Zumba Fitness

I saw the commercial for Zumba for the first time in spring on television and was immediately interested. By chance, I was grad parallel on the Internet and looked identical to the website at. However, the price made me only times cringe. However, it does not let go of me for many months, so I finally ordered me in the fall of this set. It contains:
- 4 different DVDs with various variants of training in varying length and a base-course.
- 1 booklet with various information about Zumba and a diet and exercise plan
- 1 set Toningsticks (about 0.5 kg dumbbells, which are filled with something, so they rattle when moving)
Well, for 60 euros is quite a bit, I must say. Especially when you see that the DVDs come along just in Pappschubern. Although everything is beautiful colorful opened and the rattling Toningsticks have a funny idea that again brings so much fun during training but worth it is unfortunately not somehow.
What the hell! Now we have it there, so what we do with it. As recommended, I first worked through the 1-hour introduction to learning the basic steps. That was really quite a bang when it comes to endurance. Although all step sequences are explained in 3 single-steps and in between are short breaks again, I was drenched in sweat and my heart quite deafened. Nevertheless, there has been so much fun (and although I have not came far behind and all the steps at once was) that I was doing the same even my brief basic training.
Just party and dance, it is not far. Who, like me, his difficulties with choreography has already has to apply quite a lot of dogged determination, as with 2, 3 times by rattling off is not enough. In addition, it is real in terms of endurance to the substance. So who has problems with the heart or blood pressure, should really go to the doctor in advance or start with something else very quietly.
To this day, I have to live on Zumba, everything already x times through dance and have to say that it really makes eerie fun. I've always liked to dance and Latin music rips a right to. It is so anxious to stay in rhythm while elegant look that you can forget that it is actually a fitness training. When it then well controlled and the fitness level is already risen, may be regarded as dancing it quite. In any case, the movements are very effective and I lost both a few centimeters girth, as well as significant gains in stamina. I can say of myself that I now want to go a few weeks of training, still more rather than less Zumba.
My favorite among the training sequences are by the way the Flat Abs Sculpt and Tone § which even includes exercises in oriental dancing style. Super I find that you do not have to repeat for several minutes until the collapse of individual movements. Always just a few, and then comes the next step. And above all the abdominal training is standing up! No more sit-ups / crunches with tense neck muscles!
But there is in all the joy and fun, a few drawbacks. As I said, in the first place the price. Half the sum would have done it safely. Secondly, the part generously rounded times. These seem to refer to the total playing time with guys. I think that's misleading, because when there is 50 minutes, I expect 50 minutes training and not 47 with three minutes credits.
Another smear the synchronous voices. Sometimes they annoy me so that I would rather look at me in English. Especially Gina and Flaviana (?) - The speakers have previously dropped what? In addition, other sounds such. As will be hidden in the German version, the shouts and the clapping of Mitt Uri in the background. In the English version comes through these things to even more atmosphere. In addition, the translations are sometimes hair-raising. Tanja says, for example, at one point about:. ".. Well with the rhythm" (In English) and translates it with "That's a good rhythm.". For this, the good mood sounds too contrived. In English (and original sound) occurs much better and more natural over.
I've also taken the trouble to take the eating plan in the book a little more closely and figure out the calories. It is thus on an average day in 1600, which is overall not too much and not too little. Portions of individual ingredients, however, are outrageous. Since z. B. is recommended as a snack 30 g mozzarella or 110 g fruit. By comparison, a normal mozzarella weighs 125g So where do with the remaining 95 g.? Split on the next 3 days and hope that he is not up to that scruffy? And what if my apple weighs 150 grams? Throw the remaining 40 g in the guinea pig cage? Above all, who is fed up because of that? Or the quantities in the recipes: 60g onion for filled tacos. Not 55 and not 67. Here again residues, residues, residues that are no longer needed. Simply use is not, otherwise not agree more calories. Those who live alone, since thus has a very big problem. Those who live with a partner or family, can indeed hope that the others eat the leftovers.
These chemical stuff like protein powder or egg substitute is recommended. Then rather a real egg. Not to mention that it probably does not exist some things here, like the chipotle ranch dressing or low-carb tacos. For me personally this is far too complicated and sounds too much like hunger-route. Therefore this point deduction.
Otherwise, the book is quite nice, but rather unnecessary. If you set the back in relation to the price ... But we had already.
Overall, I would rather give 3.5 stars. But if I still consider the millions endorphins in mind that alone produces my body at the thought of Zumba - that you just can not measure in numbers. Therefore, I give the surge a good mood just by 4 stars.

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Supplement 04 September 2012

Now I own this set almost 1 year and am still in the process (apart from a few short breaks). As before, I train just love it, use all DVDs in exchange. Sometimes even more succession, so that the training period will be extended to almost 1.5 hours. After that, I'm all ready - but happy.
Now I have also often used the live DVD and have to say that it contains some average error, which is sometimes quite confusing here unfortunately. Often, the audience moves then that just exactly in the other direction and the next section on the dance leader they are suddenly on the other side.
Property me now to get some variety and because I just so love Zumba, ordered the Exhilarate set. There I will write another review.
I can only say that I was an absolute couch potatoes. But by Zumba has it turned into the complete opposite.