The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves
to create a one-of-a-kind
fitness program that will blow you away. Our
goal is simple: We want you to want to work out,
to love working out, to
get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long-term benefits while
experiencing
an absolute blast in one exciting hour of calorie-burning,
body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements
meant to engage and captivate
for life!
The routines feature interval training sessions were fast and slow
rhythms and resistance training are
combined to tone and sculpt your
body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest
into
the mix and you've got a Zumba® class!
In the past years, the Zumba® program has become nothing short of a
revolution, spreading like wildfire,
and positioning itself as the
single most influential movement in the industry of fitness.
As of July 2009, the Zumba® program is being taught at over 40,000
locations in 75 countries, has sold
millions of DVDs, and has changed
the lives of Zumba® Fanatics worldwide with an astonishing
five million
participants taking Zumba classes every week.
Why? Because it's the best party around.
The History
Celebrity fitness trainer, "Beto" Perez, stumbled upon the concept of
Latin-inspired dance-fitness in his native Cali, Colombia in the
mid-‘90s.
One day, he walked into his aerobics class and realized he had forgotten
his aerobics music. Thinking quickly, he grabbed whatever tapes he had
in his backpack. Beto's tapes were comprised of songs he loved, the
traditional Latin salsa and merengue music he listened to all his life.
But it was a challenge to improvise a whole class on the spot using
non-traditional aerobics music. Beto rose to the challenge and from this last-minute improvisation a revolutionary new concept in fitness was
born – the Zumba Fitness-Party™!
The class soon became the most popular
class at his fitness facility.
