I decided to try Zumba dance workouts every day for a full week instead to add a little spice to my routine. There’s certainly nothing wrong with a daily dose of cardio ...

While Zumba feels like a dance party, it’s a full-body workout that targets multiple muscle groups. The squats, lunges and dance movements help tone the legs, arms, core and back muscles.

That said, there are some instructors who mix music in English, pop and even rock. But, as Mr Nava explains, zumba is not a dance class. Jorge Luis Nava leads a zumba class.

As someone who's incredibly uncoordinated, with no general sense of rhythm, I didn't have the highest of hopes for my first foray into Zumba.But at The Body People fitness, aerial and dance studio ...

Founded in 2001, Zumba is the largest branded dance fitness company in the world – reporting more than 15 million weekly participants, in 200,000 locations, across 185 countries.

Zumba is a phenomenon. The dance-inspired workout has been around for over 20 years, but there’s never been a way to easily do it at home — until now.

Now, 12 years since she became a Zumba instructor, she offers free Zumba classes over Zoom each week for anyone who wants to dance. Wardell first became a Zumba instructor at the end of January 2011.

Fittingly, it’s billed as “a dance party for ladies who got s— to do in the morning,” a popular refrain among other groups geared toward women popping up in Chicago and around the world.

It began three years ago when Vicky got her Zumba dance certifications before deciding to dabble in other forms of dance.