by Caitlin H,
Apr 15, 2024
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If you’re looking for a fun fitness form that engages your entire body — and your mind! — look no further than dancing.
Dancing is one of the best heart-pumping ways to torch calories while simultaneously improving muscle tone, strength, balance, core strength, and joint health. Plus, your mind stays engaged and sharp as it learns choreography and keeps pace with the steps.
What’s more: This well-rounded, full-body workout is actually fun! Time flies as you whirl around and step to the beats, ensuring you’re not staring at the clock and watching the minutes tick by until the workout ends.
Ready to give it a shot? We put together a list of seven of the best 20-minute (or less) dance workouts — exciting forms you can try to torch some calories without even thinking about it!
80s Hits Dance Fitness Workout
The Studio by Jamie Kinkeade
Say what you want about the 80s, but one thing’s certain: they really knew how to get your heart pumping with their music. This fun dance workout plays some of the best songs from that era and leverages light steps and fist pumps to get your heart going (and going strong!) for a 20-minute workout that will fly by.
Taylor Swift Dance Party
MadFit
This one’s for all the Swifties out there. Combine your love of America’s favorite pop star with some beginner-level, full-body cardio dance movements for 15 minutes of smiling and sweating.
2000s Dance Workout
Growwithjo
Jo knows how to host a cardio dance video, and this proves it. You don’t need any equipment and only 15 minutes to get your groove on. Jo also ensures beginners can modify steps until they learn them — all along the beats of stars like Usher, Sean Paul, Missy Elliot, and Rihanna.
80s Dance Party Workout
MadFit
Head back to the 80s by getting your sweat on with this cardio routine featuring music from Madonna, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and more. Reviewers love it, and many have even found themselves adding more minutes of dance because of how much fun it is!
Savage Fun Dance Workout
Megan Thee Stallion and 8 Fitness
This particular YouTube dance video graces many lists rounding up the best dance workout videos — and for good reason! Reviewers love this video because it’s focused on actual choreography and movement and is led by the engaging personality of Megan Thee Stallion. It’s one most people find themselves returning to again and again.
Full-Body Disney HIIT Workout
That Disney Girl
Bring back your childhood with this dance fitness video from creator Emily Thorne that pumps your heart to some of your favorite Disney classics. One reviewer says she “never smiled or had more fun doing a workout.”
Boy Band HH
Emkfit
NSync, The Backstreet Boys, One Direction, and The Jonas Brothers all grace this video’s soundtrack — and boy, is it something. Certified PT Emily is committed to making working out less awful and more fun, and her heart-pumping, calorie-torching boy band workout video here proves it!
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Author: Caitlin H
Diet-to-Go Community Manager
Caitlin is the Diet-to-Go community manager and an avid runner. She is passionate about engaging with others online and maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle. She believes moderation is key, and people will have the most weight loss success if they engage in common-sense healthy eating and fitness.