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 ...

ALTHOUGH I’VE tried organized dance a number of times, I usually feel like a donkey on the dance floor. I have a severe aversion to looking stupid. So when I decided to take my first Zumba class, I ...

Blair Weyer feels like she is exercising, dancing and getting a great workout, all the while letting her hair down. The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-La Crosse senior is hooked on Zumba, the new ...

Even exercise class turns out to involve oppression. Such, at least, is the message of a Barnard College lecture, “Health at the Expense of Cultural Appropriation: Yoga and Zumba” — part of a series ...

We give you the lowdown on the emerging trend in fitness world “It is a very popular fitness regime in many parts of the world. It increases the efficiency of the various functions of the body,” says ...

It's a no-brainer: dance-fitness craze Zumba is good exercise. Try not working up a sweat mimicking the up-tempo jigging of a Zumba instructor, successfully or otherwise, and so much the better if you ...

Your mother swears by yoga classes, but your best friend claims spinning is the best workout ever. Fitness fads come and go, and it's hard to sort through the latest craze to find an exercise that's ...

The latest fitness trend... For many, dance is a hobby and a stress buster. And the newest sensation in town is zumba aerobics, a dance form that acts as the perfect stress buster and aids weight loss ...