Zumba / Review

TIRED OF LOGGING HOURS AT THE GYM AND NOT GETTING RESULTS?

WANT TO EAT DELICIOUS FOODS AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT?

SHAKE THINGS UP AND SLIM DOWN WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS PHENOMENON THAT’S TAKING THE COUNTRY BY STORM…ZUMBA!

Created by celebrity fitness trainer Beto Perez, Zumba® combines fun, easy-to-follow dance steps with hot Latin beats to help you shed pounds and inches fast. Now the DVD and classes that have hooked millions are available in book format, with a complete workout program, fat-burning diet, and an exclusive instructional DVD with 60 minutes worth of music to help you Zumba your way to the perfect body.

Using the principles of interval and resistance training, the simple dance and sculpting moves (inspired by the traditional cumbia, salsa, samba, and merengue) tone and shape your body. And because it burns 600 to 1,000 calories per hour, you don’t have to restrict your meals to boring or bland-tasting diet foods. The Zumba diet begins with a 5-Day Express Diet to jump start weight loss (lose up to 9 lbs in 5 days) and then offers 14-day meal plans and recipes that target weight 

loss in the stomach and thighs. 

You’ll find:

· Hot moves that make you feel like you’re on the dance floor-not on the elliptical machine!

· Recipes for mouthwatering meals that boost your metabolism

· Dozens of workout combinations so you never get bored

· An exclusive jump-start program to get you ready for that big event next weekend

· An easy plan to help you keep up your progress and maintain the weight loss

So start moving, grooving and losing with Zumba today!

Celebrity fitness trainer Alberto “Beto” Perez is orginally from Cali, Colombia. Before creating and launching Zumba in the U.S. in the late ’90s, Perez attended the Maria Sanford Brazilian Dance Academy, became an instructor and choreographed dance routines for high profile performers, including platinum album selling artist Shakira. He now resides in Miami, FL. The Zumba brand sells DVDs, CDs, clothing and workout gear at www.Zumba.com and www.Zumbafitness.com

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I’m so glad that I was given the opportunity to review Zumba, by Beto Perez.

(Thanks Miriam and Hachette)

I’m overweight (like seriously – not just 10 or 20 or 50 lbs. – more like *gulp* 100lbs.) 

and out of shape (but I’ve got a pretty strong right are from opening and closing the fridge – LOL), 

and I’ve needed something to get me motivated into eating better and exercising.

This great book is filled with success stories scattered throughout.  

There are detailed explanations & photo’s of the routines – from the Merengue to the Salsa.

There are routines (20 minutes each)  to Burn Fat, Sculpt, and Tone & Stretch.

 Zumba has:

1.  A program for a Fitter Firmer Body in 9 Weeks

2. A 5 Day Express Diet

3. Zumba Diet (3 diets in one – Zumba Basic, Zumba Flat Abs, and Zumba Thin Thighs)

4.  14 days of Meal Plans for each of the above.

5.  Recipes (I tried several over the weekend – Meat and Rice Loaf,  Luscious Key Lime Pie, and White Bean Soup [I was a weeny and left out the chilies]).

6.  There is even a fitness demo included.

The diet plans are sensible, and the recipes use readily available 

(most you probably already use and keep on hand)

ingredients.

I’m so excited about Zumba – I may just get the Total Body Transformation System DVD Set, put a deadbolt on the bedroom door (so my husband and son don’t make fun of me

wiggling and jiggling to the music:-), and start dancing away!