Dance Your Ass Off Raises Awareness on the Health Benefits of Dancing

First there was Dancing wth the Stars but what the producers finally figured out was that what people really wanted to see were people who had to lose weight do it with flash and on the dance floor.  So what happens when Dancing with the Stars meets The Biggest Loser?  You get Dance Your Ass Off!  The new show airs on tonight on ABC and I wish it good luck.  I hope it does well and becomes America’s new past time.  No matter what, the show will hopefully bring attention to the fact that dancing no matter how bad or good you are….is actually a great workout!  Recent dance fitness trends are all the rage and they are very effective.  You get a cardio workout as well a phenomenal lower body strenghthening workout.  Do Salsa for an hour and see how your legs fee.  If you want to have fun, try the Quick Entry tool (click to see a demo of it) on www.fivi.com.  You don’t have to register, it’s right on the homepage.

Open it up and select Dance from the Activity Type drop down and see how many calories the different types of dancing can burn.  Then get out there and dance!

Related posts on the blogosphere:

http://dancemanila.com/2009/06/16/pole-dancing-fun-or-fitness/

http://greatsoulwellness.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/belly-dancing-for-fitness/

http://curekit.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/health-general-health-benefits-of-pole-dancing/

http://thenevman.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/the-top-6-exercise-excuses-and-how-to-beat-them/

http://trensnews.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/rapid-weight-loss-techniques/

Video Demo of Logging a Workout via Quick Entry Tool

Using the Quick Entry application on FiVi.com is very easy and quick.  See the announcement of the Quick Entry Launch.  The following is a youtube video of how to use the tool.  In this demo, you can see:

1. how to add activities or exercises

2. how to search for activities or exercises

3. how to add something that is not available in the drop downs and still be able to log it

4. access the detailed reports where you can see everything you’ve logged (reps, sets, rest period, laps, etc)

click here for a larger and higher resolution version of the demo.

FiVi.com launches new Quick Entry Logging Tool for Tracking Workouts and Activities

FiVi.com just launched the latest logging application in its line of tools for active people and athletes who want to track their active lifestyle.  The Quick Entry tool is a welcome compliment to the existing FiVi Maps application (see How Create a FiVi Route and Logging an Activity on FiVi Maps) by allowing people to track their involvement in the widest range of activities.    The tool is free and does not require a profile on FiVi.com to try.  It is available on the homepage in the lower left hand corner, just click on the link “log an activity” under FiVi Quick Log Tool.  Types of activities available include but are not limited to:

• Conditioning
• Yoga
• Calesthenics
• Cardio Machines (e.g. treadmills)
• Weight / Resistance Training
• Various Classes (e.g. bootcamps)
• Dancing
• Various Sports
• Hiking
• Water Activities
• Walking

(see a Quick Visual Guide on Using Quick Entry)

The Quick Entry tool has built in logic to determine the right input parameters for each logged activity or exercise depending on the activity type.  Users can now track their workouts from start to finish in one journal entry online at fivi.com.  The Quick Entry tool can track activities that are:

(examples of tracking capabilities)

• soley a function of time (e.g. stretching)
• time and distance (running, cycling, swimming)
• reps and weight (lifting weights or doing pull ups)

select from a growing list of activity types

each type of activity has a suggested set of activities or exercises

The Quick Entry tool even has optional fields like resting period to allow users to keep track of the time interval between sets.

If an exercise is not available in the drop down menu, the user can still log the activity or exercise by just manually typing it in and selecting the most similar exercise from a suggested list.  This allows the user to track any time of physical activity and the system will still generate an estimate caloric expenditure.

if an activity or exercise is not available still log it and select the most similar

The versatility of the tool allows people of all levels to begin tracking their workouts for free with real analytics.  Some suggested users:

• body builders
• personal trainers trying to calculate optimal workouts for clients
• cross trainers (e.g. CrossFit)
• dance instructors who want to position dance classes for fitness
• yoga instructors
• athletes who want to log interval training
• runners who want to track gym workouts when they cannot workout outside
• coaches

The tool is free and does not require a profile on FiVi.com to try.  It is available on the homepage in the lower left hand corner, just click on the link “log an activity” under FiVi Quick Log Tool.  Do please keep in mind that this tool is still beta and that we would greatly appreciate feedback and also any bug reports.  We will be making a lot of enhancements in the coming months so user input is very important.