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 Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:19 am
How much do you think Para Para would help with upper arm toning, etc ?
"Para Para (Japanese: パラパラ; also "Para-Para" or "ParaPara") is a popular Japanese solo dance. Unlike most club dancing and rave dancing, there are specific, preset movements for each song, and everyone does the same moves at once, much like line dancing. Para Para is said to have existed since the early 80's, when Europe started selling Italo Disco, Euro Disco, and later New Wave music in Japan (New Wave came about in the mid-80's), but did not achieve much popularity outside of Japan until the late 90's, when the popularity boom of para para took place. Today, it is known throughout the world, especially the Pacific Rim."
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"Para Para is performed using mostly arm movements; very little lower body movement is involved save for perhaps moving one's hips or stepping in place, although a few routines require more detailed leg motions. It has been speculated that it is a descendant of the traditional Bon Odori dance, though this is incorrect. The dance originated from the early days in the 80's when men working in the VIP room in clubs would choreograph dances to impress the women. The dance style then grew from there. The dances are performed to fast, upbeat music such as Eurobeat. Fans of Para Para dancing often call themselves "Paralists"."
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:56 am
Not much to zilch. Unless you have very heavy arms to use as weights really.
sorry but waving your arms every where does not = tonage.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:56 am
Soi Tsuba Not much to zilch. Unless you have very heavy arms to use as weights really. sorry but waving your arms every where does not = tonage.
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:49 pm
probably as much as DDR will tone your legs...
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:01 pm
oba bear Soi Tsuba Not much to zilch. Unless you have very heavy arms to use as weights really. sorry but waving your arms every where does not = tonage. I do belly dancing for state fairs and things like that, and trust me, my arms are not toned, though I've been doing it since I was 15.
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:27 pm
Soi Tsuba oba bear Soi Tsuba Not much to zilch. Unless you have very heavy arms to use as weights really. sorry but waving your arms every where does not = tonage. I do belly dancing for state fairs and things like that, and trust me, my arms are not toned, though I've been doing it since I was 15. I've been doing it for just about the same amount of time and I can say the same thing. My legs and my abs are pretty toned, but my arms really aren't. They're not like.. super fat while the rest of me is fairly toned.. but they're not reaping nearly as much benefit as my legs and abs are. You certainly feel your arm muscles working when you do it, but they aren't doing that much work; not enough to do any major toning.
To tone your arms, really.. try light weight lifting and possibly swimming. ^^;; You don't have to do like.. a HUGE amount of weight lifting, just use 2-3lb weights or water bottles/cans even! And do like.. 3 reps of 15 of each routine of your choice. You'll see some pretty good results in a fair amount of time.
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