Dance Your Ass off with Zumba Fitness
Did you guys see that one episode of Dance Your Ass Off that aired in Australia? I was glued to the television, mesmerised by the tassels, the torn fishnets and the jiggling fleshy bits! Even more amazing was how much weight the contestants lost in their first week on the show!
I’m not one to go along to a dance class and make a fool of myself in front of a room full of strangers. I’m so uncoordinated that it’s best that I don’t inflict it on other people…
A friend suggested Zumba Fitness as an alternative to stacking it in a dance class — and it looks pretty good!
Zumba Fitness is the brain child of Alberto Perez, a celebrity fitness trainer and choreographer. Zumba Fitness draws inspiration from traditional music such as cumbia, salsa, samba and meringue and has created Latin dance moves to create Zumba (Spanish slang for “to move fast and have fun”).
Here’s a video featuring the moves used in Zumba Fitness:
Zumba Fitness costs $149.85 from Guthy-Renker and includes 6 workout DVDs and handweights to use while busting out your new moves. At first I thought the price was steep, but thinking about how much I’ve spent buying a Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit, EA Active and even handweights for the Wii… I would have saved a bit of money with Zumba Fitness!
Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing?
I find the ads kinda hilarious… maybe it’s because it has one of the ex big brother housemates voicing it?
Does it really?! I haven’t seen the ads on tele – who voices them?!
Its Mike Goldburn( possibly Goldman?) he hosted friday night live or whatever its called, and late night big brother.
hmm not sure, the voice is just associated with BB for some reason hehe
looks like fun. just like a dance class.
.-= Simon Food Favourite´s last blog ..Pho Ba Le before David Copperfield: Vietnamese, Lidcombe (8 August 2009) =-.
Not only is it fun, you burn something like 800 cal a session.
Best if you become an instructor…register on zumba.com for a workshop.
I have a friend that just became an instructor and is making a moza doing classes at the local gym.
They have the best clothes on zumbashop.com.au too.
Best of all, it’s a party session without realising you’ve worked your butt off!
the zumba voice oveR guy is MIKE GOLDMAN, the guy who hosted FNL & BB upLate that’s why it’s sooo famiLiaR :D
ahhh, that’d explain it – thanks!