Benefits of Zumba:
- It is a workout using dance steps that are easy to follow in a truly fun and party-like atmosphere. It can leave a person with a ”feel good“ sensation.
- It is a fantastic core workout. Zumba uses moves during the workout that target the abs and back to increase agility and strength with the potential to tone and sculpt the torso.
- Zumba also has the potential to reshape all parts of the body, including the arms, hips, heart, and MIND!
- Memorizing different rutines will also improve your memory, and at the same time by exercising you will pump new oxigen into your brain cells.
- Zumba is a great fat burning workout. Calories burned will differ from person to person depending on their fitness level, age, weight, and intensity put forth. Calories burned during one hour of Zumba have been estimated to be anywhere from 600 to 1,000.
- This workout provides for a great sweat without even realizing you are exercising.
- People have reported losing weight doing Zumba and combined with a sensible and well-balanced nutrition plan, can have astonishing results.
- Zumba also provides for great interval training.
- You will learn all kinds of new dancing steps due to the mix of different music styles during the class.
- You will get a happy social life by making new friends at each class.
Benefits of Interval Training: (Exercising at aerobic and anaerobic levels according to each individual’s heart rate.)
- Using alternating intervals of high and low intensity exercises can lead to more calories burned per workout session,
- Increasing endurance leads to the ability to work at a higher intensity.
- Interval training provides for an efficient workout in a limited time span.
- Increasing variety in Zumba classes increases everyone’s enjoyment and thereby increases participation and duration.
- Participants can adjust their level of intensity to fit their particular fitness level.
- Also, anaerobic training may increase speed and overall aerobic endurance.
To see immediate results at least two classes per week are necessary combined with a healthy diet.