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Andrew Sjoberg
5/18/15
Current Event
Recently on May 18 an article was published stating that parents who send their kids to dance class aren’t giving their kids as much phisical activity as they think. The article says that these classes are only giving them a third of the amount of activity that specialists recommend because most of the class is spent streaching or listening to the instructor. The article states that kids should get at least 60 minutes a day of exercise and that different types of dance may be less vigorous of a workout.
Specialists have been saying that children should be getting a minimum of 60 minutes a day of exercise. They believe that the schools should be responsible for giving kids half of the total recommended minutes and the other half should be given during after school activities like sports.
Parents that send their kids to dance classes may think that they are giving their kids the full amout of exercise when in reality dance classes only give a third of the amount of exercise parents think. most of the class is mainly spent streaching or listening to their instructor. On top of that at dance recitals each song is only about 3 minutes long.
Researchers have also found that different types of dance are less of a workout than others which is another reason why some dance classes may not be getting kids the workout the need. They have found that dances like Hip­Hop and Swing dancing are more vigorous than dances like