Zumba

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Zumba (a registered trademark of Zumba Fitness LLC) is an aerobic fitness program created by Miami-based dancer and choreographer Beto Perez and two entrepreneurs, Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion.

[edit] Origin and style

A Zumba workout mixes body sculpting movements with dance steps derived from cumbia, merengue, salsa, reggaeton, hip hop, mambo, rumba, flamenco, and calypso and Salsaton. The routines feature aerobic interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms. It targets areas such as the glutes, legs, arms, abdominals, and the heart. A Zumba class is typically not formulaic in that instructors often add on their own music choices and choreographies to make their class presentation locally unique.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Official website
• Zumba Creator Alberto Beto Perez History
• Zumba can help you shimmy off the pounds, Associated Press, January 30, 2007
• Navarro, Mireya (July 10, 2008). "Samba Lines at the Gym". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/fashion/10fitness.html. Retrieved on 21 April 2009. 
• Fortin, Judy (September 22, 2008). "Zumba zooms to the top of the exercise world". CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/22/hm.zumba.dance.exercise/. Retrieved on 21 April 2009. 
• Parcher, Amber (July 31, 2008). "Zumba Shakes the Monotony Out of Ordinary Aerobics Classes". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073001580.html. Retrieved on 21 April 2009.