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Shimmy up to Zumba The Globe and Mail
Aerobics never really disappeared. It simply took a long vacation, picked up some sexy Latin dance moves and returned as Zumba.
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Can You Zumba? The Advertiser
“It’s a mixture of all these cultures and you make it a party,”
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Zumba: Exercise in Disguise Independent Mail
The buzz of the room starts before anything even starts.
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A Fun Workout Cosmopolitan
Dragging yourself to the gym to sweat on the treadmill on your day off just isnt't fun.
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Club Med Gym Fait Rimer Fete Et Forme Avec La Zumba!
Avec la Zumba, l’expression “le hasard fait bien les choses” prend tout son sens.
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Zumba brinda energia y bienestar durante el embarazo El Nacional
La combinacion de baile con movimientos de tonificacion muscular mejora la condicion fisica, reduce la ansiedad y contribuye a mantener la figura
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Zumba dance-based exercise one of the most popular group-fitness endeavors: Stretching Out CLEVELAND LIVING & LIFESTYLES NEWS
Over the last few years, the workout has spread like another imposing natural force, wildfire, and today stands as one of the nation's most popular group-fitness endeavors. People with rhythm simply love it.
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Zumba becomes latest rage in aerobic fitness The Spectrum
What do you get when you cross the cha-cha, the salsa, the sambe and a completely energetic Samoan teacher? Zumba, the latest rage in aerobic fitness classes.
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The New Workout: Zumba class makes fitness fun for area students Zip 06
There's a new way to burn calories, get you moving like Ricky Martin, and actually enjoy exercising.
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Latin-infused Zumba classes have local residents moving to the beat Dancing the weight away Brandenton Herald
Zumba. The word itself is fun to say. And the popular aerobic exercise popping up across the country has as much pizzazz as its name.
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Zumba proves addictive News-Leader
Though Zumba is primarily a cardiovascular workout because it exercises the heart and lungs, it also strengthens and tones the abdominal muscles, gluteal muscles, arms and legs through crunches, lunges, arm curls and squats, Trantham said. All the movements are done while standing, and the choreography works both the left and right halves of the body.
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Putting fin into fitness Stars and Stripes
One of the best parts of Zumba, she said, is that it's like a dance class.
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Zumba: Latest get-fit dance craze marie claire
The newest aerobic craze to hit the UK is called Zumba – Colombian slang for ‘to buzz’ or ‘to move fast like a bee’.
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Get fit dancing: Dance to a different beat with Zumba Telegraph
The principle behind Zumba is incredibly simple: get fit, have fun. That’s it. There are no complicated moves to learn and you don’t need the co-ordination of a standard aerobics class – or the partner you’d require for a traditional salsa class.
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Zumba craze: An aerobic workout that's more fun EnID News
While Zumba embraces all the fundamental principles of fitness, the secret behind Zumba is how Zumba magically motivates the body to efficiently burn calories, tone all muscle groups, incorporate a full range of motion and improve the cardiovascular system.
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Zumba hits big in Mid-Columbia The News Tribune
It's the only time I enjoy sweating," said Melanie Maynard, 48, who recently attended one of Gosney's classes at Richland's Columbia Basin Racquet Club. "It's not your regular aerobics. It's really dancing."
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About Zumba Jamaican Observer
By 2005, the demand for Zumba instructors across the nation and abroad spurred the creation of the Zumba Educational Division. To ensure integrity and quality above and beyond the industry standards, the Educational Division has over 50 years of combined industry experience in their vice-president, Petra Robinson and educational director, Koh Herlong.
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ZUMBA! Aerobic workout burns calories with a Latin beat Courrier-Journal
"You're having fun; you're forgetting that you're even working out," she said. "The music allows you to escape."
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Zumba means fun Detroit Fitness Examiner
Fast, sensual, bold. According to the American Council on Exercise, specialty classes like Latin-inspired Zumba will continue to be one of the leading fitness trends of 2009. Local fitness centers and dance studios are responding to demand by spicing up their cardio schedules. And classes have been packed.
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Zumba! Latin workout burns calories, promotes fun Orange County News
Horns blare, drums pound, timbales keep time while 40 women shake, shimmy and swivel in unison. Whoops and hollers ring out as a petite redhead with the best abs on the planet leads the women through the salsa, cumbia, cha-cha, samba, mambo and merengue.
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Cautiva la Zumba El Nuevo Dia
El colombiano “Beto” Pérez ha popularizado la rutina que también se practica en la Isla.
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Zumba Your Way to a Fitter You
"Another thing that I enjoy abou the class is that it helps me get out of my head and into my body."
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Zumba dance craze growing in Oklahoma City metro area NewsOK
It’s a dance that feels like a party, and it’s becoming popular in Oklahoma City, dance instructors said.
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Dance the weight away with a new hit exercise, Zumba LoHud
"Dance is something you associate with fun and having a party," says Schmitt. "It's really how you feel when you're doing this exercise. The beat of the music keeps you going and inspires you to want to move and shake your hips. You have too much fun to realize you are exercising."
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High-energy exercise, rooted in South Florida, is an international phenom Sun-Sentinel
Drive a couple of miles in any direction and you'll hit a Zumba class. About 250 South Florida gyms, community centers and others offer classes. Some as many as 10 times a week
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Zumba participants dance pounds off to party beats Northwest Herald
“The beauty of it is, there’s no right or wrong way to do it. It’s whatever is fun for you. You enjoy the music and the movement.”
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Zumba craze combines fitness and dance with Latin flair NV Daily
The atmosphere rivals that of a steamy, crowded Miami nightclub, and it's obvious this is anything but an average fitness class.
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New dance exercise, 'Zumba', a hit Red Bluff Daily News
"I've been phobic of exercise my whole life and I'm not coordinated, but I just love this," says Woytec. "It's not competitive; it's not scary, and once you start, it's hard to stop."
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Zumba Zooms Into Wichita Falls At Notre Dame Kauz
Zumba is the hottest fitness craze across the U.S, and it's making it's way into gyms and classrooms in Wichita Falls. We caught up with the fourth grade class at Notre Dame Elementary, where they spent two hours this week dancing to a different beat.
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Zumba enthusiasts dance their way to fitness Baldwin County NOW
“The best part is that this class is almost like a nightclub without the pick up lines and the alcohol,” said Brown.
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No dance talent needed for Zumba (trust me) Calgary Herald
There are moments when your heart rate soars and when your balance and co-ordination are challenged, but it's always to music and always fun.
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Hot new dance-workout craze Zumba melts away the calories Great Falls Tribune
Zumba is the latest workout craze sweeping the nation. It's a combination aerobic class and dance party where you can let your hair down and have some fun,all while getting a great workout.
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Zumba craze a hit in Red Bluff Redding.com
For most of us, it's to lose weight and get in shape, right? And you probably already know that resolve will last until around March, maybe, and then you'll start finding excuses not to exercise or justification for why you really need that bag of chips. Unless you're hooked on one of the fastest-growing fitness movements to hit the country in years - Zumba.
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Ditch the workout; join the party' Brunswick Sun
Finding time to both exercise and go dancing can be tough. So why not just combine the two?
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Zumba: Fun Is Secret Ingredient of Latin Dance Workout Web MD
"Latin music just tends to make you feel happy and good," says McCalister, 53. "I can have the bluest day, be depressed, hormones ranging, whatever, and get in front of that class, turn on the music and I recharge my life, my soul."
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Are you Ready for Zumba? American Fitness Magazine
So what can someone who has never been to a class expect at their first session? "To smile the entire time," said Perlman, CEO of Zumba Fitness, based in Hollywood, Fla. "To experience music from Latin America and all over the world including salsa, merengue, belly dancing, reggaeton, hip-hop, cumbia and even flamenco. To forget that you are working out and feel like you are at a nightclub in South Beach."
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Zumba dance craze takes over Amador Ledger Dispatch
The sharp beat of traditional Latin rhythms like the meringue, samba, and salsa reverberate off the walls of New York Fitness, providing a fun atmosphere, plus a great way to lose weight.
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Zumba Gold: The Latin Dance Workout For Seniors Central Florida News
Health experts said when dancing like the Zumba workout, the brain's pharmacy begins to release its natural "fixes" -- serotonin and dopamine -- to make us feel good.
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Zumba featured in Chinese Fit Magazine
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Zumberific! The Emporia Gazette
Motivating, inspiring, challenging, effective, fun and addictive are just a few of the words used to describe Zumba. Everyone who steps into my class becomes my pride and joy. I provide the music, the moves, the laughter and a 60-minute workout. But it’s the participants who put forth the time, dedication and sweat.
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Zumba to a New You!!! My Washbash Valley
So what makes Zumba so popular? First, it's fun. After all, it's dancing. Second, it's different. You would never imagine yourself working out to the Latin music you hear. Finally, and most importantly, it's effective. Because it's fun and different, you are more likely to stick with it and get the results you're after.
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The beat goes on Staten Island Advance
The fun component is what makes Zumba and other dance-based workouts one of the leading fitness trends this year, explains Dr. Cedric Bryant, chief science officer for the American Council on Exercise.
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Water zumba is easier on the joints Charleston Daily Mail
It incorporates all the fun of Zumba - high-intensity dance movements - with the gentle support of the water.
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Zumba Dance Fitness Shows Sustainable Growth in a Flat Group Exercise Market
Probably the best indicator that a fitness genre has "legs", is when it can fill its own venue. That's exactly what Zumba did last month in Orlando, Florida where more than 1,000 Zumba fitness instructors from around the world gathered for a major event.
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First Ever Zumba Fitness Concert Takes Fitness to an Unprecedented Level
"We had an overwhelming response at the first-ever Zumba Fitness Concertand Instructor Convention," said Alberto Perlman, CEO of Zumba Fitness. "Weare elated with the turnout and are looking forward to many future ZumbaFitness events."
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Lets Zumba Shake your hips and work out with a Latin twist
Participants can burn from 500 to 800 calories during an hour workout, depending on how hard they work, according to Zumba instructor Alyssa Grant.
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Can Fit Pro Congrats to the Award Winners
CanFitPro is proud to present the 2008 award winners
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Zumba Fitness to Host First Ever Zumba Instructor Convention
Zumba Fitness, the world's largestdance-based fitness program, proudly announces the first-ever Zumba Instructor Convention taking place October 31st through November 2nd, 2008.
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Why are these women smiling while exercising South Coast Today
Coast women of all ages with smiles on their faces while exercising? This isn't your normal morning exercise class, this is Zumba, a Latin inspired cardio workout that is attracting a wide range of people and inspiring them to get healthy by dancing their way to fitness.
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Not so routine Baltimore Sun
And at A Step Ahead Dance Center on Joppa Road in Parkville, dance teachers and co-owners Kristin Hash and Karen Daniels have added the Latin-inspired fitness trend Zumba to their tap, ballet and jazz classes.
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Lifewatch: Zumba WECT TV6
For some, Zumba is a way to relieve stress and leave class relaxed and relieved.
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Zumba zooms to the top of the exercise world CNN
"We turned exercise into a party," Perlman declared. "Zumba broke some of the rules of fitness. We used music in the original form instead of using step counts."
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Feel Good Kim and Jason
Not only is the music so different for the average person in Ohio, but the simple steps make even new participants feel success. "We are so proud of our ability. People are actually changing their work schedules around for Zumba, bringing their spouses, neighbors, sisters, and co-workers with them to work out" said Joan Jones. She says it really is a form of exercise that just makes people happy. "People always say, 'I need my Zumba!' and it's true. It changes your life, your self-esteem, your relationships.
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Hot fitness craze comes to MidMichigan NBC25
Flint Hurley Health & Fitness Center is proud to offer one of the most popular fitness exercise classes that is sweeping the nation.
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New exercise is offered to seniors Hometown Life
Zumba Gold is a series of fitness programs specifically designed to take the easy dance rhythms created in the original Zumba and bring them to senior adults.
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Exercising To The Zumba Beat The Suncoast News
A party atmosphere pervades the uptempo classes, which have attracted dozens of participants.
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Zumba Shakes the Monotony Out of Ordinary Aerobics Classes The Washington Post
"Exercisers don't have to swivel their hips and shake their buns to get a good workout, but it sure can be fun."
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Dance Class Offers Latin Flavor KentNewsNet
Laughter and hand-clapping could be heard as students shook their hips and moved their feet to the Latin rhythms that filled the air. These students weren't at a Latin dance party - they were participating in the new ZUMBA group fitness class offered at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
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Studio Zumba burns calories the fun away N75
Sometimes the music is fast, and Studio Zumba looks more like a dance club on Miami Beach than an exercise room. Other times the music slows down and those on the floor freeze in various positions, stretching their arms to the sky.
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Zumba has locals moving fast and having fun News Link Indiana
Bane said it was obvious at first that people weren't sure what to make of Zumba. However, the popularity and interest has definitely grown. Weekly, between 20-to-30 people participate in Zumba classes at the Downtown YMCA on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Class sizes swelled to about 50 after the New Year.
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Zooming off extra pounds Shelbyville Times-Gazette
It's Zumba, the new heat wave in aerobic exercise that's defined as being "Latin dance aerobics with an international flair." Zumba has been quite popular since it hit some of the local gyms last year, but in recent months, its popularity has reached a whole new level.
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Zumba: It's a sizzling new trend in dance exercise HeraldNet
Zumba's so hot there are classes in Everett, Marysville, Lake Stevens and Monroe with new classes starting soon in Stanwood. Some classes draw 130 people. There's a petition drive at Everett's YMCA for more classes.
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Zumba away worries, inhibitions, calories Business Courier
Rahn, a graphic designer at Mason-based Prasco Laboratories, moonlights as a fitness trainer and recently has become swept up in the hot workout trend "Zumba." She became a certified Zumba instructor last fall and teaches four weekly classes at several local facilities. "It's the coolest thing I've ever done in my life," she said.
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Samba Lines at the Gym New York Times
With a name like Zumba, the exercise class defined by its Latin rhythms and party atmosphere was not exactly an easy sell at first. "Zumba?" people would ask. (It connotes buzzing like a bee, or going fast, in Spanish.) Worse, it could have run the course of any other fitness fad: Word of mouth excitement. Feverish following. Media attention. Hardcore fans. Then on to the next fitness craze.
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Zumba creator brings the party to Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mr. Perez was in Pittsburgh recently to conduct workshops to sharpen the skills of existing Zumba instructors, and to certify more. More than 360 people from throughout the eastern United States attended the three-day event at Robert Morris University's Island Sports Center on Neville Island, the largest Zumba workshop ever conducted. Two years ago, Zumba was virtually unknown in Pittsburgh. Today, thousands of people in the area take classes.
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Can you do the Zumba? Hampton Roads
The instructor claims to have never danced before she tried Zumba. But once the Latin music starts - bongo drums, trumpets, guitars - and Dawn Bradley's hips start to swivel across the exercise room, that's hard to believe. Her knees swing side to side, and her hips back and forth, merengue- style. Her eyes flash. Her hands fling off in the air, as if to say, "Ay, caramba!"
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Huntington residents meet creator of Zumba phenomenon Herald Dispatch
A Latin dance fitness program is spreading in popularity across the nation. Recently, a few Huntington residents were able to meet the creator of the phenomenon, Beto Perez.
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Add a dash of salsa to your day with Zumba Bradenton Herald
"It doesn't feel like you're working out," Fera said. She buys steel for an auto supplier. "Everyone at my day job makes fun of me because I'm always cha-cha-ing around. I feel really good, and I have a lot more energy. There's days when I come in from a very stressful work week and right when the music hits, it melts away. You can't not have a good time."
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Zoom, zoom, zooming their way to fitness Daily Herald
Zumba also seems to involve something else -- smiles and laughter. Most of the trainees Sunday had no previous dance experience. Some had no previous aerobic teaching experience. And still others had found Zumba as their first foray into exercise that they actually enjoy.
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Zumba for your health Max Entertainment Magazine
It combines the sexy hip movement and melodic beats of Latin music with the intensity of an aerobic workout. Zumba has taken the nation by storm and has become a favorite for every age, gender and fitness level.
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Ditch the workout and join the party 9news.com
In 1999, after his success in Colombia, Beto brought the class to the United States where it has taken off in health clubs all over the country, including the Colorado Athletic Club in Denver. Zumba instructor Ginger McCann took Susie through her paces. She said an intense Zumba workout can burn up to 1,000 calories a class.
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Exercise classes use dance to help people burn calories Beaumont Enterprise
"It's fun and doesn't seem like exercise," said Esther Randall, 55, owner of an insurance agency in Beaumont. "I can be drenched from head to toe but I never get bored with the workout."
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ZUMBA PARA TODOS Nuevo Excelsior
Mexico es el segundo pais en importancia de esta disciplina, por eso se eligio como sede para el primer congreso latinoamericano
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Zumba has the moves to be an aerobics hit nj.com - Everything New Jersey
"It's very intimidating the unknown," she said. "But once they see it, they'll fall in love with it." That was the case for Simonini herself. She went to her first Zumba class one year ago with a friend, and she immediately became hooked going to the class five times a week. Not only was it a lot of fun, but Simonini, who had recently given birth to a daughter, said she shed 30 pounds of baby weight.
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Zumba groupies: 'Join the party' Seacoastonline.com
"It brings out that music that you have inside yourself," said Lilly, who is originally from Mexico, but now lives in Stratham. "It makes you feel happy and brings out your inner child. It gives you the energy for the day." That's because Lilly has discovered the growing dance fitness craze called Zumba (pronounced Zoom-ba) where participants sway their hips, swing their arms and shimmy their bodies to fastpaced traditional Latin salsa and merengue music.
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Move Fast, Have Fun: Zumba classes have few rules, lots of enthusiasm Winston-Salem Journal
Deloris Wilson used to think that unloading the truck at the home-goods store where she works counted as exercise. She is rethinking that after taking her first Zumba class at the Central YMCA. "I thought that was exercise," Wilson said. "This is exercise." Wilson had stepped outside the room to catch her breath. Through the window, she could watch Cortney Wilson continue to lead more than 90 people in dancelike moves designed to get the heart rate up and tone those muscles to the steady thump-thump of music.
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Zoom-zoom...it's Zumba The News Times
"Zumba gives you a great workout. It strengthens your core muscles," said Hess, a New Fairfield resident. "This is so important since doctors state that the midsection is the unhealthiest place to put on weight." It also tightens the behind, improves back strength, and gives an all-around full-body workout. Students will burn about 1,000 calories in each hour-long class, Hess said.
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Zumba classes provide a workout and a cultural experience The Tribune
A new twist to working out called Zumba is bringing women from across northern Colorado together to get in shape and have a little fun in the process. The workout routine, which is offered in many gyms across Greeley and Evans, sets dance-like moves to upbeat Latin music to give participants a low-impact workout.
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Get fit with Zumba, a blend of Latin dance and aerobics moves Free Press
"It doesn't feel like you're working out," Fera said. She buys steel for an auto supplier. "Everyone at my day job makes fun of me because I'm always cha-chaing around. I feel really good, and I have a lot more energy. There's days when I come in from a very stressful workweek and right when the music hits, it melts away. You can't not have a good time."
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Journey to Zumba is an escape from the real world Savannah Morning News
Through the years I've been to all kinds of YMCA classes - step aerobics, pilates and yoga to list a few. So I pride myself in knowing most of the lingo - around the world, cha-cha, mambo, cat stretch and down dog. So when I went to my first Zumba class I was prepared to listen. However, the only thing I heard was very loud music. I immediately planted myself in the back of the room, near the door, in case I needed to make a quick getaway. Zumba started and I was jumping all over the place like an idiot. During the class, I was amazed at how all the women in front of me and beside me knew all the moves without a single prompt from instructor Cara Peoples.
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Kids finding exercise, good times in The Charlotte Observer
One answer to the problem can be found Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at the Harris YMCA in southeast Charlotte, where elementary school students are dancing -- Latin dancing -- and can't get enough. It helps that the music is loud and the classes involve lots of jumping around.
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Beto Perez named as a Florida International Magazine Power Player 2008!!! Florida Magazine
The past year has been an exciting time for spectacular innovations, career-defining deals, astounding creativity and captivating moments in the spotlight. And in every one of those cases, there was an individual with a Florida connection who made it happen. These are the 2008 Power Players.
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Fitness is fun with Zumba Mobile County Neighbors
"Zumba is all about letting your hair down, having fun and burning calories. It's easy, fun and surprisingly enough our older member out-do the younger members."
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Zumba mixes Latin beat, aerobics Cape Cod Times
We did moves like "cutting the sugar cane," which had up-and-down moves to work those legs as we wielded imaginary machetes There was some punching, which exercised arms badly in need of tightening after a winter hidden under sweaters, and all those hip moves certainly worked the abs. It was definitely a great workout, and the hour flew by.
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Zumba benefit draws enthusiasts, donors Asbury Park Press
When Danielle Ippolito leads a zumba class, she wants her dancers to break a sweat. On Saturday, she was hoping they would break the bank, too, and help establish a trust fund for her nephew.
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Zumba: Newest exercise craze mixes Latin music, dance moves for aerobic workout TCPalm
This high-energy workout isn?t your typical group exercise class. Hips shake, hands clap, shoulders shimmy, and feet pivot, step and slide to a Latin-international hip-hop beat that gets you moving.
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Studio Zumba offers exercise ?party' Toledo Free Press
During his lunch break, FedEx driver Doug Jones exercises in the back of his truck. One day, his high-intensity workout drew the suspicion of security guards from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. The guards weren't sure what they would find as they approached the trembling vehicle. What they found was Doug, engaged in Zumba, a Latin exercise program sweeping across America.
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Zumba named Group Exercise program of the year in China Men's Health Magazine
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A bailar Zumba! Univision.com
Y ?c?mo lo hace? Simplemente bailando, bailando y bailando. Sea cual sea tu edad, tu ritmo o tu nivel de coordinaci?n, te puedes apuntar a una de estas divertidas clases que no s?lo te servir?n para desconectar mentalmente de tu d?a a d?a y pas?rtelo en grande, sino que tambi?n aprovechar?s para quitarte calor?as de encima.
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Zumba sweeping the dance floor The Sun - Lifestyle - Hong Kong
Recently Perez, was in Kuala Lumpurto help lay down the groundwork for starting Zumba in the country. He along with fellow dance instructor Tanya Beardsley, gave a series of Master Classes to other dance instructors.
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Dance music, moves propel a new type of exercise class Ventura County Star
Tall and well-built, with sandy blond hair and a thick moustache, he faces a long wall of mirrors as students dressed in exercise gear glance around expectantly, waiting for him to begin. Suddenly his hips, clad in tight black pants, begin to swivel to the beat of the Latin music that blasts over the loudspeakers. "Only do what you can do," he yells over his shoulder to the crowd as they scramble to imitate his quick-moving gyrations and fancy footwork, and before you can say "Shakira," the Zumba class has begun.
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Shake, rattle and Zumba in Eagle County Vail Daily
In recent years many clubs have offered classes in funk, hip hop, stomp and even pole-dancing, to name of few, but since its nationwide debut on NBC?s Today show in October, Zumba, a fusion of Latin and international music, has popped up at gyms around the country and here in Eagle County.
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Zumba Hero Bay News 9
Lois says it took a lot of hard work and extra practice for her to pick up the routines, but she decided she wanted to become a certified Zumba instructor, so she did all the extra work whenever she could.
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