High Intensity

If I had to summarize the last month as a dance science student, the term 'High Intensity' would be the words of choice for many reasons. Having testing our limits both physically and psychologically we have have had a few ups and downs.

We have done a VO2 Max test and Wingate test as part of our Dancing Body: Physiology module and I for one have very limited experience using any kind of exercise equipment so this was a steep learning curve to suddenly use a bike and push myself to my maximal. After a few moments of dizziness, I can safely say that I survived a Wingate test! 

Moving on to where us dancers feel more comfortable, we gave the Dance Aerobic Fitness Test (DAFT) and the High Intensity Fitness Test (HIFT) a go. We were all surprised how exhausting such a simple task can be!

As the nights get colder and its getting dark earlier, attention has shifted from being excited students to thoughts of our upcoming assessments. I think we are all feeling the high intensity of our workload as Christmas is fast approaching.