Zumba

Yesterday my friend fitness instructor in the gym invited me to Zumba. She told me that Zumba is a good dance workout and a lot of fun. Also she told me that she was going herself, so I decided to join the class as well.
I am so happy that I did not wear dress and high heels as I wanted. I thought that zumba will be a relaxed dance but it tuned to a hard workout. A lot of jumping was involved and the instructor was moving non-stop. Also I did not know the movements, which would be nice to remember. I couldn't turn my head in dancing because I had to observe the trainer. At the end I got really tired, with pain in the legs and wet hair.
When I came home I decided to do some research about Zumba. Here are the results:

Zumba is a dance fitness program created by dancer and choreographer  Alberto "Beto" Perez in Colombia during the 1990s. The program combines Latin and international music with dance in an effort to make exercise fun. Beto invented Zumba in the early 1990s: as he entered his aerobics class he realized that he had forgotten his music. His only option was to use whatever tapes he happened to have in his backpack, mostly traditional Latin salsa and merengue music. Beto improvised the entire class on the spot using this music (which was non-traditional for aerobics) and from this experience he began to further develop Zumba. Soon, it became the most popular class at the fitness facility. Zumba classes are offered through licensed instructors in more than 50,000 fitness center locations in over 75 countries.
The Zumba workout provides fitness benefits because its routines feature interval training sessions with fast and slow rhythms and resistance training, which are intended to tone and sculpt the body while burning fat.
Music is the key ingredient to Zumba classes. The score, created with specific beats and tempo changes, transitions the workout from one toning, strengthening or cardio move to another, thus targeting every major muscle group in the body. 

I have not decided yet if I will attend this class because the timing is not so convenient. But my point is that Zumba is a lot of fun and interesting work out.