Zumba

I love my Zumba class, I also take a spin class. The spin class burns more calories for me. I am by far the largest person in the class at 240ish. My Zumba class is my choice for the most fun ( I still sweat a lot in it) I am not the largest person in that class. Good luck and have fun no matter which you choose.

I started doing Zumba at 270lbs and taking breaks every 15 min. so i think you can do it!!! just go at your own pace and you will see as time goes by you'll be in better shape. Zumba has worked for me its a good,fun workout and you burn lots of calories : )

Your weight loss is for you not them and trust me no one will be watching you they will be consentrating on themselves. Go have fun try new things, you have to start some where. You only live once try as many new things as you can. I used to feel the same way when I would go to the gym but then I just told myself who cares if anyone is watching me, they must like what they see if they have to stare. Society makes me laugh on the topic of overweight people because you feel damned if you do and damned if you don't. People will always make rude remarks about bigger people and then they still want to make rude remarks when they see them exercising, but screw them.

Zumba by far is the reason I lost 35 pounds. It doesn't feel like exercise. Even if you don't get the moves right away, you are still moving and it's a total body workout. You will burn so many calories in one class. It depends on your weight & heart rate of course but for me at 190 pounds I would burn upto 600 calories a class.
The classes I take is very diverse. Young old big little and everyone in between. My first 3-4 classes I honestly thought I would pass out - but it was so much fun I didn't mind at all. Now, 7 months later, I feel like I could lead the class (obviously I shouldn't because I have no rythm) but it makes me
feel so alive!
I hope you enjoy it! And just so you know- I started right at 200 pounds. And within the first 30 days of just doing Zumba 3 days a week, I went from a 18 to a 14 and lost 12 pounds. My arms lost over an inch each and I lost 4 inches in my hips! One month!!!

Try it!!! It might just become a new addiction for you!
Oh, and don't worry if your not getting it or if you can't keep up! EVERYONE in that class had to start somewhere and EVERYONE of them didn't get it right away and probably didn't keep up either!
Good luck! Take before and after messurments and pics!!

I just ordered a Zumba DVD workout for home and expect it any day now. I was looking for something 'fun' add to my exercise. I LOVED dance aerobics when I was in college. I am so glad to hear from someone NOT on TV that this works really well. I so want to be able to wear shorts this summer again and feel stronger. Thank you for posting this and letting me know how well it really does work! I am hoping to do Zumba 4-5 days a week.

Ok, so maybe I missed the answer to this, but I am going to Zumba tomorrow and I was trying to see what the numbers would be like if I added it to my exercise tracker. Why is it not something we can choose from? I am new to this whole site and don't have a clue how to add something new... I don't have a heart rate monitor...it seems so many people are doing this type of exercise it should be in the database. Am I missing something? Help!!

Hi, I think most people who don't have a HRM log it as aerobics. I use a HRM because although people on here have described burning between 500-1200 in an hour, according to my HRM I've never burned more than 600 and that's going flat out putting my all into it for the hour and I weigh just under 200lbs.

I wen to my first zumba class tonight as I loved it. My hrm said I burned 566. I was dripping sweat. I just made sure I kept moving even if I didn't know what the heck I was doing. I do agree that there is all kinds of people in the class. I wonder why some people who weight the same as me don't burn that many calories. Maybe I had a really good teacher. I know to only count about 500 of the 566 due to having to subtract my resting calories.

I just downloaded a zumba video and can't wait to try it later!! I usually walk on the treadmill (or outdoors now that the weather is nicer) but I want to try something different. An old friend of mine swears by it and does it all the time! I'm hoping to do it at home first by myself until I'm a little more comfortable with the moves and then try a class!