THANDAV stands for Taking High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Dance to Adolescent girls and women for Victory over NCDs.
THANDAV is a 10-min HIIT routine consisting of 4 loops including a 2 minutes high (80-90% of max Hear Rate (HR) ) to 30 seconds low (50-60% of max HR).
Each 10-min routine consists of a Bollywood / Reginal language / Indi pop / English film / Folk songs choreographed to high intensity (so a single routine will have 4 of the latest hits). The movements are choreographed in a simple and repetitive manner so that they can be done in a loop without much stress.
THANDAV intervention was pilot tested in 23 adolescent girls and all of them achieved 80% of their maximum heart rate and managed to sustain it throughout the 10-min routine.
A Novel High-Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention (THANDAV) to Improve Physical Fitness in Asian Indian Adolescent Girls.
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