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 ...

TEAYS VALLEY -- Two years ago, Tauletha Chaffin weighed 220 pounds. She began watching the type of food she was consuming and the size of the portions, and she started Zumba classes. Now 85 pounds ...

Zumba is becoming all the rage in exercise classes, in Central New York and throughout the country. Watch a video at the Hartford Courant web site. You can also read about Weighing In columnist Bunny ...

Gina Grant quickly established herself as a leader in the Zumba community and is now one of their top instructors and education specialists. She’s worked with celebrities including Becky G as part of ...

Connie Akerley started teaching group fitness classes in 2004 and Zumba in 2007. Her class moved locations several times in ...

The summer months offer many opportunities to switch up your workout routine so it remains fresh and engaging. Taking your workouts from land to water is one fun way to take advantage of what the warm ...

For many people, just making their way to the gym can be an arduous task. And once they get there, it can be difficult to know which machines are right for them and what type of weights to use. There ...

BELLA VISTA -- Zumba teacher Dina Lombardo says her students often tell her that a 50-minute exercise class goes by too fast -- she tells them that's because Zumba is fun. She teaches four classes a ...

The second I walked into my local Zumba class for the first time, I felt a twinge of embarrassment — I was the youngest person there by decades. Did I really belong? Part of that resentment comes from ...

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Connie Akerley started teaching group fitness classes in 2004 and Zumba in 2007. Her class moved locations several times in ...