Zumba for the Nintendo Wii...

looby1968
looby1968 Posts: 742 Member
edited September 24 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm taking delivery of the game next weekend ( had to wait forever for it to be released here in the UK ) and I wanted to know your opinions if you already have it.

I have never tried a Zumba class!

LouiseXXX

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  • txmama11
    txmama11 Posts: 5
    I love mine!!! its a great quick calorie burner & you don't have to worry about looking like a turd in front of other people! LOL MFP does not have a zumba category for its exercise, but I've figured there are about 540 calories burned in an hour of zumba- good luck!! Hope you enjoy it!
  • riley711
    riley711 Posts: 298 Member
    I love it!!! It is so much fun!! High energy and intensity, but loads of fun!! You're going to love it!!! :happy:
  • jfer1977
    jfer1977 Posts: 139
    I've never done a Zumba class either. I recently got it for the Wii and I LOVE it!!!! For me, I burn more calories and work up more of a sweat with that than I do my Elliptical machine.
  • lynn12
    lynn12 Posts: 87 Member
    I have never tried a zumba class. I got the zumba for wii 3 weeks ago and I love it , it's so much fun it didn't take me long
    Get to know what to do.
  • lynn12
    lynn12 Posts: 87 Member
    I have never tried a zumba class. I got the zumba for wii 3 weeks ago and I love it , it's so much fun it didn't take me long
    Get to know what to do.
  • barberella
    barberella Posts: 199
    Today was my second day of doing it. Please tell me it gets easier for some of you that has done it for awhile. Maybe I need to just get better at the routines..I just have zero rhythm! I certainly have hips that need shaking though, and this is good for it! They just move sooooooooooooooooooo fast!
  • toodleton
    toodleton Posts: 82
    Wow! Glad I saw this post bc I didn't know they made Zumba for the wii, think I'll go get it today : )
  • eating4balance
    eating4balance Posts: 743 Member
    I have taken zumba classes, and bought the zumba cardio party dvd, but does anyone like the wii game better?

    Just curious because I was thinking about buying it.
  • jrlja5
    jrlja5 Posts: 59
    Hi
    My niece has it and says it's quite a workout but is fantastic! I plan on picking one up myself. It really gets you moving I hear. Have fun!:smile: javascript:add_smiley('smile','post_body')
  • ajsmishka
    ajsmishka Posts: 1 Member
    Im going to buy the zumba game today!! we also have the game "just dance" which is also a fun way to get moving! Just dont know what the calories burned from it are!!
  • magglett
    magglett Posts: 2,000
    I love my Zumba for Wii. I take classes, do the dvds, and I have the game. I guess I'm hooked. For those stressed about not getting the moves right ... relax ... just have fun and sweat sweat sweat to the music.

    zumba_love.jpg
  • sharper43
    sharper43 Posts: 109
    I've had Zumba for the Wii for a week now and I LOVE IT! This is my first experience with Zumba, and I will admit the first 2 days were really hard!! But by the 3rd day, I learned how to laugh about it when I mess up and have a blast. Once I started getting into it, I started sweating up a storm!

    The crappy thing is it can't tell if you are doing it right. As long as your wii-mote is moving, the game thinks you are dancing correctly. You can just sit down on the couch and shake your wii-mote, and the instructor will tell you how great of a job you are doing. lol The tutorial is CRAP. Don't even bother.

    I have been doing the workout schedule option. You can look at a calendar and add your classes to it. So far, I've been doing the beginner classes. There is a Beginner 1 and Beginner 2 and both of them are 20 mins each. I've been rotating 1 & 2 everyday. Once you are having a ton of fun, 20 minutes go by fast! So I'm looking forward into going into Intermediate soon. I believe those classes are 40-45 mins.

    I'm also enjoying EA Active 2.
  • magglett
    magglett Posts: 2,000
    Oh ... and as far as how many calories burned ... I use my HRM to know the calories I burn. It varies depending on what effort I put into it. I usually burn about 450 to 550 calories per hour with Zumba Wii.
  • TmMyGrL10
    TmMyGrL10 Posts: 1
    Very fun. My mom actually got me into it at the YMCA. After that I was hooked. I got the video program off the infomercial. After doing the videos so much I had to get the Wii game once I saw it out in stores. It definitely gets your blood pumping. I just wish the strap you've gotta where was non-slick to actually stay around your waist.
  • sharper43
    sharper43 Posts: 109
    Very fun. My mom actually got me into it at the YMCA. After that I was hooked. I got the video program off the infomercial. After doing the videos so much I had to get the Wii game once I saw it out in stores. It definitely gets your blood pumping. I just wish the strap you've gotta where was non-slick to actually stay around your waist.

    I ended up just strapping it around my lower rib cage, since that's where it ends up anyway.
  • sharper43
    sharper43 Posts: 109
    I love my Zumba for Wii. I take classes, do the dvds, and I have the game. I guess I'm hooked. For those stressed about not getting the moves right ... relax ... just have fun and sweat sweat sweat to the music.

    zumba_love.jpg

    are the DVDs more instructional? Like showing how to do the steps?
  • DrumlineGirl
    DrumlineGirl Posts: 178 Member
    This is my workout right now, I love it!!! I've always loved dancing and I'm a musician, so it's like having fun.

    I use a heart rate monitor and I do about 45 minutes and burn between 550-700 calories depending on the routines and how much effort I put into it.

    The only thing I don't like is that most of the expert level dances don't get my heart rate up. It's really weird, the beginner and intermediate have a lot of high energy, jumping around routines. But the expert are made to be more difficult to execute, but not high energy. Has anyone else found this to be the case?
  • pjfmaui73
    pjfmaui73 Posts: 408
    thanks for starting this topic Louise... I was totally wondering the same thing :flowerforyou:
  • sweetsexy43
    sweetsexy43 Posts: 99 Member
    I attend zumba classes and I have it for the wii as well...luv it..its fun and like some others do...dont look into so hard and take it so seriously...have fun with it and I guarantee u..wont realize your sweating your behind off or loosing weight.
  • magglett
    magglett Posts: 2,000
    I love my Zumba for Wii. I take classes, do the dvds, and I have the game. I guess I'm hooked. For those stressed about not getting the moves right ... relax ... just have fun and sweat sweat sweat to the music.

    zumba_love.jpg

    are the DVDs more instructional? Like showing how to do the steps?

    Yes, the dvd has a tutorial section that goes through all the steps.
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