There are many exercise routines that serve to tone and shape our silhouette; however, the benefits that dancing offers to our body, as well as to our organism, have become more and more evident. Among them we have the new and fun dance: ZUMBA!
This popular dance combines the benefits of toning, burning calories and improving overall health, and you know what’s best? You can dance while listening to good music! What is this new trend? This popular dance combines aerobic exercise routines that will help you lose weight. This ingenious routine was created 10 years ago in Miami, thanks to an outgoing and curious Colombian aerobics trainer named Alberto Pérez, who after a day of forgetting the «cassettes» with which he taught his classes, decided to record some songs from the radio and combined some aerobics with dance steps, thus creating a different routine which was received with great receptivity by people, becoming a sensation called «ZUMBA FITNESS».
There are different types of Zumba dances; each of these consists of working on a specific area. This technique combines rhythms and dance steps from all over the world, whether they are: merengue, mambo, salsa, cumbia and even martial arts. There is Zumba «Step», in which you dance up and down; we also find the Zumba “Gold”, which is for those overweight and elderly people. The Zumba «Toning», in which weights are used to mark the muscles; the Zumbini, which is the ideal routine for pregnant women; and the Aqua Zumba, which is performed in the water, with circular and stretching movements. As you will see, there is a whole diversity of movements that are used for each area that you want to work on, this will bring you the best benefits and results, both for your body and your mind. It should be noted that in a single Zumba class you can burn from 600 to 900 calories, in addition to releasing stress with these fun movements.
Some of the benefits that this incredible technique brings include: Body toning, calorie burner, makes people happy by stimulating a good mood, it is totally effective in releasing tension, by increasing substances such as endorphins, which stimulate relaxation, surprising results are achieved in a short time and shapes your figure. Among other advantages we have that these routines can be easily performed at home; yes, the same results will be obtained only if it is constant. Last but not least, thanks to this technique it is possible to reduce the annoying accumulation of lactic acid caused by the effort of the muscles when exercising, increasing its tolerance and reducing the burning sensation of the muscles, and therefore , the production of lactic acid.
Without a doubt, this new dance is the perfect technique that combines fun, music, exercises and dance steps from all over the world in a single routine. That waits? Put on comfortable clothes, let your body flow and get ready to dance Zumba.