anyone go to zumba?

brookekeziah

I want to start doing something active outside of my house and i've always heard that zumba is a great thing to do to lose weight. Anyone else do zumba and if so have you lost any weight?

Kelly_Wilson1990

I do!! I love it.

ilbcnuz

I Love Zumba!!!!! But it's a killer . . . . . . . . : )

Emismom77

I participate in a Zumba class twice a week at my job. I'm hooked! It's something that anyone can do and you'll have fun doing it!! I'm insulin resistant, so I haven't lost a lot of weight, but I feel SO much better after I Zumba! I look forward to the classes and have even bought the game for my Kinect for home!! Give it a try & if 1 instructor isn't to your liking, find another... I've found every instructor is different. Good Luck!!
Peace, Love & Zumba!

ski0721

Hi! I do zumba at least twice a week and it's truly a great workout. You can have fun dancing around and you can easily lose weight. Good luck!!

rmancha

Before I started MFP I just wanted to get active and so without changing my eating habits I lost 12 lbs from January to May just by doing Zumba...now that I have been logging in my food I have lost an extra 5lbs. in the month of June!.. Zumba is the first workout I actually look forward to doing, it doesn't even bother me that my class is at 5:30am..its become something I just do and actually enjoy...which ideally is what a workout should be!...good luck : )

PatBeard

I love Zumba! I went this morning and burned 405 clories in an hour! It is a great workout and lots of fun. The instructors are all diffenrent and the music they use is different. I prefer the current pop hits rather than the latino. A lot depends on how hard you work in the class. The best dances keep your heart rate at your target heart rate or higher.

BigBoneSista

In Feb all I did was Zumba at home and two classes a week. I lost 8 lbs and 4 inches in my waist. I love it.

ljw556

Zumba is epic! I LOVE it!!! It's SO much fun! When I come out of my class, I'm always in such a great mood. The key is to do everything to your level - so if you can't do everything as fast for instance, just do it at your pace. That way you'll enjoy it! :-)

sahalcomb

@PatBeard...How did you calculate the 405 calories burned? I've looked on here and it isn't listed? Just curious for when I log in my Zumba time! Thanks!

BigBoneSista

@PatBeard...How did you calculate the 405 calories burned? I've looked on here and it isn't listed? Just curious for when I log in my Zumba time! Thanks!

They probably have a heart rate monitor that tells you your calories burned while working out based on your info your set it up with.

sahalcomb

That's neat! Wish we had those to help calculate.... Hmm. Thanks! Guess I will just put in dancing or aerobics. That should get close enough! & Yes, Zumba is lots of fun! Almost like your not even working out!

ljsmamma07

i used to do it 1-2 times a week and i LOVED it! and i did well loosing weight during it.

ronniepurple

OMG! I was just thinking about having some dinner before my zumba class tonight when I clicked the community link! Zumba is so much fun and just puts you in a good mood. Its my absolute favourite class and I sleep really well after it. If you like to shake it then you really need to try it.

starr68

I participate in a Zumba class twice a week at my job. I'm hooked! It's something that anyone can do and you'll have fun doing it!! I'm insulin resistant, so I haven't lost a lot of weight, but I feel SO much better after I Zumba! I look forward to the classes and have even bought the game for my Kinect for home!! Give it a try & if 1 instructor isn't to your liking, find another... I've found every instructor is different. Good Luck!!
Peace, Love & Zumba!

How are you liking the game??? I just bought it for the wii and I think my game is defective. In the learning section, it speeds up, slows down and skips a lot . Is this normal??

juscallmeb

I love zumba! It is such a nice break from running and lifting weights everyday.

It's so much fun. Definitely see if there are any classes around town in your area or see if you can find a cheap dvd to pop in the player and do at home. You will get hooked.
You dont realize how much you are burning with all the fun you're having while shaking your hips!

Schraudt814

I LOVE Zumba!! It's so much fun and you really shake it off!!

katkins3

I know people love zumba, but the never ending Latin music sent me screaming from the room! It was like listening to the same song over and over.....shudder. Do they know any other moves beside hip thrust and shimmy? Sorry for the rant, but yuk.

awelch79

I do Zumba 3X a week to mix up my workouts and I LOVE IT....and Im a country music kinda girl (and a lil shy) so I didnt think Id enjoy it, but I am addicted! Its something you should try at least a few times to really get a feel for how much you like (or dont like) it.

I enter my Zumba as high impact aerobics for my exercise., but I do the higher impact moves... Its the closes Ive seen. Entering modern dance wasnt even close.

I hope you love it!

tipper1982

NOT EVERY ZUMBA CLASS IS LIKE THAT AT ALL:) IF YOUR NOT INTO SHIMMY AND SHAKING, NO, YOU PROBABLY ARENT GOING TO LIKE ZUMBA. BUT IF YOU LIEK TO DANCE AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN YOU SHOULD TRY TO FIND A DIFFERENT CLASS BEFORE YOU TOTALLY WRITE IT OFF:)

shortee75

I do Zumba 4 times per week and I absolutely love it - in the beginning I wasn't so sure because I was little embarassed by some of the moves, but now I just don't let it worry me and I get much more out of the classes :laugh:

Yes you may not like every instructor, but try out a few before you decide you don't like Zumba. I currently have 3 different instructors across the 4 classes I do and I actually left my Thursday evening class after about 10 minutes the first time I went because the instructor was all over the place, but I went back and she has grown on me

@PatBeard...How did you calculate the 405 calories burned? I've looked on here and it isn't listed? Just curious for when I log in my Zumba time! Thanks!

I put this under Aerobics-general because I don't feel as though I am doing this at a high intensity level.

Emismom77

I participate in a Zumba class twice a week at my job. I'm hooked! It's something that anyone can do and you'll have fun doing it!! I'm insulin resistant, so I haven't lost a lot of weight, but I feel SO much better after I Zumba! I look forward to the classes and have even bought the game for my Kinect for home!! Give it a try & if 1 instructor isn't to your liking, find another... I've found every instructor is different. Good Luck!!
Peace, Love & Zumba!

How are you liking the game??? I just bought it for the wii and I think my game is defective. In the learning section, it speeds up, slows down and skips a lot . Is this normal??

Hmmm. I don't know about for the Wii, but I don't think it should skip on you. It should be like a Zumba class, staying in beat with the music. Make sure there aren't any finger prints on your disk...

Jdismybug1

I Love Zumba!!!!! But it's a killer . . . . . . . . : )

So is zumba a dance thing? I have never done it. Are there dvd's or just classes? I'm curious. I don't even know if they have it at my gym, I know there's a place not to far from my house that has it though. I'm not very coordinated, last time I did any kind of dance thing at the gym I kept running into people.

Emismom77

I know people love zumba, but the never ending Latin music sent me screaming from the room! It was like listening to the same song over and over.....shudder. Do they know any other moves beside hip thrust and shimmy? Sorry for the rant, but yuk.

Well, that's why I like my instructors here at work because they really mix up the moves for us. Maybe you should check out another instructor if you're doing classes. Personally, I like music that makes me move & I listen to a little of everything... Maybe Zumba's not for you.

shortee75

I participate in a Zumba class twice a week at my job. I'm hooked! It's something that anyone can do and you'll have fun doing it!! I'm insulin resistant, so I haven't lost a lot of weight, but I feel SO much better after I Zumba! I look forward to the classes and have even bought the game for my Kinect for home!! Give it a try & if 1 instructor isn't to your liking, find another... I've found every instructor is different. Good Luck!!
Peace, Love & Zumba!

How are you liking the game??? I just bought it for the wii and I think my game is defective. In the learning section, it speeds up, slows down and skips a lot . Is this normal??

I have this for the Xbox Kinect as well and my sister has a dance game on the Wii (not sure if it's Zumba or not). One thing I can say that is better about the Kinect is there is NO remote; therefore, the kinect sensor monitors your entire body movement not just where the remote is (for example: if you don't move your feet right on Zumba for Kinect the sensor picks that up and will show red around the foot of the instructor on the TV screen, whereas with Wii you don't even have to move your feet because the remote is in your hand so that's all it will pick up).

I hope this makes sense...LOL

tinalatina

I do! I kinda like it...But...there is a big BUT.....I teach Ballroom Dance professionally and Zumba gives me the Calorie Burn I need vs the conditioning with BD. The class I attend is MASSIVE! Over 100 People..... and to get a spot in that class is a nightmare. There are women who are regulars that Own the front area and can be pretty mean sometimes. Then I feel bad for the new people in the back because in Zumba its either you know it or you DONT! And if your in the back of classroom that size your lost most of the time! I dont like that....as a teacher I believe there should some basics or fundamentals class for newbies but they just right into it. But anyways thats just my opinion. I can't believe how much people love this. I was teaching Salsa Cardio before this became popular 6 years ago and its almost the same.

Anyways sorry about the ranting....take care and have fun in the class!

KelliGaile

i do zumba on the wii and i it!

myukniewicz

I lalalalove zumba! ♥

it is so much fun, you don't even think of it as exercise.
it makes you feel sexy too =D

juscallmeb

I hope you give it a try since you said you wanted to. if you like it, you like it, if not, no big, you'll find something else you will enjoy more.
definitely see if there are beginner classes available.. that may go over the core/basic steps slower than a regular zumba class.
That's my 2 cents.
good luck and have fun

vgalloway

i cant find zumba as an exercise what does everyone else put it under?

awelch79

I enter it as high impact aerobics bc I tend to do the more "advanced" moves (more hopping, bouncing, etc) and it comes pretty close to what others I take the class with (that are a similar size and movements as myself).