It helps you burn a lot of calories, relieve stress, strengthen your bones, even strengthen your friendships and your mental health.
To get rid of the stress, anger and frustration of the day, a new trendy exercise that also helps in losing weight and staying fit is the talk of the town. Cardio drumming is a rage among men and women, where an exercise ball is simply placed in a bucket and hit with drumsticks to the beat of a song.
According to experts, it helps burn a lot of calories, relieve stress, strengthen bones and even strengthen friendships. tiktok hit – where a recent clip of women doing cardio drumming to the beat of Ariana Grande 7 rings generated no less than 10.3 million views and 30,000 comments: it is considered a great workout.
Cardio drumming is more than fitness: it takes care of your mental health
“This class is not just about fitness,” Dr. Tommy Martin, a Boston physician who specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics, told the New York Post. “You can tell they’ve created an amazing community, where all these women are having a great time moving together. And I’m sure this will give them better self-esteem, more motivation and will probably spill over into many other areas of their life,” he said.
According to many of those who follow this trend, cardio drumming also helps them solve their mental health problems, helping them relieve their anxiety and frustration.
“When the instructor says ‘two…four…two…two…four’ (for the number of times to hit the ball at that spot) or ‘forward, side, back, side, back, forward, up, side’ rapidly and in a seemingly random order, you need to focus and pay attention,” wrote writer Ashley Broadwater, a regular cardio drummer, in a magazine column. “Plus, let’s be honest, it’s fun to play drums and swing your arms, and having fun is an important part of fitness, too.”
According to Broadwater, this exercise dates back to 2001, when its creator, Carrie Ekins, suffered a hip injury. And since she couldn’t move, Carrie began playing drums on cardboard boxes, tables, and then exercise balls, which improved her mood, increased her heart rate, and formed the basis of her Live drums program, following the advice of your doctor.
How to do cardio drumming?
To perform cardio drumming, the standard equipment needed includes:
- Pair of drumsticks
- Fitness ball
- Bucket
To play on exercise balls that resemble drums, you use drumsticks. Make sure your ball is not too big and you should choose it according to your height so that you can do the exercise in a comfortable position. You will need a bucket that does not slide on the floor, as this is used to keep the ball in one place so that you can hit it firmly. To begin:
- Place the bucket on the ground.
- Put the ball in the bucket
- Play your favorite music and start playing the drums to the beat of the music.
- Make sure to follow some dance moves and steps as well to get your whole body moving.
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