A change of routine

Strictly's Dianne Buswell talks to LISA SALMON about her new home workout programme, and why she and partner Joe Sugg have 2 been like passing ships’ lately

AS a top professional dancer, Dianne Buswell works hard to stay fit and that doesn’t just mean putting in endless hours on the dancefloor.

“The physical, mental and emotional health benefits of dance are endless. But as a dancer I don’t just dance,I do a lot of other things that help my body get dancefit and dance-ready,” says the flame-haired Strictly Come Dancing pro, who also has a personal trainer and fits workouts in between dance sessions to keep herself strong and injury-free.

“Dancing is definitely enough to keep you fit, but if I just keep on dancing and dancing and dancing, I’m using the same muscle groups and I have to do different things in order to engage different muscles, so I don’t get injured and I can do this for a longer time,’ she explains.

“And because your body gets used to certain workouts, and I’ve danced since I was about four years old, it’s about muscle memory for me. So! do try to do different things to engage different muscles and engage my body in a different way.”

Australian-born Buswell, 33, is now sharing her dance fitness secrets in a new workout programme Danceworks by Dianne Buswell which features dance-inspired workouts from hip-hop and samba to ballroom and ballet, and is available on fitness platform Gymondo gymondo.com/en).

“You don’t have to be a dancer at all it’s just using different muscles that you probably think: I didn’t even know that existed,” she says of the workouts.