Dance your way to fitness with Zumba

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July 11, 2012

People of different age groups take to the zumba, a Latin American dance form, not just for recreation, but also to give them that effective workout.

Dance was long seen as the best way to relax after a hard working week, with city ladies and men letting their hair down over the weekend in discotheques and clubs, grooving to the latest tunes and letting their down. With fitnessemerging as a major factor for both men andwomen of the current generation, dances with well orchestrated moves are emerging as a key way to get back into shape for people of different age groups, and dance academies in the city are beginning to tap that requirement. While freestyle dances, salsa, ballet, hip-hop and other Latin American dances have been popular for decades, newer dance forms are also beginning to emerge as an intensive workout, not just for teenagers, but young professionals, homemakers and people from every walk of life.

Zumba is the latest Latin American dance form, combining the deft moves of salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggae and even a little bit of belly dancing to allow you to burn several calories in just an hour’s time.

Long considered a hobby for people in the city, dance has taken on a whole new dimension in the recent past for those on the lookout for a milder form of exercise than the hardcore workout in the gym. “I have been running a dance academy in the city for two decades now, and there has been a steady increase in teenagers, young professionals and even homemakers joining my dance classes with the sole objective of keeping themselves fit. I have recently been certified as the only Zumba instructor in the city, and this new dance form has caught on rather rapidly, as many people are on the lookout for a milder form of exercise than a strenuous workout in the gym,” says R Edwin, who runs an eminent dance academy in RS Puram.

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