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Same thing with lifting, I dropped over 100 lb and got crazy strong in just under a year. 315lb squat, 450 deadlift, 225 bench and I shed all the fat. Anything you dedicate around a year on, you'll get good at.
At what age?
A year is much too long. I wanted to learn to swing dance, coming from a starting point of absolute incompetence. I took lessons once a week for about 20 weeks, and practiced 3 nights a week. Halfway through I was very comfortable, and could have continued without the lessons. By the end I was very good. It's not that hard. And if I knew it was that easy...
In what way does your anecdote support your assertion that "a year is much too long"?
Or you could just, y'know, dance. However you want. Like children do, before we tell them they should be ashamed. "Dance like no-one's watching" is really easy to do when you're on your own. But this seems good too. EDIT: upon reading this again I realise it's a pretty worthless and stupid thing to say, but I can't really delete it now because someone's replied. Sorry people.
Those "we" that tell others they should be ashamed are still a PITA. They are the one preventing others to dance however they want.
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In what way does your anecdote support your assertion that "a year is much too long"?
I learned to dance from an awful starting point in 10 weeks, and got very good in 20. You don't need a year.
In addition to the specific type of dance, also take ballet technique classes. While it's unlikely to reach a performance level of ballet in one year the core physical habits that are trained carry over to all types of dance. Check the resume of any of the pros or contestants on the various tv competitions and you'll see ballet training. But don't worry, the 10k hours rule is certainly in effect buy it really does no…
Looking backwards the motivation to capture the process makes sense. I wonder what was the motivation in the early days?
Hi, I'm the dancer in the video. Minikomi is right, I wanted to check my progress. Because I started out awkwardly though, I didn't take many videos in the beginning. I wish I had taken more.
Can she do the Melbourne shuffle?
this is awesome - i think personally doing something totally out of my element (like dancing) crossed with learning something new (like dancing) might be double beneficial