There are so many places one can begin with Zumba Fitness
, but I’ll start with one – it kicks my ass in a completely new way. It’s really not like much of anything I’ve tried before.
, but I’ll start with one – it kicks my ass in a completely new way. It’s really not like much of anything I’ve tried before. It’s the perfect complement to running, since running is all about moving forward with momentum, whereas Zumba is all about swishing side to side with obtainable sexiness. While most workouts involve forward/back action, Zumba mostly involves side to side action, which works new muscles and jiggles normally dormant jiggly bits, in original and interesting ways. To a large extent, you don’t know what’s coming with Zumba and once you’ve gotten there, the routine has moved on to something else.
It took me a while to cruise into it and just be one with the Zumba. At first, I thought I’d try out the “how to” instructional phase. That was interesting. Basically, the instructor says, let’s start slow with this, yes that’s right, lets add this, good…..and then it’s as though she’s been injected into a popcorn machine and begins bouncing all over the screen as though we’re supposed to as well. While I could not keep up, it was so hysterical that I began to laugh very loudly. It was absurd to think that I’d begin moving like that at that velocity that quickly. But even in the laughter, Zumba Fitness pulls you in, because it’s completely disarming. No one expects you to bounce around like a ping pong ball.
The point of this video game is working out and having fun. And once you give in to the rhythm and allow yourself to attempt the moves, it is a lot of fun. I caught myself thinking that this video game would be perfect for a college student or someone in their twenties, because it’s so freeing. But wait, this middle aged woman (me) was feeling the freedom and goin’ for it. Like a 20 year old.
The fact that the music is in Spanish also forces you to simply feel the music and let it move your body. Thank God it’s a video game that I can do in my bedroom, as opposed to going through the hip grinding, salsa swaying, tush thrusting bits in front of people one doesn’t know, let alone people one does! The first few times I worked out with Zumba Fitness, I had to stop and recalibrate my butt, tummy and thighs. I kept losing the rhythm, because I’d never really experienced anything like it before. It’s kind of like Dirty Dancing and you’re Baby. No one really expects much of you, especially if you’re alone in your bedroom working out, but you can cut loose and have the time of your life.
, I had to stop and recalibrate my butt, tummy and thighs. I kept losing the rhythm, because I’d never really experienced anything like it before. It’s kind of like Dirty Dancing and you’re Baby. No one really expects much of you, especially if you’re alone in your bedroom working out, but you can cut loose and have the time of your life.There’s too much to write about Zumba Fitness, and Zumba in general, for one post, so I’ll end this post here and return with more discussion of the actual sequences and my takes on them in a later post. If you haven’t gotten it yet, do so now; you won’t regret it. It rocks.
, and Zumba in general, for one post, so I’ll end this post here and return with more discussion of the actual sequences and my takes on them in a later post. If you haven’t gotten it yet, do so now; you won’t regret it. It rocks.
You so make me want to try this game. I think I'll need to buy my own Wii - if I touch my son's he'll "know" and he'll never trust me again.
ReplyDeleteIt was the Dirty Dancing - Baby thing that got me.
You know, Zumba Fitness might be worth buying a second Wii system just to play the game on. It's that much fun!
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