Zumba

Zumba is a fitness movement or discipline from Colombia, focused on the one hand to maintain a healthy body and the other to develop, strengthen and give flexibility to the body through dance moves combined with a series of aerobic routines. The Zumba routines used in the main Latin American rhythms, such as salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton and samba. Each session of Zumba, you can burn 800 calories.
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The word comes from the Colombian slang, "rumba", word that many citizens of Cali-Colombia refers to the party, but within habits concerning the word is part of the Colombian slang, a process unknown term ownership.
The origin of this discipline was in the mid-90s as the review of its website (http://www.zumba.es/es/about/), when Alberto "Beto" Perez (born in Cali, Colombia) a coincidence created this movement (as they say on the website of zumba) "forgot to bring the music that normally used for class. improvised using several audio tapes he had in his backpack (salsa and merengue music he grew up with ) ". The reception given to Alberto "Beto" Perez in Colombia (where it all began), was so successful that they decided to take her to Miami-USA, in 2001. With one of the students-Alberto Perlman's mother-was associated with two entrepreneurs (Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion). Quickly the "buzzing" became one of the most famous fitness disciplines in the world, ensuring its promoters and fans that improves the health and welfare of those who practice it, but as Alberto "Beto" Perez (in an interview with W radio) his goal was that "people have fun and pass well, they enjoyed it," leaving a clear sign that buzzes beyond seeking slender bodies, working from the insides of the human feeling of happiness. The training consists of routines interspersed fast and slow rhythms with resistance training, with combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. With a mixture of Latin rhythms and movements music quadrature gives a zumba class.
The instructor boasts creativity and pace to motivate their students, because it determines it enjoyed a workout, just as they must coordinate musically to finish with a nice relaxation.
Reviews
According to the site Puntofape, zumba not increase in any strength or muscle also uncoordinated people find it difficult to follow the choreography (Puntofape, 2011). According to the same site and many more, by zumba burn calories, but none of those sources says this provides a valid test (eg statistics) that Zumba really help you lose or control weight.

(From Wikipedia: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumba)