Have you heard about....

ZUMBA? Yep. That's right. It's the latest fitness craze. Here's a blurb from zumba.com :

Zumba® fuses hypnotic latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program that will blow you away. Our goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exhilarating hour of caloric-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life!

The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms, and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you've got Zumba®!

In the past years Zumba® has become nothing short of a revolution. Coining the concept of fitness-party™ and making fitness fun, Zumba® has spread like wild-fire, and has positioned itself as the single most influential movement in the industry of fitness.

For a number of years I've had a hankering to get certified to teach aerobics or something of that nature. I love to dance and aerobics to some pumping music is the closest thing to it where you don't need a partner. (Yes, I love partner dancing...ballroom, swing, country, whatever.) So enter Zumba. I roundaboutly heard of it and checked it out. To make a longer story shorter... there was an intructor certification workshop this past Saturday in Bountiful. The first one to be held in UT. I had to do it. Just had to go. I had only attended one class, but just knew this would be a niche I would love. Drummer Man hung out with the Peanut and I went to live part of a dream.

And so now I have joined the instructor ranks for Zumba. Too fun! Yes, I've got some routines to work out and some marketing to do..... but to me the most important part is complete. Here we go! Zumbando!