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Michael explores how you can two-step, boogie and bop your way to improved mood, muscle strength, and brain volume, and even a longer and healthier life.

In this episode, Michael gets out his dancing shoes & shines some light on the many benefits of dancing, revealing that dancing has been shown to be BETTER than traditional fitness exercises for improving your muscles, your balance and even the size of your brain. He speaks to professional-ballet-dancer-turned-neuroscientist Dr Julia F Christensen at the Max Planck Institute in Frankfurt, to find out how dancing can improve our balance and coordination, and trigger new connections in our brain, while our volunteer Lorne has a go at adding some disco dancing to her everyday routine.

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14 minutes

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Mon 10 Oct 2022 23:30

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  • Wed 18 May 2022 09:30
  • Wed 18 May 2022 20:45
  • Sat 21 May 2022 05:45
  • Mon 10 Oct 2022 23:30

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