Acute Physiological and Metabolic responses for 40-minutes of Samba Dance

Abstract

Dance is an enjoyable health-promoting physical activity that many people worldwide incorporate into their lifestyles today. Therefore, dance improves your heart health, overall muscle strength, balance, and coordination, and reduces depression. We aim to gain insights into the effects of samba dance on the cardiorespiratory and metabolic response during an acute session of this dance style for 40-minutes. The study was carried out on 20 female samba dancers. All of them performed two procedures: (1) a cardiopulmonary exercise test on a treadmill for physical fitness aptitude verification and (2) a 40-minutes of samba dancing monitored by analysis of expired gases. The results were: At peak exercise: oxygen uptake (VO2) =32.7 mL.kg-1.min-1; heart rate (HR) =183 bpm; the pulse of oxygen (PO2) =10.9 mL.HR-1, energy expenditure (EE) = 9.9 kcal.min-1and metabolic equivalent (METs)=13.5.Overall, each session of the dance of 40-minutes was performed at a mean VO2 of 22.8 mL.kg-1.min-1 (70%VO2max), heart rate of 162 bpm (89%HRmax), energy expenditure (EE) of 6.5 kcal.min-1 (66%max), metabolic equivalent (METs) of 6.3 (62%max), and the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) of 11.8/20. In conclusion: The findings of the current investigation might suggest that the moderate and vigorous-intensity of the exercise verified in an acute samba dance session is enough to induce a chronic training effect recommended by the criteria established by the American College of Sports Medicine for improving cardiorespiratory fitness. This information may lead to a better understanding of the energy expenditure of samba dance and add to the compendium of physical activity.

Effect of 12-week rehearsal on cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in Brazilian samba dancers

“…( 20 ) A previous study conducted in our laboratory was the first to monitor the metabolic response to samba dance for 40 minutes in dancers presenting HR values at approximately 60–90% of the maximum, an energy expenditure of 9.9kcal/min, and a metabolic equivalent of 13.5. ( 5 ) Samba rehearsals are an important part of the samba school, as participants become familiar with the rhythm and choreography that will be performed in the Carnival Parade. Based on the aforementioned results, samba dance has an important aerobic characteristic as an exercise using oxygen in the metabolic or energy-generating processes of the body.…”

“…This form of dance is considered moderate-vigorous intensity exercise, as demonstrated in previous study elsewhere. ( 5 )…”

“…This form of dance is considered moderate-vigorous intensity exercise, as demonstrated in previous study elsewhere. (5) Dancers belonging to samba schools competing in the Carnival Parade play a specific role. The dancers perform the samba rhythm individually, going through the "floor competition" for 17 minutes.…”

Comparison of the Effect of High Impact Aerobic Dance Exercise Versus Zumba on Increasing Maximum Oxygen Volume in Adolescent Women

“…Aerobic dance exercise is one form of physical activity that can improve health and please many people around the world (Vijayalakshmi et al, 2021). Currently, aerobic dance exercise has become a lifestyle, this is because aero-bic dance exercise can improve heart health (Donath et al, 2014), overall muscle strength, balance, and coordination, and reduce depression (Santos-Silva et al, 2021). Our research aims to gain insight into the comparison of the effects of high-impact aerobic dance exercise (HADE) and Zumba aerobic dance exercise (ZADE) to maximal oxygen volume (VO 2 max), heart rate rest (HR-rest), oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ).…”

“…Research of Nandhini (2013) also reported an increase in VO 2 max after aerobic dance training. Samba dance performed with moderate to heavy intensity improves cardiorespiratory fitness (Santos-Silva et al, 2021). Likewise, Zumba training (group fitness based on salsa and aerobics) improves aerobic fitness (Donath et al, 2014).…”