Does anyone have Zumba results?

I love zumba! However I have relied just on that for exercise in the past without weights and I dont feel that it changes your body after a while. i have been doing it since 08, but i think you need to find high intensity instructors that switch it up and take other classes at your gym as well

I lost about 35 pounds doing ONLY zumba!!! I love Zumba...I also think it depends on your instructor. I've seen and had great instructors and great classes and then I've been to classes that I hated and didn't feel any burn from them and didnt even sweat at all. Each instructor is different! If you go to one and don't like it don't give up go to another.. I also have DVD's at home and i don't feel like i burn as much as a class. The class is so much better.

~ Bump for later, don't have the time to reply right now! lol thou I will say that I love Zumba so much that I'm planning on getting my certification when I reach 50lbs lost & have definitely lost some inches & am getting toned from it but not really any significant weight loss from it. :-)

Zumba is great for calorie burn, but I believe it's so popular because now women can actually go out dancing because their husbands/boyfriends don't take them anymore.:laugh:

Throw in some strength training to tone up the rest of the body and combine it with Zumba for even better results.

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I'm not brave enough to go to a class yet. I recently bought Zumba Rush for XBox Kinect and it is fun.

I went to my first Zumba class last night and I felt so awkward and out of place at first - I met a friend, maybe she could sense the fear on my face but she started talking to me before class and I had fun ( it wasn't' the regular instructor) but they all assured me she's even better. Go - I promise, there will be someone older, heavier, younger, sillier or less coordinated than you and if won't matter but it is a great workout and today I'm sore.

I will eventually go. But I really have bad coordination with upper and lower body. Im fine when i concentrate on one area, but moving both its like a train wreck.

I have cerebral palsy, am doing Leslie Sansone on a walker, and am beginning to find her earlier workouts(the more recent ones are
still a challenge) too easy. I got Zumba Gold for variety and hopefully a challenge. Is there anyone here who is disabled or deconditioned and has done Zumba Gold? How did you learn to do it, and what kind of results did you get? Please confine your answer to Zumba Gold; I really doubt my body will ever be in shape to tackle regular Zumba. Thank you all very much.

Sue

Hi there- feel free to add me as a friend! I teach Zumba Gold- as well as other formats of Zumba. The videos are super simple on the new DVD set- like any Zumba class- the steps come in time. With your physical limitations you'll find what you can do and can't. I have taught Zumba Gold chair classes- super modified- mostly about fun and movement- they were a much older group- mostly in wheelchairs but they had a wonderful time.
Take the time to view your DVD- I believe its Joy Prouty (amazing!!!) who is leading the videos, get to know the music- or just start one song at a time- remembering your warm ups and cool downs are really the most important part of a Zumba Gold class. Muscles need more time to warm up- and the cool down includes 1 song for balance and one for stretch. Hope this helps!! Enjoy!!

I will have to put up pictures tonight for you, (on my home PC)- but yes, Zumba Fitness changed my life! I have lost 75 lbs and 37 inches off my body. I would have lost more had I found this site when I started. Let me tell you- when I started, I was so out of shape- I thought I wasn't so bad, went to gym all the time- but 1 hr 3X a week on a elliptical without anything else (and no increase intensity/resistance) I was stagnent in my fitness. I had 3 left feet- I was so awkward I couldn't believe it. Fast forward 2 1/2 years later, I am an instructor of Zumba. I teach 5 of their formats, and yes, the steps came, the fit came. I will be teaching for 2 years in March.

For beginners if you are really unfit- take it slow, or even try a Zumba Gold class- they are not for seniors (that is a stereotype). The program is for seniors or anyone with physical limitations, including weight.

If I can do this, and lose as much as I have, and gained an entirely different person within (I knew she was in there!), anyone can.

Zumba changed my life!

I love zumba so much! but sadly i moved away so i havent started zumba classes yet, i got the zumba game for the Wii, but is not the same as being in a room with ppl xD

It's taken a while, but, I found some good Zumba classes on line. They will work until I get bored of the routines, then I will have to go buy some dvds. If you feel to silly to do Zumba at a gym, your living room works too.

Ooh I'm so happy to have stumbled across so many Zumba fans! I love Zumba and go to classes 4 times a week. I started taking classes about 3 months after I started MFP. My profile pic show my progress from pre-MFP to pre-Zumba to now. It's such a great cardio workout and I'm looking forward to the combo strength training & Zumba specialty class that starts next week!