What annoys you about your Zumba class?

GoldenGirl1979

looking at people who can't dance & it throwing off my moves... now i just look in the mirror or at the instructor :laugh: :laugh:

tropaze

I love our instructors, but the overcrowding sucks (in the summer we have to move to a smaller space) and sometimes they let one or two "guest" instructors do some songs and they suck at queing and we're all lost.

Ninja_Bunny

Hahhahah this is exactly what I was thinking! :flowerforyou:

nicdorda

I used to love Zumba, but the classes were always too crowded. Last month, I decided to change things up and try Turbokick. Now Zumba feels too easy and I don't break a sweat.

Pspetal

The person standing next to me who has no sense of space and jumps around all over the place getting into people's feet and hitting people's wrists with her dumbbells.

sweetbaker77

I Love Zumba-... But hate when the teacher rotates the rows. I'm 5' tall and stay near the front so I can see! plus the people hiding out in the back don't want to be in the front row!!!

heathrlynn

People that can't tell their left from their right & clobber you. Ouch!!

losingitlittlebylittle

My instructor is awesome, so she has built up a huge following. Her music is great, and she changes up the playlist quite often - but not every song, so we all at least know a lot of the moves. What drives me crazy is:

1) People who show up late and try to squeeze in
2) People who don't know their right from their left - I know not everyone can dance, and I'm okay with that, but at least TRY to go in the same direction!
3) The guys who ogle through the glass into the studio at everyone's rear ends - especially the instructor! I can't say I blame them, but someone was standing at the back of the room with an iPod/iPhone and it looked like he was taking a video...creepy!
4) When the studio isn't air conditioned and it's 80 degrees BEFORE we even start! A/C has been out of order for almost 2 weeks because some wiring was stolen and they can't fix it because it keeps raining! Almost died in there last night!!
5) I'm with whoever mentioned not having the playlist set - drives me nuts when they stop and start.
6) I also have a hard time with instructors who use too much Top 40 and/or remind me of old-school aerobics classes rather than the international flavor of Zumba.
7) Overcrowding. If you don't get there in enough time to comfortably fit in, tough luck. There really needs to be a limit to avoid injuries and allow people the room to really move!

Sorry I seem like such a downer, but Zumba is my favorite workout - so much so that I have basically copied my instructor's playlist and do it on my own at home when I can't get there! We even Zumba in my office on Friday afternoons! I guess you'd call me a Zumbaholic... LOL

SMBL2

Zumba instructors that don't use Latin music for most of the session. Isn't that what Zumba is supposed to be?

Technically, yes. You're supposed to use 70% Latin music with the other 30% a mix of whatever you like. Some instructors get a little carried away using more non-Latin music than they should.

2) People who don't know their right from their left - I know not everyone can dance, and I'm okay with that, but at least TRY to go in the same direction!

Even people who are trying to go the right way or who know their left from their right get mixed up. Especially if an instructor goes one way (like me) and another instructor goes the other way during the same song.

SMBL2

What annoys me?

People who come to class with a sour puss attitude and don't give any effort into the workout, but then complain that they get nothing out of the class therefore it must be the instructor's fault.

peasantgirly

I agree that there should be a limit but how would you enforce that? I have to drive 30 miles to get to my class and if I showed up and got turned away, I would never go back!

Discoveri

I agree that there should be a limit but how would you enforce that? I have to drive 30 miles to get to my class and if I showed up and got turned away, I would never go back!

My gym does a limit of 25 people per class. First come, first served. I haven't tried zumba yet but I'm interested and would like to add it to my workout routine.

Reinventing_Me

My regular Zumba intructor (Tues., Thurs., Sat.) is awesome! I hate when we have a full class and have to hold the session in a smaller dance room. It only happens on Saturday when the little kiddies dance classes are being held and the gymnasium is being used (my Zumba class is at a community center). Our class is by registration with a max of 35 or so. Sometimes she changes up her playlist during the session (it's as if she gets a different idea than what she originally planned to do) but I just use that time to take a quick sip of water. She more than makes up for any short break in music with a knockout routine. She loves introducing new moves and incorporates boxing, jump rope moves, kick-boxing, props, whatever she can think of to keep our bodies guessing and working all while doing the fancy footwork and hip shaking she likes to do. LOVE LOVE LOVE her!!

I also drop in to another class with a different instructor on Wednesdays and that one is just ok. Too many super-fast short range movements (I prefer full range of motion). Music NEVER flows well and too many starts and stops. Instructor started playing cool-down songs half an hour into the class for like 15 minutes and then kicked it up again. We were all like wha?? By then we were ready to go home.

Today, my husband gave me the genius idea to stop going to instructor #2 and just drop in to my regular instructor's Wednesday class at another community center nearby. I swear I hadn't even thought of that! It's literally the 5 minutes in the opposite direction.

MMarvelous

Zumba instructors that don't use Latin music for most of the session. Isn't that what Zumba is supposed to be?

:drinker:

I don't get the NON-Latin music either...so annoying. Overcrowding is not a problem now or it hasn't been in the past month or so. TG

dispatchsunshine

We do have a limit at our gym. There is a sign up sheet, and if you don't sign up, you don't get in. If the sign up sheet is full, you don't get in. But the gym is good about watching the class sizes and opening up the big gym for a class if needed.

And I'm LMBO at worrying about how others look. I think the class I go to may be different. My instructor changes the class up pretty often. So, you're so busy watching what the instructor is doing, you don't have time to watch anyone else.

I went to one class where there was a cueing problem. I never went back to that one. She basically stopped the music and taught you each move of the dance, before she started the music. When the song was over, she taught you the next dance sans music. That would be my biggest pet peeve. My heart rate didn't have much chance to stay up. :huh:

As for the too easy, maybe my class is different. I can run 3 miles, and I don't get the workout I get from Zumba. I actually threw up after my first Zumba class, because I was having so much fun, I wasn't watching my heart rate.

And yes, I hate when the gym forgets to bump up the a/c before our class. Just before our class is a Yoga class. They don't like the a/c on, so it's pretty warm to begin with. But as long as the gym employees bump it up before class, it's all good.

As for the music, I rather like a good blend of both Latin based and hip-hop music. But I guess everyone has preferences.

I'm with the poster who said that Zumba is her favorite workout. Same here. I have all of my instructor's songs (and a few others I've come across) on my iPhone. My daughter & I love to play one and just break it down wherever we're at. And I have Wii Zumba for those holidays when there is no Zumba to be found.

PShep17

Agree with the overcrowding! I also dislike the fact that two of my university lecturers attend the same class! Not sure who's more embarrassed!

Nigerianebony

I teach Zumba. Your posts are actually helpful, and I will take them into consideration. I am always trying to find ways to make it better.

teeley

Hate Zumba. Everything about it.

^^^ THIS^^^

jojopel

I'm so glad to see that I'm not the only one who hates overcrowding!!! I also dislike participants who have physical issues and can't move with the class. Last week, a lady with knee issues stood next to me and stopped every time she couldn't do a move - that's an injury waiting to happen! Go to the back and to the side if you can't keep up - don't stop dead in your tracks! :noway:

tansygreen

I've only tried Zumba once, but I was weirded out a bit because everyone except me seemed to be wearing a strange skirt with jangly things hanging off it, and at the end of the class the teacher came up to me and was like, I still have a skirt available for 5 pounds if you would like one. I just kind of shook my head and got the hell out of there! LOL

Having said that, it was a good workout, so I will try it again. There's no way I'm buying one of their jangly skirts for a fiver though!

RDalton84

I LOVE my Zumba class ( I go three times a week) but the two classes I go to during the week (tues and thurs) are EXTREMELY crowded and I always feel like I can't fully extend because I am going to smack someone or kick someone in the face lol. When I go on Sunday nights it's AWESOME because the class is about half the size of the other days, I really like that my instructor doesn't do all latin. She has a really good mix of latin, hiphop and even some balli and she changes it every couples of weeks so you don't get burnt out on the music.

miranda_mom

There are these teenagers who come to my class. I wouldn't have a problem with them except that they will randomly "sit out" songs and usually when they do it they sit against the wall with their legs stretched out and text. I almost tripped over one of them once.
The worst was that one time like four of their guy friends who had been working out in another part of the gym came in and were "doing Zumba", like joking around and just jumping up and down and flailing their arms as a joke. The girls stopped working out and started filming them on their phones (and you know they caught some of the poor women on that side of the room).

LindaCWy

The fact that they call it Zumba. Urks me, no clue why.

TheFunBun

Mm. I went with a partner for my first two classes, and I swear she was attached to my hip. Kept on sending me into the girl on the other side of me. People trying to get in specific rows that don't have space . Whatevz.

I don't like it when you hear the next song and it's your jam and then they switch it to something else. If you see a bunch of people suddenly start dancing to your next track, why not leave it there?

BeautyFromPain

that people like to apparently complain about it...

They are doing the best as they can with the room they've got, the instructors are doing their best to instruct the class, stfu.

_hi_hat3r_

What annoys me the most about zumba is that the majority of the participants have no rhythm and look ridiculous doing it. This is why I don't do zumba.

garita93

After reading just the first page of this thread I realized how much I love my instructors and the people in my class. The only thing I can think of is that there is this one lady that ends standing behind me in like her own row but she is right behind me like if I step back I will step on her. There is plenty of room and I am in the front row. I just don't get it.

_hi_hat3r_

that people like to apparently complain about it...

They are doing the best as they can with the room they've got, the instructors are doing their best to instruct the class, stfu.

lol you are just such a bundle of joy

reashamoriba

That it's not like the Zumba I see on Youtube. Sometimes the music is not motivating

kristina0206

haha some of these are so true, it's too funny! I love my Zumba class, but I am currently on hiatus from it because I started to become a little bit bored. I wouldn't necessarily say that these things "annoy" me, but some silly things in class:

There is a girl who makes up her own choreography! She loosely participates in the moves that the class is doing, but for the most part, is doing her own thing! She looks good doing it, but I'm not really sure why she comes to the class!

Also, even though my instructor is great, I've realized that every instructor has their own way of conducting class. My instructor has never taught the class one step...we just jump right into it and you do the best you can following along...since there are a good amount of women 60+ years old in the class, sometimes the class will be facing all different directions, half assing their own moves. I can only laugh when this happens, because I know everyone is trying their best to keep up!