Pedal dance is an aerobic exercise combined with dance movements. Athletes use a pedal with a width of about 3 feet and a length of 1 foot, and with rhythmic music, they perform combined movements such as stepping and rotating on the pedal and its surrounding space. Compared with ordinary aerobic exercise such as running, pedal dance is more entertaining, so it is very popular in North America.

The combination of pedal dance movements usually takes 32 beats (4×8 beats) of music as a group of movements, and the coach will teach 3-4 groups of movements in each class and practice them repeatedly. Because there is less time to stop and rest, the effect of reducing fat is remarkable. Dancing alone on the pedal ball causes burden and loss to the knee joint, which is not suitable for people who are seriously overweight.

Step up and down aerobic exercise

Step aerobics is to dance up and down rhythmically with dynamic music (about 120 beats per minute) on the pedal to carry out aerobics movements and steps. It has all the characteristics of aerobics, and at the same time, because most of the movements are done on the pedal, it can enhance the cardiopulmonary function and coordination more effectively. Because it is mainly aimed at lower limbs and buttocks, it has obvious energy consumption and fat reduction (one class can consume 1000 ~ 1500 calories), improve buttocks and legs, and improve female muscle lines. "

As a form of aerobics, "step exercise" has increasingly become a fashionable way to lose weight internationally. The reason is that "step exercise" is to combine the step exercise in physical fitness test with the movements and steps of aerobics, and complete it on a special pedal. Therefore, it has all the characteristics of aerobics, the height can be adjusted, and the bodybuilder can easily maintain effective exercise intensity according to his own situation to lose weight and improve coordination more effectively. Another reason: "step movement" is safer. Because the "stepping movement" mainly moves up and down on the pedal, there are relatively few jumping movements, which naturally makes the joints of lower limbs have obvious flexion and extension and buffering, thus greatly reducing the impact on each joint and avoiding sports injuries caused by long-term jumping to the greatest extent.

In the gym, the most popular fitness exercise for fashionable women is step exercise. Stepping exercise is a kind of moderate-intensity exercise, which has low requirements for dancers' dance level and is suitable for a wide range of people. It is a kind of exercise that is very suitable for modern women to improve their body shape.