Melbourne's Zumba® Fitness class specialist.

Danzfit helped introduce Zumba® to Melbourne over two years ago! 

          Retro week and Christmas fun at Essendon.... during the last week of 2011!  

                   Thank you Tara for making the classes so much fun!

 Refer to our new 2012 Calendar under 'Find a Class' for all details.

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What is Zumba® Fitness?

Zumba® embraces all the fundamental principles of fitness. The secret behind Zumba® is how it magically motivates the body to efficiently burn calories, tone all muscle groups, incorporate a full range of motion and improve the cardiovascular system. Maybe it’s the salsa beat, the tempo and the music transitions that make the Zumba® dances seamlessly flow from one move to the next.

It fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms with easy to follow moves, such as Merengue, Cha Cha, Reggaetton, Salsa, Flamenco, Cumbia, Hip Hop and Belly Dancing, to create a dynamic dance fitness program. Add some Latin flavour, international zest and a great instructor into the mix and you've got Zumba®!

Zumba® takes the ‘work’ out of a ‘workout’, combining dynamic and accessible exercise moves with interval cardio-training.”

The best thing about Zumba® is the way it’s so addictive!”

History

Zumba® began accidentally! In 1999 Beto Perez, a fitness instructor in Colombia, forgot his regular music one day and grabbed his Salsa and Merengue music from his car. It was an instant success and today we have Zumba® the largest dance craze ever known. It spans the globe with 5 million participants in 75 countries. It is now becoming familiar in Australia.

‘Danzfit’ classes can be found at five locations around Melbourne. They were one of the very first to offer Zumba classes with registered trained Zumba® Instructors in 2009. Now they are the most well known!

The difference with Zumba® from other exercise programs is the music – it’s the special motivational ingredient which mixes an exotic blend of distinctive rhythms and beats that are carefree, energetic, intuitive, passionate and playfully sensual. With specific beats and tempo changes, all you need to do is move naturally to the beat and loose yourself in the music.

The workout starts with one simple step and then moves up the body until everything is in motion. There is a lot of repetition, so the moves will become very familiar and quickly learned. Technique is not the emphasis.

A Zumba® workout is all about fun – you can’t do it wrong, you don’t need a partner or a love of exercise. It is suitable for all age groups - young, old, large, small, female, male, fit or not- so- fit. Zumba is not a conventional exercise program.

Benefits Of Zumba®

There Are Many & They Are Important!

• Zumba® can leave a person with a “feel good” sensation by using easy to follow dance steps coupled with infectious music to create a truly fun and party-like atmosphere.
• Zumba® is a fantastic core strengthening workout. It uses moves during the workout that target the abs and back to increase agility and strength with the potential to tone and sculpt the torso.
• Zumba® also has the potential to reshape all parts of the body, including the arms, hips, heart, and MIND!
• Zumba® is a great fat burning workout. Calories burned will differ from person to person depending on their fitness level, age, weight, and intensity put forth. Calories burned during one hour of Zumba have been estimated to be anywhere from 600 to 1,000.
• A Zumba® workout provides for a fantastic sweat without even realizing you are exercising. It is an exercise in disguise.
• People have reported losing weight doing Zumba and combined with a sensible and well-balanced nutrition plan, can have astonishing results.
• Zumba also provides for great interval training (ie Exercising at aerobic and anaerobic levels according to each individuals heart rate.)
• It strengthens cardiovascular system
• Zumba promotes a positive self image and relieves stress in a non intimidating environment.

Benefits of Interval Training:

• Using alternating intervals of high and low intensity levels can help you burn more calories in every workout.
• Increasing endurance leads to the ability to work at a higher intensity level.
• Interval training can give you an efficient workout in a limited time span.
• Having more variety in Zumba® classes increases everyone’s enjoyment and thereby increases longevity of participants.
• Participants can adjust their level of intensity to fit their particular fitness level.
• Also, anaerobic training may increase speed and overall aerobic endurance.