Where are the guys?

Classes seem to be aimed at the girls - most are dance orientated, and ALL have music

It has nothing to do with thinking we don't need anyone telling us what to do; I'm quite happy taking instruction from my mate who knows his stuff, or from the PTs if I need a bit of advice on form

I'll warm up for deadlifts by doing lighter deadlifts.... not by dancing to Shakira

You're making the fundamental mistake by assuming that dancing to Shakira is less intense than your deadlift warmups, when I'm certain nearly any ballet performer would easily tell you that their routine is significantly more brutal than your typical 3 day a week gym warrior's routine.
In fact, the mistake you're making is assuming that they work towards the same end.

As a person who was a gymnast for eight long years. Doing silly twirly things on bars stops being cutesy as soon as you feel your muscles screaming from being in a front lever for more than 10 seconds.

I'm making no mistake at all - I have done a Zumba class, various aerobics classes, body pump, body attack etc etc. I'm well aware that you can put as much or as little into dancing as you want.

Fact is that most girls like to dance - hence the popularity of the classes. Most guys in my experience don't. I certainly don't.

Also I think it's better to warm up using the muscles that I'm about to stress

Classes seem to be aimed at the girls - most are dance orientated, and ALL have music

It has nothing to do with thinking we don't need anyone telling us what to do; I'm quite happy taking instruction from my mate who knows his stuff, or from the PTs if I need a bit of advice on form

I'll warm up for deadlifts by doing lighter deadlifts.... not by dancing to Shakira

You're making the fundamental mistake by assuming that dancing to Shakira is less intense than your deadlift warmups, when I'm certain nearly any ballet performer would easily tell you that their routine is significantly more brutal than your typical 3 day a week gym warrior's routine.
In fact, the mistake you're making is assuming that they work towards the same end.

As a person who was a gymnast for eight long years. Doing silly twirly things on bars stops being cutesy as soon as you feel your muscles screaming from being in a front lever for more than 10 seconds.

I'm making no mistake at all - I have done a Zumba class, various aerobics classes, body pump, body attack etc etc. I'm well aware that you can put as much or as little into dancing as you want.

Fact is that most girls like to dance - hence the popularity of the classes. Most guys in my experience don't. I certainly don't.

Also I think it's better to warm up using the muscles that I'm about to stress

Then it's the issue that most men are insecure in their masculinity.

Then it's the issue that most men are insecure in their masculinity.

No, I wouldn't say that, I would say that the results most men want cannot be found in Zumba classes or what have you.

My aerobics class has 40% men. I was pretty surprised seeing such a high number of men. And they are all in the front of the class! :noway:

My aerobics class has 40% men. I was pretty surprised seeing such a high number of men. And they are all in the front of the class! :noway:

Most probably most of them are well into 40s or 50s or older. India is different in the sense that Yoga isn't thought of as a girl thing, rather it is something traditional that everyone should do and practice (which most don't, including me).