Dance Your Ass Off is what happens when Dancing With the Stars merges with The Biggest Loser. Not in a literal sense, but it is the basic idea behind Dance Your Ass Off, which is a new weight-loss show that have recently premiered on Oxygen.

The premise of Dance Your Ass Off is rather simple: You do not really have to know how to lose weight, and you do not have to suffer to lose weight. If it sounds overly optimistic for your understanding of the reality, I am with you on this, but Dance Your Ass Off is still a good show.

How Dance Your Ass Off works Twelve full-figured contestants spend 10 weeks living together in an LA. loft. Each pairs up with a professional dance partner, who trains them for their weekly performances, from hip-hop to ballroom to – easy, now – pole dancing. They rock out in front of a live audience and a panel of judges, who score the routines. Then the contestants weigh in to reveal their weekly weight loss.

The dance marks and weight loss are combined for an overall score, which determines who is sent packing each week – and who continues on to compete for $100,000 (and a healthier lifestyle).

But here is the best part You too can try to lose weight just like the contestants on the show. Oxygen has partnered with Crunch gyms nationwide to feature Dance Your Ass Off classes throughout the run of the show. [via]