How does everyone prepare themselves before going out dancing when it comes to supplying themselves with enough energy to last the night? Is anyone here conscious of what they put into their bodies, or is everyone just Red Bulling it or drinking their share of alcohol.
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Don Vaillancourt
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Don Vaillancourt
I have reached a new high. I have finally reached the point where I have girls dancing with me for 2 or more songs and I don’t even have to chain them to me. I even have some girls coming to me for dances. This is way too cool.
Next step, styling. Mind you, I’m still learning new moves and patterns.
The next step after that, learning to flip a quarter with my thumb and land back on it.
Marco
That is no small feat…the big question is now that you have arrived, how do you reward yourself?
Don Vaillancourt
Dunno. All I know is I keep my drive by aiming for competition. Doubt I’ll do it. But if I get that good, who knows what I’ll end up doing.
tommrod
how about just being the best?
Miguel
DV, how long have you been salsaing?
Don Vaillancourt
Not that long, maybe a year and 4 months. But I really started practicing really hard when a beautiful girl from class approached me and then told me I sucked.
So for three months, 3 nights a week I was dancing my butt off until learning became easier and salsa made more sense. Now another three months later, here I am.
Mind you, I still have a long way to go still.
As for being the best, that’s all relative. I don’t often see the competitive types in clubs.
Julie
Ahhh you are at the optimal point to travel! (Kung Fu Master voice). Pick a city that has a thriving salsa scene (like New York, or San Diego so you can visit Addicted2Salsa headquarters). It will boost you even further, and will provide more challenge for you.
BTW-congrats! Maybe you should share some of your secrets, start a thread with some pointers on how to progress to where you’re at now
Marco
I really hope that this gal let you know that you sucked in a better way then how you wrote it.
That would have the potential for two outcomes, luckily you chose the more constructive of the two choices.
I would probably be a vagrant panhandling the streets of Seattle if she told me that.
Perhaps pretty girls are overrated…
Don Vaillancourt
@Marco: LOL!! We were out practicing one night and she told me that I had no rhythm. And she was the only girl who told me that I was a little rough.
@Julie: I’ve been thinking of putting something together for a little while while I still have it fresh in memory. I was going to go to another school at the end of the month when my lessons were finished. But I am technically teaching myself. So once I exhaust that, will go to another school.
In the mean time, I will take private lessons to learn some styling.
I’m thinking of going to either L.A. Congress (May) or San Diego Convention (September).
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Nayan
I am not a Mac fan. And I do not use iTunes either.
Downloading your videos (which was easier when you used to give direct link) has become difficult.
Is there any alternative to save your HD videos locally? Or… has it become paid?
Anthony Persaud
I believe that everyone should be given a chance to experience salsa for themselves once in their lives. One of the main goals of Addicted2Salsa is making salsa dancing, its lifestyle, and its social experience accessible to anyone, in any part of the world, regardless of personal background and financial state. Similar to the tech industry, we believe in ‘Open Source‘ salsa. While we currently do not charge for any videos, try to survive on donations to help pay for our costs (just as if we were open source developers).
Currently the HD videos are so big, that we currently cannot afford the bandwidth costs (not enough donations). We will try to have a different distribution mechanism for the high quality videos that is sustainable and affordable to everyone in the future.
I just wanted to take time to clarify a few points before I said:
To download the medium-quality format videos, you can download the videos directly through our RSS feed: http://feedproxy.google.com/addicted2salsa/ .
Thanks
Nayan
Thanks so much Anthony. These videos will do.
BTW, I am Open Source supporter too lonbluster
I use firefox with the pluging DownThemAll…Everytime I play any video, an icon appears, allowing me to download it in a folder.
gnss
weird – I have Firfox and “DownThemAll” too, but I have no icon to download all those videos – what to do? I’m sure more people would love to know this to download all the videos even without iTunes.
I’m not too much into “knowing how to keep working videos” for example – so I’ve got another question:
I’ve seen that in case I use the HD-Videos – they won’t start, just showing me the picture that is always “up” with the PLAY symbol on it – nothing starts.
The youtube link for example works correctly and even other videos I see everywhere seem to work properly – what’s my mistake?Nayan
gnss,
Use the feedproxy link that Anthony gave us above. You can get the direct links there.I also have DownloadThemAll and it will not work as the links are not on the webpage. They are in the feed.
gnss
I saw those links there – and I’m really thankful for it – just thought about that fact about those HD ones
Anthony Persaud
Yeah. I just want to make sure no one thinks we are ‘hiding’ anything or have ‘hidden fees’ for the videos.
@gnss: Can you provide more information on the problem? (send me an email). I can take a look at it.
lonbluster
Sorry, the plugin is Flashgot!! And it can be binded to any download manager like DownThemAll, Free Download Manager, ect.
SalseroWannaBe
@Anthony Persaud: And what about rapidshare, Anthony?
SalseroWannaBe
Or p2p like torrent
Anthony Persaud
@SalseroWannaBe: We tried the rapidshare approach, but it adds more complication to my create,edit,publish,distribute workflow. Not as easy as podcasting and letting the software I wrote update RSS feeds.
I’ve thought about the torrent approach as well, but the problem is (1) most salseros don’t know what bittorrent is and the associated software, (2) someone still has to be online and seed the files (bandwidth) (3) most ISPs are now throttling torrent traffic.
Good suggestions. Any other ideas?
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Don Vaillancourt
Is the way you dance written in your DNA?
Just read this article about male dancers and what females dancers may find attractive about them. Some pretty cool stuff that may help some of you be more conscious of the way you dance. Certainly clicked with me.
Marco
Nice find Donnie-V.
I think that most of the posters here would be considered statistical anomolies.
BTW, is a kick butt shine considered just “complex coordination” or does it crank up the dial to “random coordination?”
donv69
Sometimes I wonder if I should measure myself according to couples dance or solo. Solo I’m simple, but obviously in Salsa it’s complex. He didn’t explain.
But the small step stuff makes sense. Girls seem to like the intimate stuff more.
Anthony Persaud
I agree with Marco about us being outliers. The study seemed to measure individual dance, not dance overall. In salsa dancing we might be medium and complex coordinated ( partner work), but then when we breakdance we might be large and simply coordinated ( since arms are helping us do floor moves). Each dance is different which makes it difficult to assess how each of us are. I danced disco last night and found out that I was randomly coordinated.
Marco
lol, we are all waiting with baited breath for the upcoming Addicted2Disco.com craze.
Some suggested videos/articles;
>Chest Hair…is there such a thing as too much?
>Medallions…Which is the best choice to get your mojo workin’
>The Disco Duck: How to properly execute this vintage move…complete with ladies ‘arm flapping’ styling.
>The ‘Jovan Musk’ effect; how this scent is better then Aqua Velva, Brut (by Fabrege), and original Old Spice all put together (comlete with specially written olifactory program for proof).-that’s all the funny I have for now.
Julie
@ Marco:
LOL you are hilarious!
SalseroWannaBe 7:31 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
Usually, I get little of alcohol while dancing – it’s easy to overdose and start loosing coordination (remember, the border is just “one drink more”). But if you do, rather beware of beer, cause it makes you sleepy. Rather a shot or two of vodka gives you a “kick” and coolness. My best dancing although was after two glasses of French wine earlier at my friend’s cafe
. Also redbulls are not making me feel good when dancing. I get disconcentrated and bad mood. Isotonics like Powerade are much better – gives you rehydration (and refreshes you also if you’re tired: you’re brain needs water and muscles need B6 and Mg)
Don Vaillancourt 7:42 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
I had a Red Bull yesterday and I crashed after an hour. Plus I was making some mistakes, maybe it does as you suggest. I’ve stopped drinking beer, simply cause I’m trying to be healthier.
What I used to do which I haven’t done in a while and think will restart is having a bowl of couscous with raisins, nuts and either shrimp or scallops. This used to work pretty well as I recall.
SalseroWannaBe 8:26 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
Exactly – glucose. Redbulls kill me too while dancing. I forgot to add in previous post that it’s all about hydration, Mg, and GLUCOSE (sugar). Your couscous is an energy bomb. Still, a one shot of vodka is proven to work great for your mind, revives you and gives you also lot of energy. Two shots make you smooth, after another one you start to have a drinking, not dancing night
Marco 9:29 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
Usually just water and if there is any candy lying around I’ll knock those out. I have’nt been to any events that go past two in the morning though.
jovi 10:42 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
If i am amused and not hungry then everything is fine, i can go party for days
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Bevore i go dancing i eat something. But some food makes me feel heavy and slow. Most italian meals works great for me
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If i feel bored or not good then i prefer my bed. I dance like i feel so there is no winner when i stay in effort.
tommrod 11:52 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
pure unadultered shot of good ‘ol stamina
as my nephew points out before he goes tracking…meals 18 hours before will have an effect on performance.
so there make sure you had eaten enough carbs to keep you trhough it… 18 (or so) hours before.
tommrod 11:54 am on February 20, 2009Permalink |
forgot about the water too, dehydration and high body heat might cause later on to have to enjoy the pains of a kidney stone or so.
so yeah always have to have water no matter what…
juliewebster 5:43 pm on February 20, 2009Permalink |
Ok are you ready for a real healthy answer?
First it is important to hydrate ahead of time as this will keep your energy up. Drink a lot of water (around 60 to 80 ounces) over the 24 hour period before going out to dance.
Second, have a nutritious meal including some healthy protein like fish or chicken (not beef as it can make you too aggressive!). Along with the protein have a bunch of green vegetables or a big salad. AVOID too many refined carbohydrates like pasta or bread as it will make you crash early. Instead have a small portion of healthy carbohydrates like whole grain brown rice or lentils or beans as they will give you a longer lasting energy. Just remember to not eat too much carbs or you will get sleepy!!!
Hope you try this. Believe me it will help!!!
http://www.julie-webster.com
http://healthandnutritionexperts.wordpress.com
Don Vaillancourt 9:58 am on February 23, 2009Permalink |
Eh, good one Julie. Lots of good info there. Thanks.
juliewebster 3:17 pm on March 3, 2009Permalink |
Glad you found this helpful. Have you tried it yet?
Don Vaillancourt 5:17 pm on March 3, 2009Permalink |
This week…most likely tomorrow and Thursday, my salsa nights.
ami 8:09 am on February 23, 2009Permalink |
I can never dance on an empty stomach, but I always eat 1 – 2 hours before going to the party/practice
I usually drink water or Coca-Cola (it’s not healthy, but works for me). I never drink alcohol when going dancing, because I get dizzy and I develop the “two left feet” condition
When I’m going to salsa congresses, where lack of sleep is involved, I drink red bull and coffee too