Zumba – The Optimal Fitness Choice

These are some of the many questions that one can think of when you chose dance as a form of exercise. In a real case scenario for a fitness activity would one join a dance class or a gym?

An activity that can be continued over a period of time that gives you happiness and motivates you to keep going back to class and perform better all for the reason of good health should be considered as the best form of exercise for you.

Zumba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto "Beto" Perez during the 1990s. Zumba involves dance and aerobic elements. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. Zumba Fitness, the owner of the Zumba program, does not charge licensing fees to gyms or fitness centers. Approximately 15 million people take weekly Zumba classes in over 140,000 locations across more than 185 countries.

Let’s understand the benefits over traditional fitness methods.

Music: Firstly dance involves music, good music, fun music, music of your choice that brings out an element of you. Music plays an important role to eliminate you from thinking and worrying and channelizing your negative energies through a positive medium. Music has a great psychological impact on individuals; it helps you traverse into another world, leaving all your worries and problems, and sometimes even helps you get better solutions to them.

Rhythm: Everything in our body works in rhythm. Your heart beats in rhythm, we have a sleep rhythm, and we have a food rhythm. Dance gives you a psychological rhythmic balance, through body and mind, movement and music. Grove to one of your favorite tracks you will know exactly what it means.

Expression: Dance they say is best form of self expression. When we have bottled up emotions within us, we are filled with energies, but of a negative kind. We need a way to channelize these energies in a way it benefits us. Then what better way than dance. It takes away your negative emotions, transfers them into energies, and utilizes it for improvement of health and mental stability. Dancers are said to be happier and rather stable people.

Fitness: Dance, firstly, is a great form of cardiovascular or as we say endurance training. It takes your heart rate high and makes your heart stronger. Hence helping you remain active through the day, without feeling too tired or lethargic.

Most importantly people love going to a dance class, there are higher chances for it to be a form of a regular activity rather than just a recreational activity. Every individual in a dance class is smiling and release their stress in a much positive way, benefiting their mind and body. Try out a Zumba Fitness class and feel the difference, Feel the fitness high that you would never feel in traditional forms of exercising. Do something that makes you happy. Let’s do some Zumba!!!