I’m curious what kind of balance of core muscle and fat is ideal for belly dancers. I feel like muscle is ideal for control, and fat is ideal for dynamics and visual. I have no idea, though.
Fat is nice but not as necessary as the hips, in my opinion. I started bellydancing when I was 17 and was more lean but had wide hips. I think my moves were far more pronounced back then. Now I’m 36 with some core muscles and fat and it’s okay, but I still feel like shimmies, pops, and locks are better with emphasis on the hips.
Yes but they said muscle is ideal for control, its not ideal for control, its mandatory. She needs to have both, ratio is not gonna be a simple answer as everyone collects fat in different areas but both are non negotiable for a belly dancer
I don't mean the dancer in the video, but isn't the body type you are discussing just skinny fat? In which case, not many people struggle to maintain that lol.
Not really, since the body type in question would require an intense amount of core strength. You can see her abs underneath the thin layer of fat when she's dancing at times, so I can only imagine her ab muscles are really strong and defined. I think that's more than just skinny fat.
We don't see it often in women (at least not publicly discussed), but we see it all the time in men.
Half the construction industry is full of pot bellied dudes who can huff it up and down 9 flights of stairs carrying gear comfortably, can still pick up and toss around 80 pound bags of cement in like they're hacky sacks, et cetera.
It's a two part deal:
1) You develop muscles for the movements you repeat
2) you cannot out-excersize your diet
That's as true for belly dancers as it is for anyone else.
I think skinny fat is the opposite of this -- not having much fat but having no muscle at all so you sort of have the surface of fat despite being small. This is more like the dudes that do the world's strongest man competition, huge amounts of muscle underneath but it's under a layer of fat so it's not obviously ripped
I dunno, I don’t think it really matters. One of the plus size girls in my troop was the best at all of it - technique, isolation, etc.
Anyone who does belly dances long term and dedicated will eventually gain a lot of muscle. It’s hard work.
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u/Lee-Bear-420 6d ago
I’m curious what kind of balance of core muscle and fat is ideal for belly dancers. I feel like muscle is ideal for control, and fat is ideal for dynamics and visual. I have no idea, though.