoulder to Shoulder, Side Step to Right, There and Back, Three ChaChaCha to Forward/Backward, Hand to Hand, Close Basic to Fan | 4. Conversation, but no singing. | |||
| Jive | Basic in Place, Basic in Fallaway, Change of place Right to Left, Link, Fallaway Throwaway, Change of Hand behind Back, Hip Bump, Whip, Jive Walks, Stop and Go, American Spin, Link and Mooch, Throwaway and Whip Throwaway, Double Whip Cross, Curly Whip and Whip | ||||
| Cool down | Stretching | 5 min | |||