Happiness overload!
Tonight I am going back to Zumba classes. In case you don't know what is it, here's a little explanation:
Zumba involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic music. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. Zumba Fitness, the owner of the Zumba program, does not charge licensing fees to gyms or fitness centers. Approximately 15 million people take weekly Zumba classes in over 200,000 locations across 180 countries.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumba
Photo from April 2015. before one of our Zumba classes
I went to my first Zumba class in November 2013. with a friend of mine. It was her idea to try it out (first class is for free) and she literally had to convince me to go. I was never involved in training, sports activities, fitness or anything like that. I went with zero expectations and left the class with so much joy and positive energy. It was love at the first sight! :)
After one of our classes in 2014
I became a member of the fitness center right away! Even though I could go to other Les Mills (group fitness) classes, I just went to Zumba at first. Later on I gained confidence to try out other classes and Bodycombat was one of my favorites. After more than a year, our Zumba classes went on a break that lasted way too long but eventually got back. Since then I went back for a month or two and then I would go months without going.
Zumba girls
Some of the benefits I experienced taking Zumba classes are:
- Significant mood improvement
- Having fun like you're attending a party
- Burns calories
- Confidence gain
- Meeting amazing people
- Uplifting music
- Great for any level of physical activity level
- Suitable for all ages
My Zumba people
I met my best friend @jadrankaajduk at Zumba and many other incredible people! We hang out together, celebrate birthdays, go out, go to the beach...
I am so excited for tonight, I cannot wait to see everyone and check out the new choreographies!
Celebrating birthdays together involves so much laughter and dancing
My Zumba instructor and his friend/Zumba partner have a Youtube channel with many choreographies, more than 130 000 subscribers and millions of views! You can check them out HERE.
The first time (and last time) I tried Zumba was after my Karate session when suddenly the song was playing out loud and a girl was trying to teach me to dance 😄
I guess you can imagine how that went 😉
By the way, Nikolina, I think this should be your steemit picture 😉
She has that wonderful smile set to max Voltage is this photo!!
But it's those beautiful big brown eyes that grab ya and don't let go!!
Hugs Nina!!
You guys are spoiling me with compliments! Thank you!
I actually don't like my smile at all but on this picture I look/was very happy! :)))
A smile that comes strait from the heart is always beautiful ;)
Well, I would say that I agree with you! :)))
Karate and Zumba, that's a very interesting combination! :D
I actually wish I could see how it went, hihi! But I'm sure it's not the last time!
I have the same picture on all of my Social media except Facebook, I change that often and this one was my FB profile picture for a short period of time. Thank for cropping it for me, haha! :')
^_^ we'll see if that was my last time ;)
And you're welcome, maybe I did the world a favour by cropping it :D
If you know what I mean lol
That's awesome!! So happy for you!!
I look forward to the photos!! :-D
Thank you!!
No photos from last night, before and after class I was trying to catch up with a few people I haven't seen in a while but tomorrow I'll take a few shots! :D
That looks fun! You'll have great time, that's for sure :)
Oh yes, thank you!
I'll try to take some photos tonight to share here on Steemit, hehe! :)
Great news <3 I'm so happy for you! :)
Thank you! <3
:)
Nice photos! Thak you for sharing :) I tried Zumba before, but felt that it is a bit fast for me lol I am glad you enjoy it!
Thank you!
Yes, it can be quite intense sometimes but that's actually one of the reasons I like it, to get rid of that extra energy, hehe. :)
I always wanted to try out zumba :) I think it's the next thing I'll do. Right now I'm sticking with yoga :) I love your post! Have a great day
Thank you so much dear @lovablesoul :)
Classes like Zumba depend a lot on the instructor, they have to be super energetic and positive so if you find a good one and you love dancing to uplifting music, I'm sure you will fall in love! :)
Yoga is amazing! Maybe Zumba and Yoga could be a nice combination, one for letting that extra energy out and other to calm down and get grounded/centered/relaxed. :D
I wish you a wonderful day!
I also see people who are doing zumba in the Philippines and they are really enjoying it.
Woohoo, I'm happy to hear that, it became international! :)
What a great story.
I can't believe how Zumba changed your life.
I always wanted to try it out, and one day I will just do it because I love dancing and music and it just looks like so much fun.
Thanks for the inspiration to try out Zumba
Thank you so much! I encourage you to try it out, hopefully I will read about your own experience here on Steemit, hehe. :)