It's a no-brainer: dance-fitness craze Zumba is good exercise. Try not working up a sweat mimicking the up-tempo jigging of a Zumba instructor, successfully or otherwise, and so much the better if you ...

Life gets more fun in the summer — it's just a fact. The sun sets later, beach days and rooftop hangs make a comeback, and you get to bring out all those flowery 'fits that have been collecting dust ...

When it comes to curating my workout playlist, I'm all about finding upbeat songs that get me excited about being on my feet. It's no surprise, then, that I have been adding tons of K-Pop – and ...

The popular Latin music-inspired fitness program has moved into strength training and step aerobics, and has even added some kickbox and bootcamp moves with the newer class formats. What started with ...

Horns blare, drums pound, timbales keep time while 40 women shake, shimmy and swivel in unison. Whoops and hollers ring out as a petite redhead with the best abs on the planet leads the women through ...

Zumba is a dance-based cardio workout powered by Latin and World music. The brainchild of a Colombian fitness trainer, this upbeat brand of group exercise burst onto the American fitness scene back in ...

The international workout program of Zumba that began in the '90s uses music and dance moves from all sorts of genres and cultures. This Zumba-style Salsa Lunge works your quads, glutes, hamstrings, ...

Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness instructor forgot to bring his usual workout music to class, so he grabbed some Latin albums from his car, ditched the constraints ...

Few exercise classes have had Zumba's staying power. This dance workout — which looks and sounds more like a dance party — remains a popular go-to for fitness-minded folks around the world. Indeed, ...

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