DITCH THE WORKOUT, JOIN THE PARTY!Rachel and I are members of the Lifestyle gym in Apex. We usually just go a few times a week, on the treadmills, zoning off with our iPods blasting. There's a big studio room in the gym with half the wall covered in windows, so you can easily see inside at all the sweaty old ladies taking a class. Not the best sight, but they do always seem to be having fun. So Rachel and I decided one day that we would take a class. Not just any class....but ZUMBA! We read this little pamphlet thingy about it at the gym and it looked pretty fun, yet extremely hard. It's basically Latin dance incorporated with hip-hop music, and super energetic and fast. Hah yeah...imagine US doing that. :P
So we showed up to the class one night at exactly 5:30, not sure what to expect. We inched into the studio, full of mirrors and older women, and took a spot near the back where we were hoping not to draw attention to ourselves. We were the youngest ones in there, too. The instructor stood on this little stage in the front and started blasting Shakira and shaking her hips. Rachel and I looked at each other, shrugged, and started copying what everyone else was doing. We were pretty lost, but eventually got the hang of it - or at least pretended to. It was kind of strange being the youngest in the class; there were old women there really getting into it, which Rachel and I were laughing about later. Zumba was so much fun, though! So much better than just walking on a treadmill. It was full of fast cardio, hip shaking, foot work, twirls, and chest popping. We even lasted a full 45 minutes! (Believe me, that may not sound like much, but I was sweating like a mad person afterwards). We plan to go to the Zumba class on Tuesday nights throughout the summer.
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