Zumba is the new exercise craze for 2012 and why not!? It's one of the most addictive and fun ways of keeping fit, losing weight and partying without the need to drink anything other than water!
When I first saw the Zumba adverts on the shopping channels, I brushed it off with a 'yeah right, like it's actually going to be that fun!' I wasn't going to give in to any of the marketing rubbish. 'Party yourself into shape' it says...well I spent most of my uni life doing just that and round wasn't exactly the shape I was after.
But more people began to preach about Zumba and I'd noticed one of my closest friends had lost quite a bit of weight. She gave all the credit to her Zumba DVD and went on about how amazing it all is and how she has to do it all the time and it's so fun and...oh shut up! Again I brushed it off thinking she's probably starving herself or something. But the craze grew with more people I actually knew banging on about it. So going against everything I stood for, I gave into peer pressure at the age of 27 and went to my first Zumba class.
It was a cold and dark winter’s evening on Monday 12 November 2012 – no it wasn’t, I don’t actually remember but let’s just pretend it was. I’d rushed home from work to get changed and ready for this Zumba class. 5 minutes late and the venue was packed, thankfully there was still space for two more. It was quite small compared to the number of people who were there but it wasn't much of an issue providing everyone moved at time and kept to their own spaces...but they didn't, and neither did I so I can't complain. Along with many of the others, I spent the first 2 minutes of each song trying to grasp the moves from the instructor and by the time I finally got the steps the next song was starting along with the next set of dance moves. The moves involved the arms, the wasit, the legs...it worked the whole body and it was something I would enjoy had I known the moves. After an hour we were all sweating and I’d worked up an appetite for more. It was great fun although it didn't feel like a hardcore workout it was definitely something I'd do again.
That was my first and last Zumba class.
But I bought into it and invested in Zumba for the Wii so I could do it at home in my own time and space. The music, the moves, everything about it, I love it. Everyday is a party with Zumba...we’ll not every day.
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