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A couple of years ago, a few things happened:

1. I turned 40 (ouch…) 2. I met a great guy (who I’m now married to) & 3. all my fitness routines seemed to stop working. An unwelcome ‘tyre’ began to appear around my middle & started to hang in a most unattractive way over my jeans! My bottom was expanding at an alarming rate, my arms were threatening to take off and my thighs were just giving up on me.

I got over the 'turning 40' bit, it’s really not so bad,' the guy’s' still great but the rest of it – that was something I had to put right but couldn’t figure out how without excessive amounts of dieting and painful exercise. I love my food too much, so a diet was out of the question, and I hate pain, so….

I was still frequently running good distances & regularly climbing at Westways, but I think a combination of metabolic rate change, because I was getting older (groan), and eating and drinking too much with my new beau (..it happens!) meant that these exercises my body was now used to doing weren’t having the desired effect anymore – however much fun they were.

And then I found Zumba®.

The love affair was almost immediate. I began to tone up. The 'tyre', reluctantly, began to disappear. My clothes started to fit again and, most importantly, I felt FANTASTIC!

My mind and body were in-tune with each other once again and with each class I went to, I felt more & more fulfilled in every single way.

Zumba® really does sculpt every single part of the body gently and elegantly, it’s really just a super workout for a woman. For the men (and we do have them in our classes), they seem to enjoy the cardio side of the class and really get into the ‘street dance’ side of things.

I’ve just got home after a double wammy morning of teaching Zumba®, we had a really full class for the 9:45, the energy was electric, and then I led the Mums & Babes Zumba®, which was just lovely. The babies sit or lie in their prams happily gurgling while mum gets to dance her socks off. The babies seem to love the music, mum gets a workout, I get to coo over the babies – everybody's happy.

It's Friday, the sun's shining and is set to stay for a while, it’s good to note that Zumba® doesn’t stop for the weekend though and not only do we have more classes at Maloca, we also have a really fun night planned at Fiesta Havana on Saturday evening starting with a Zumba® class at 8:30 followed by plenty of Zumba® and salsa dancing – great music, great company! We’d LOVE to see you there!

Stay tuned for updates on my classes, you can follow me on Twitter @ZumbaFitRebecca or find me on Facebook at Zumba Fitness Rebecca.

See you soon

This great article in Shape Magazine tells how certain celebs are LOVING Zumba® & how Zumba® has taken America by storm & is already doing the same over here.

And there are very valid reasons why…

Zumba® doesn’t just provide a really incredible workout but it’s so much fun doing it you actually don’t even recognise you’re DOING a workout – it really does creep up on you so that you suddenly see & feel the benefits – stomach definition & shape, the ‘Beto shuffle’ really sculpts those difficult arm bits, firm thighs & weight loss AND, most importantly, with all the arm work, it’s GREAT for the old ticker!

On top of this, it makes us FEEL good. I look around the class and, despite the high cardio efforts, everyone smiles from beginning to end and that’s no exaggeration!

We get all levels of ability and coordination in a Zumba® party and the wonderful thing is that it’s not a competition. No one judges, no one compares – as long as everyone’s happy and having fun and moving to the music – workout’s completed and goal achieved!

We’ve got some fantastic things planned at Maloca Putney, we never stand still and have a pre-masterclass Zumba® Pre-party Masterclass Party London set for the 15th October complete with Beto Perez’s backing dancers all the way from Florida and other International guest appearances PLUS a HUGE Party in Pink on Sunday 16th October in aid of breast cancer research – wow! Hurry if you want tickets for either (just click on the highlighted link) and tell your friends! The more people the more excitement!

So, take the plunge – come try a class and I guarantee you’ll love it!

Class tomorrow morning (Friday, 23rd September) at Maloca with me, Rebecca, at 9:45. Yipeeeee!

I’ve just received confirmation that I’m signed up for Zumbatomic training in February – so that I can take Zumba to the kids – I can’t wait!

My own children better get ready to help Mum as they’re going to have to help me practise practise practise!

Now, this is cool!

I was just sent this picture of Beto Perez and Tanya Beardsley making the next Zumba® video game which is scheduled to roll out in the next few months.

I, personally, have the Zumba® for the Kinect and was completely unaware of how they made this amazing dance game – I don’t know, I just thought that someone drew the avatars (is that the right word?) and then the computer made them move about. Or something. Am I the only one who thought this? Probably…

Anyway, I think this is a great picture and shows me and my fellow ludites (if there are still any out there) how it’s done.

 Had a fantastic class this afternoon at Maloca and have rushed home to take care of son who’s home from school with a cold (he’s much better….).

Can’t stop and write much here as have another son to pick up from school, then off to a meeting but just HAD to remind y’all to buy your Zumba Fitness Party in Pink tickets (October 16th at Alexandria Palace) sooner rather than later – it’s going to be just so exciting and we’re all going to be there and if the event itself wasn’t wonderful enough, it’s in aid of breast cancer research, which definitely gets my vote!

Click here to read more and buy your tickets NOW and let’s ‘make every move count’!

Party in Pink

Let’s go!

Everyone I speak to about Zumba is curious and wants to know exactly what it’s all about and although they’re keen as punch to come and try a class, a common declaration I hear is that they THINK they are ‘uncoordinated’ in the dance department.

THIS CAN’T BE!

I choose to believe that we all have the music and the rhythm in us – oh yes, we do – it’s just some of us might have forgotten how much fun it is to tap into it, jump about to it, or are concerned we might look silly if we try to move to it in front of other people.

Just come along to one class and I guarantee you’ll have so much fun you honestly won’t worry about such things!

It’s not a competition for who’s the best dancer or who’s the fittest – it’s a safe place to freely move to the music in whichever way you feel it! It’s pure, simple fun! A place to be free!

You’ll finish your class feeling happy and exhilarated AND at Maloca, you’re sure to make new friends!

I’ll provide the easy and fun steps to follow and some really great world music, how you wish to groove to that is entirely up to you!

I had better get my dancing shoes on, I have a class at 1 today, yipee!

Are you ready? Check here for details: Rebecca's Classes