Outside the ruthless training ground, Zumba Zumba leads the party gym.
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “GymSquare refining” (ID: GymSquare), author Xue Ying.
If the dance is also considered as one of the main fitness methods, Zumba Zumba is the best representative: no equipment requirements, no exercise threshold ,Happy South American music and bright Latin style, but there are non-negligible fat burning performance.
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From South America, the Zumba fitness class in the United States has become popular all over the world. Especially in China, Zumba’s blue fitness dance is quite eye-catching.
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As one of the IP in the global group exercise course, Zumba, like Lesmells of Lame, exports Zumba’s course content to the global gym through authorized clubs and studios.
But the difference is that Zumba’s dance features are more distinct than the wide variety of courses such as aerobics, equipment, and HIIT, such as Laimei BodyPump and BodycomBat. As long as there is music, there is room for Zumba classes.
It’s also becauseTherefore, the expansion of Zumba in China began to become popular in China with the “wave of group lessons”. At the major fitness parties, Zumba is a heavyweight course that is hard to ignore.
And this unique globally popular course, entered the United States in 1999 to this, only 20 years of history. by the founder Beto, Zumba opened a “dance tour” around the world.
As of this year, according to official statistics, approximately 15 million people participate in Zumba courses in 200,000 locations in 180 countries every week.
In addition to unique music, fitness concepts, and athletic effects, From the community’s appeal and bright clothing is why Zumba is spreading around the world. For ordinary users and even those who don’t like sports, Zumba may be a way to enjoy sports during the fitness process.
Dance and fitness, Zumba Zumba
Zumba is understood in Colombian as a “quick and fun sport”, as its name suggests. It combines passionate, dynamic Latin dance and rhythmic aerobics to achieve rhythm through dynamic forms of movement. Sex.
In the early 1990s, although Zumba’s dance fitness was popular all over the world, aerobics was a popular fitness method for the 20th century before its founding.
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Founder Beto is an aerobics instructor who forgot to bring traditional aerobics music to the classroom in a group session and chose to replace the original traditional group music with the existing Latin dance tape.
Beto then learned from the experience of dancing in the club, impromptu play dance, did not expect to be immediately popular, and quickly became the most popular course in the gym.
It was this accident that Zumba Dance Fitness was born.
Salsa, Samba, Merenue, Cumbia, Reggaeton,
Action scheduling is the formation of aerobic exercise based on the beat and speed of the music.
Different from other dances, Zumba introduces the fitness concept of “exercise”, which fundamentally breaks the limitations of basic aerobics For example, according to the characteristics of South American dance, a large number of hips and arm movements are used to achieve the effect of aerobic fat loss.
Beto believes that traditional fitness does not allow all users Can participate in the exercise, but based on traditional aerobics and Latin dance music evolution Zumba, can lead more ordinary users or even users who do not love sports, the biggest reason may be Zumba lower fitness threshold and maximum It reflects the exercise principle of “easy and happy”.
Zumba Dance Fitness is more like a young fashion version of “Square Dance”, create a stage for all users to enjoy the dance and release the sweat.
■ Zumba boom
Since Zumba officially entered Miami in the United States in 1999, it has set off a dance fitness boom in the United States. Up to now, according to official statistics, more than 180 countries around the world have introduced Zumba courses, and the number of Zumba courses per week exceeds 550,000, and the number of participants is as high as 15 million.
This fitness concept that promotes healthy living and enjoyable sports is arguably the most important reason for Zumba to be popular around the world.
Even in China, the South American Latin dance fitness boom is also very popular, and more young people are participating in this dance party.
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In 2015, Zumba officially entered China, and then successively conducted course training and activity parties in first-tier cities such as Beishangguang. In just 4 years, according to the official data of Zumba China, 45 cities across the country provide coach training.
In addition to coaching, the number of courses in the gym and studio also sees the popularity of Zumba, for example, the weekly volume of super orangutans (Shanghai), weekly average The 10th Zumba class, while the large gym in Wales, a one-mega Wade course schedule, provides Zumba courses on average three to four days a week.
This dance fitness model is being accepted by millennials around the world, including China. 相Compared to the more dance “This is street dance”, in the sport dance, Zumba looks more like the National Dance Fitness IP.
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Zumba is the first of its kind in dance fitness. Zero-based entry, unique Latin music and social clothing have become the core label of the course.
Although a variety of dances are combined, Zumba selects the very representative and entry-level classic movements of each dance, so it is difficult for all users to use. There is no use of equipment when jumping zumba, which can reduce the sports injuries caused by the device.
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At the same time, Zumba’s curriculum philosophy is to let users forget the “exercise” experience, pay more attention to the course experience and enjoy the dance music process, so as to achieve the effect of fat reduction, just like the fitness concept that the founder Beto conveyed to the user. Strong> “Do not have to be distressed by losing weight and enjoy the happiness that Zumba brings.”
As a result, you can see different user groups in Zumba fans, and you can even see many obese users, both men and women.
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A study by the American Journal of Healthy Behavior showed that by observing Zumba treatment three times a week for women with diabetes and obesity, they lost an average of 2.5 pounds after 16 weeks and reduced the percentage of body fat. 1%, At the end of the experiment, participants still maintain the habit of exercising, which is very rare in other fitness methods.
It’s this unbiased form of exercise that allows more users who are resistant to fitness to participate in this “square dance”.
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Zumba is a dance-based exercise model, but research shows that it is indeed an effective exercise. This is why Zumba is gradually gaining recognition in the fitness field.
The ACE data report shows that the researchers found that participating in a single Zumba fitness class burned an average of 369 calories per minute or about 9.5 kcal.
The average HR is 154 beats/min (bpm), and the participants’ average predicted HRmax is 80%. For the average user, it is recommended to exercise within 64% to 94% of HRmax to improve cardio endurance, so Zumba meets These requirements.
■ Change in heart rate in a single Zumba course
According to the heart rate data graph, ZUMBA looks like HIIT, switching back and forth between high and low intensity. In other words, Zumba can burn more calories than steady motion like jogging. .
In addition to sports science tests, it was found that zumba burns more calories than aerobic taekwondo and strength yoga than other sports.
■ Average calorie consumption of Zumba compared to other sports modes
If there is no biased fitnessThe effect of reading and shaping is the reason why Zumba is popular all over the world. The Latin music with its characteristics is the core component of Zumba’s journey.
First of all, Zumba music styles are not fixed. From Latin music, HIPHOP to tango, reggae and other dance style music, diversified music types can provide users with more choices.
According to the official introduction , in the zumba course, the coach only needs to include the four core rhythms in the playlist, and you can choose the current popular track to complete the one-hour course. From the online search results, it can be seen from the popular Spanish pop song “Despacito” last year to the Latin pop song “Havana” such rhythmic tracks have become the first choice for Zumba music. .
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It can be said that Zumba puts the passion of Latin music on the user, such as users can follow the rhythm of the music when they hear the music of the exclusive Zumba and are not restricted by the venue. >, this may be the charm of Zumba’s “brainwashing” music.
In addition, Zumba also broke the traditional dance costume design in the clothing, boldly added bright colors such as green and red, more prominent Zumba enthusiasm, inclusive and other characteristics.
■ Zumba clothing
Whether it’s social media or course activities, Zumba’s member ZIN is dressed in green and dances with music. In other words, clothing is more like a sense of community belonging to Zumba fans, and a common hobby gathers them in Zumba’s dance party.
If social networking is the best way to build an online community, then the annual zumba conference will bring together Zumba fans on the line to have a grand dance sharing session. In addition to inviting current pop singers, the site also provides tutorial training for Zumba enthusiasts.
■Zumba China
Compared with previous years, this year’s ZIN convention conference saw more Chinese elements, Zumba official trainers from China, Show Zumba music with Chinese characteristics to Zumba fans around the world. Let Zumba fans around the world see the growth of China Zumba.
Future, the era of dance and fitness
For the future development of the dance fitness field, content online IP seems to be one of the directions, and the form of the game seems to cover Zumba to more users.
recently, Zumba announced an online dance fitness game with Nintendo, which includes four parts, a single course, a full course and a fitness party, which can be attended by four users at the same time.
In fact, this is the first time Zumba has streamlined IP content. In 2013, it cooperated with xbox360 to launch the same name Zumba.