Zumba dance is an aerobic fitness workout. The dance steps are inspired from different styles of Latin American dance. Zumba dance gained popularity because of its fun and easy movements, that promise ...

Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness instructor forgot to bring his usual workout music to class, so he grabbed some Latin albums from his car, ditched the constraints ...

Fairfax resident Millette Wardell was a coach at Curves, a women’s health and fitness club when a pair of Zumba instructors came in to demonstrate how Zumba could fit into a Curves’ workout. “That’s ...

Few exercise classes have had Zumba's staying power. This dance workout — which looks and sounds more like a dance party — remains a popular go-to for fitness-minded folks around the world. Indeed, ...

Zumba, which is a Latin dance-inspired fitness program, is one of the most famous forms of workout routine founded by Colombia-based fitness instructor Alberto “Beto” Perez. He combined Latin and ...

If it wasn’t for the movie “Grease,” a dot-com failure, a mother’s advice, nearly running out of money, a key change in a business model and a boost by the celebrity Pitbull and his pals, one of the ...

Created by the Colombian choreographer and dancer Alberto ‘Beto’ Perez, Zumba is probably the most popular dance fitness program for weight loss. It is more like a dance party than a workout session ...

I was always a little chubby growing up. My nickname was “Gorda” (it means fat in Spanish). But my weight peaked between the ages of 21 and 23. I tried to shed some of it many times but the habits ...