Markham Heid is a contributor at TIME. He is the author of The Habit Trap, due out in early 2027. Bethan Mooney for TIME Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness ...

There’s invariably a flurry of stories about personal fitness near the first of the year – around the time people make a commitment to eat better, spend less time on the couch and generally get into ...

If you're not so much the boot camp, instructor-screaming-in-your-face, Olympic-lifting type and instead prefer laughing and a bit more light-heartedness when you workout, you need to try Zumba Step.

They can’t help it. Students in Julia LaTorre’s Friday morning Zumba class can’t keep the corners of their mouths from twitching upward. Up one flight of stairs and through the slim side door, cold ...

THE GIST: Zumba® steps it up a gear. Literally. It’s the class you know and love: same infectious Latino rhythms, same Shakira impression in the mirrors (admit it), but incorporating elements of old ...

File this under cool memories to keep: This past week I got the chance to test out a brand-new Zumba workout—Zumba Step, which combines Zumba's dance energy with aerobic step exercises—with the ...

Zumba is not just for dancers anymore. Maria Howard is a group exercise instructor for the YMCA of Greater Richmond and the University of Richmond Weinstein Center. Her column runs every other week in ...

Deb Sayre and Debbie Ross participated in Zumba Gold on recent Monday morning. GREENFIELD – Latin music fills the Greenfield Senior Center’s recreation space every Monday morning, and Deb Sayre’s ...

Americans should sit less and move more, even if that activity comes in tiny chunks, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by ...