Zumba

Love it! I've never been to a live class, but I have the original DVD set. I just got done doing it in my hotel room (traveling for work). It plays right on my laptop, so I really have no excuse not to do it. It's fun, and before you know it, it's over and you have just burned over 500 calories. You can make it as easy or as hard as you want. Be prepared to sweat!

Is this the three DVD set? If so, I also have it. I bought it thinking that I could stop the classes and just Zumba at home. Well, I did for one year. It was not the same. Not as exciting and didn't burn as many calories. I am back in class.

It's the Cardio Party, Sculpt & Tone, 20 min Express, Abs, and Zumba Live. Came with the 1lb toning sticks. I wore a HRM while I did cardio party and burned over 500 cal in 46 min. Zumba is what you make it and I try to make it challenging.

OBSESSED!! lol. Absoluetely love it. I go 3x a week. So sad when the hr class is over. Great music, great work out, and you end up making great friends. But I agree w/ an earlier thread that the instructor really can make it or break it,but definately TRY IT OUT! Good luck and have fun!! :0)

I have a question about it. Is there a lot if going up and down in the class? I find that in aerobics classes if you have to get up and then kneel down repeatedly, I get dizzy and its pretty embarrassing. I am going to a Zumba class on Wednesday for the first time a and would like to know. Thanks!

I have never been in a class that required kneeling -- not zumba anyway.
There are spins -- and like you, I get very dizzy so I just don't turn around --- no one cares!
If they do a move you don't like, do something else. I have tons of modification I make.

Zumba excellent exercise. I take the class 2-3 times a week - low impact - I do have Zumba shoes (no treads) to protect my knees. Be careful with regular athletic shoes if the instructor has you move a lot

I *used* to like zumba, it was a great way for me to get into fitness, but now I'm a little more addicted to classes generally I just don't get the same buzz as I do from body combat, body attack etc. etc. It is *so* dependent on the instructor too, some are more dancy (which I prefer) and some are more aerobics based, so you have to try lots of classes (if going to classes rather than using the DVD) to find a teaching style that suits you. I used to go to a great class which I used as a cool down after body attack (yet 4 months ago I could have just about managed a zumba class on its own!)

One word of warning: make sure you wear shoes which offer support for lateral movement as well as cushioning. I shelled out £40 on zumba shoes (split sole) that I thought would be good for me, yet those shoes, coupled with poor technique (not grounding my heels, and landing too heavily on my toes) left me with very very painful shin splints. It annoys me that in zumba instructors never mention anything like this, about proper technique, if they had I might not have had to take so much time off exercising and spent more ££££ on orthotics!!

I go to class 3 times week, love it. Really work up a sweat!

I love it! Great workout & great music!!! You'll have so much fun & want even feel like your working out. I ordered my DVDs from Amazon.com

i use www.zumbacalories.com and created my own zumba exercise lol!

BTW I lost 24 lbs in one month by doing Zumba 4x's a week and staying under or at 100 g carbs a day!

I'm going to try this strategy.

I love love love love love Zumba. If you get an instructor that does 'lots of booty moves' you can't help but leave feeling sexy!!!!!!

Did I say that I love Zumba? Lol

love love love it! just tried it for the first time the other night and what a workout!