narrative

Walking into my local YMCA, I decided to take a look at the list of exercise classes that they offer. Noticing that they offered a class that was currently being held in a room upstairs at that time. Zumba, the first thing that came to mind when I read this name was “isn’t that a tribe in Africa?” Going into the class I had no idea what to expect. Music was blearing and people were following the Latin style dance moves of the instructor on stage. There was a mixture if men and women dancing across the floor. When the class ended I stopped a class member asking if this was just a dance class or an aerobics class, the member had explained that it was a combination of the two. The member then explained the amount of weight she had lost without the feeling of doing aerobics. She stated that it felt more like a dance party then a workout session. Leaving the YMCA that day, with the decision to take a Zumba class could be the best decision made. This fast growing class has helped many people.