[Sportsandrec] zumba

[Ashley Bramlett]

Lori,
Thanks for sharing your experience. Nice to know there is someone who did 
it.
When you say it was challenging, do you mean from a cardio standpoint or 
accessibility one?
I suppose both. It looks fun, but also pretty challenging to the body.
How many basic moves are there?
Did the instructor call out all the moves to you?
Did they tend to switch from different types of dances?

You did a step class. Wow, for how long?
Those moves look complicated too. Did the instructor have to verbalize what 
the steps were before class?
Also, how did you hear the instructor with all the music. Did you stand in 
the front row near her to hear well? When I attempted
a class, I had a challenge hearing the instructor.

Thanks.

Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Lori
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 9:32 AM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] zumba

Ashley,


I participated regularly for several months and enjoyed the class. It
definitely is challenging and I ended up spending some time with the
instructor.

If they have a routine they stick with, sometimes they have written notes
that they might be able to share.

It is helpful to know some of the basic steps and movements.

I found it a lot easier to follow along in a step class, but there was more
socializing going on in there compared to Zumba.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List"
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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:11 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] zumba


> Hi all,
>
> Anyone participated in zumba, the latin aerobics based dance workout?
> It seems fast, but fun. More accomodation would need to be made to 
> participate.
> I cannot do it at my gym since well, the music is quite loud and I would 
> not hear the instructor clearly.
> But I did visit a class or two at my community rec center.
>
> Instructors told me its meant to be a quiet activity except for the music; 
> there are not names for every dance step. They said though that names and 
> audio cues could be made up if I came. In other dance classes, they do at 
> leasst state names before performing the exercise.
> As with most classes, this is taught via demonstration primarily. But in 
> my observation, its quieter; in other classes they say names and count 
> reps or steps. In fact instructors usually project loudly, so I can hear 
> their instructions down the hall.
>
> I did try an aerobics class at a community center near my college before I 
> joined the gym. She did call out names; thing was it went so fast that 
> even with a little audio cues, it was hard to follow. The instructor would 
> say things like “march right; march single” or “grapevine left”
> Someone showed me some of the steps so I knew what the cues meant.
>
>
> Anyway, zumba seemed more quiet than that aerobics class I attempted to 
> participate in.
> So, if anyone tried it I’d like to know what you did and how you learned 
> and followed the steps. Did you learn the basics and do those without the 
> fancy foot work and arm movements? I’m sure there’s some basic steps that 
> its patterned from.
> What was a typical class like?
>
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
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