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Benefits of Zumba®

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Is a "slower paced" workout.

What Is Zumba®?

Zumba® is a popular fitness program inspired by Latin dance. The word "Zumba®" comes from a Columbian word that means to move fast and have fun, which is just how people describe the routine. Using upbeat Latin music together with cardiovascular exercise, Zumba® is aerobic dancing that is lots of fun and easy to learn.

Is Zumba® Good for Weight Loss?

Zumba® seems to be an optimal fitness choice, mixing cardio intervals with resistance training. Many experts believe that an interval/resistance combination maximizes caloric output, fat burning, and total body toning. Zumba® mixes effective body sculpting movements with easy-to-follow, fun dance steps. People seem to forget about working out during a Zumba® session, allowing them to exercise longer, and burn even more calories.

What's a Zumba® Class Like?

A typical Zumba® session lasts about an hour and incorporates several dance styles, including cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, mambo, rumba, flamenco, and calypso and Salsaton. The Latin music includes both fast and slow rhythms, allowing for a great cardio workout as well as body sculpting exercises. Depending on the instructor, you may even get a taste of belly dancing or hip-hop dancing, too.

Is Zumba® for Me?

If you enjoy high energy, motivating music, and like to try unique moves and combinations, Zumba® may be your ticket to fitness. With thousands of Zumba® instructors worldwide, locating a Zumba® class should be easy.

Benefits of Zumba®:

Zumba® can leave a person with a “feel good” sensation by using easy to follow dance steps coupled with infectious music to create a truly fun and party-like atmosphere.

Zumba® is a fantastic core workout. It uses moves during the workout that target the abs and back to increase agility and strength with the potential to tone and sculpt the torso.

Zumba® also has the potential to reshape all parts of the body, including the arms, hips, heart, and MIND!

Zumba® is a great fat burning workout. Calories burned will differ from person to person depending on their fitness level, age, weight, and intensity put forth. Calories burned during one hour of Zumba® have been estimated to be anywhere from 600 to 1,000.

A Zumba® workout provides for a fantastic sweat without even realizing you are exercising.

People have reported losing weight doing Zumba® and combined with a sensible and well-balanced nutrition plan, can have astonishing results.

Zumba® also provides for great interval training (ie Exercising at aerobic and anaerobic levels according to each individuals heart rate.)

Steps in Zumba®

Merengue

The Dominican Republic is usually credited as the origin of Merengue although Haiti and Santo Domingo fall in that category as well. It is faster pace rhythm. Common instruments are congo drums, accordion, and guiro. The most common move for the Merengue is the "basic march".

Salsa

Salsa is a blend of many Carribean cultures and strongly influenced by Cuba, but made popular in New York and Florida as it is known today. Salsa had a very distinct beat and is usually a faster tempo.

Cumbia

The Cumbia is known as a rhythm from Columbia, South America, but holds influences from Africa and Europe. Cumbia is often associated with a tropical or creole flavor to the music.

Reggaeton

Reggaeton has Jamaican influences and was made popular in Puerto Rico and Panama. The music contains a heavy bass drum beat, with a primary instrument being a Reggae style drum. The most common move is the "ZUMBA hit" otherwise known as "crumping".

Flamenco

Currently known as the rhythm from Andalusia in southern Spain with influences from Gypsy, Muslim and Jewish cultures. Flamenco is known fo the sounds of handclapping, finger snapping, tongue clicking, knuckle gashing, etc... In ZUMBA, some of the moves are related to the "picking of the grapes" for wine production. Much attitude is projected in the upper body movements.

Samba

Samba originates in Brazil. Samba is known for its sexy hip moving moves.It was and is danced as a festival dance during the street festivals and celebrations. First introduced in the U.S. in a Broadway play called "Street Carnival" in the late twenties. The festive style and mood of the dance has kept it alive and popular to this day. Samba is a fun dance that fits most of today's popular music.