There are many exercise routines that serve to tone and shape our silhouette; however, it has become increasingly apparent the dancing benefits offer to our body as well as our organism. Among them we found the innovative and fun dance: ZUMBA!
This popular dance combines the benefits of toning the body, burns calories and improves overall health, and you know what the best part is? you can dance while listening to great music! What is this new trend? This popular dance combines aerobic exercise routines to help you lose weight. This ingenious routine was created 10 years ago in Miami, thanks to an outgoing and curious Colombian aerobic coach called Alberto Perez, who after a day of forgetting the cassettes that he use to dictate his classes, he decided to record some songs from the radio and to combine them with some aerobic dance steps, creating a different routine which was welcomed with great receptivity for people, becoming a sensation called “Zumba Fitness””.
There are different types of Zumba dances, each of these works a specific area. This technique combines rhythms and dance steps from around the world, either: merengue, mambo, salsa, cumbia and even martial arts. There is Zumba Step in this you dance going up and down; we also find the Zumba Gold, which is for those who are overweight and elderly. The Zumba “Toning”, in which weights are used to mark the muscles; the Zumbini, which is the ideal routine for pregnant women; and Aqua Zumba, which is performed inside the water with circular and stretching movements. As you will see there are a whole variety of movements that serve to each area you want to work, this will bring the best benefits and results to both your body and your mind. Worth mentioning that in one Zumba class you can burn 600-900 calories in addition to relieve stress with these funny movements.
Among some benefits that this amazing technique brings include: body toning, calorie burn, makes people happy stimulating a good mood, is fully effective to relieve stress by increasing substances such as endorphins that encourage relaxation, amazing results are achieved quickly and shapes your figure. Among other advantages these routines can be easily done at home and yes, the same results will be obtained only you are constant. Last but not least, thanks to this technique it is possible to reduce the upsetting lactic acid accumulation with the effort of muscles when exercise, increasing tolerance and decreasing the burning sensation in the muscles, and therefore the lactic acid production.
Without doubt, this new dance is the perfect technique that combines fun, music, exercises and dance steps from around the world in one routine. What are you waiting for? Wear comfortable clothes, let your body flow and be prepared to dance Zumba.
Without a doubt Zumba is an excellent exercise that is both great for our health and very entertain.