Does anyone Zumba and what are your results?

For the person asking about Zumba shoes...my daughter gave me Zumba shoes for Momther's Day.....they're great for Zumba...just enough slide. It is a Nike brand and she said she purchased it at Zappos. Good luck and have fun shopping!

Zumba is fabulous for dance fanatics who love Latin rythyms. The amount of calories you burn depends on how much/or little you move. Even if you can't do the hip rolls, just try it (while making sure that your core is engaged) and you'll find that it is a great workout for your abs. Great for people who have osteoarthritis and osteoporosis (hips)....just be careful and gradually practice the moves.

i received my zumba yesterday so im doing it tonight, would have done it yesterday but i had a hair appt. so zumba day 1 tonight. add me to your post. glad we are all excited.. yay!!!!

Hurray , Hurray - scheduled to arrive on 5/21 !!!! Woo Hooo!!! Can't wait to join the party!!:drinker:

Awesome!
I do Zumba classes at a local dance studio 3x a week--I've been going since January and I'm still loving it. I get around 590cal an hour on my HRM and I usually log 500cal as exercise calories

I credit any weight I've lost to my eating plan and calorie deficit, but Zumba has given me a trimmer waistline and much nicer oblique muscles.

I have been going to a class 1 time a week for a few months. I love it!!! It has been the best activity for me as a stay at home mom. I go on Monday and it motivates me to keep moving all week. If I miss the class I feel lazy all week. I haven't tried the DVD's but would like to. Our teacher changes her class up often. It is intense! She gets anywhere from 600-800 calories on her monitor depending on which songs she does. (Some are more cardio some are toning).

Once I added counting calories to my routine I have averaged 2 pounds a week loss!

I go to the same Zumba Class as Erin and I agree with everything she has said.. I was diagnosed with Generative Disk Diease last year where I was in Physical Therapy and that about KILLED me, it was hurting me Then I tried my first class with Erin back in September. 2009 . I thought to myself that there would be no way I could even do Zumba because my back was hurting everyday..To my surprise I love it and it's made my body alot stronger and my back does not hurt like it use to ,every once in awhile I'll get a pain....I have ordered the DVD's w/ toning sticks on zumba.com . I strongly recommend the toning sticks, I have lost in my arms, back , through my shoulders, I have TODAY a shirt on that I use to wear but couldn't because my arms, shoulders, it fit too tightly but today I have it on and I've been using toning sticks not even a full month now. I am up to 3 classes a week and I love how our instructor switches it where we don't plato, working different areas in our bodies. I would strongly recommend ZUMBA it's changed my life for the better.

Love & Believe!
Missy

"not sure if you saw my post but i did 40 minutes and only managed to burn 300 calories not sure if its bc i don't know the moves but the dvd is kinda hard. haha i cant move my body like that."

I've increased my calories burned each week. I think it's because I'm starting to learn the moves and am actually doing more of them. LOL Keep it up, you'll get it. I really wanted to do zumba today but there's no class.... I want a 24 hour zumba studio to go to whenever I want.

oh ya i was wearing my cross trainers for the dvd's nope i could not move my feet so i took them off and just wore my socks and well, then i was to slippery, haha need to find something.

It took me 8 days to get my dvd's but I guess it was worth it bc I love them lol

Hey Janet & All.....I've read ya'lls posts and hoping the DVDs arrived finally.....
I absolutely love Zumba & would love to check in with results on a running thread.

3 x weekly for me....I have special dance shoes that I wear. Not sure if they're Zumba, but the arch can bend a 180!

Our instructor is absolutely awesome! We do it all....from salsa/cumbia to a boxing shuffle of sorts....I can't get enough of the fun. Burn those cals like nothing else....& such a blast doing it :bigsmile:

Got my Zumba dvd's today. Can't wait to start. Unfortunately I am leaving Tuesday night and will be gone for a week.
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Got my Zumba dvd's today. Can't wait to start. Unfortunately I am leaving Tuesday night and will be gone for a week.
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Awww that's a shame!! You'll be bursting to do them when you come home then :laugh:

I take 3 Zumba classes a week. I burn at least 950 calories a pop. But I'm a big girl It's soooooooo fun. I don't have the dvd's yet, so I've never done it at home.

I love it. You have to let your inhibitions go! and if you don't know the steps just to whatever keeps your heart rate up! I regularly would burn 700+ an hour.

I looked at the site to possibly order the dvd's b/c I love my classes and sometimes zumba is what I want to do, but the workouts are to the latin music. My classes are the same moves but done to current hip-hop music. Have you all seen any dvds that are to the hip-hop music??