Should Men Do Zumba?

I registered with your neighborhood studio in Carrefour, where there are wooden floors, ballerinas and floor mirrors to give you a full opportunity to see every mistake you make in every action. At the beginning of each song, the coach silently introduced a series of dance steps that American men had never performed outside the NFL touchdown celebration. The typical program is like this: two steps to the left, kicking the axis, two steps to the right, kicking the axis. We will repeat these steps several times. I will do better in action. Got it. Amazing. But - wait, what? -The teacher will introduce a new sequence. Some women, like my wife, magically dance. At the same time, I stumbled on my feet and said to myself (or loudly, I don't remember much), "what happened to the last dance?" I nailed it! Why do we always have to change? &In Zumba, you sing 10 to 12 songs in an ordinary class, so I'm basically not interested in every new song. So that's the first major thing I noticed, and I think that's why a lot of men avoid Zumba. I don't know what I do most of the time. I know I look like an idiot. Every new sequence makes me want to throw away my MP3 player. Why? Zumba has freed me from my shackles and made me face to face with my insecurity. Because of the huge mirror, I saw every mistake I made. And for men, it's too bad. As a man, you want to be the best in the room - especially if it's full of healthy women. It's a kind of humility when you're away, but here, it's the saddest part. I didn't think of it until the third class: my shame, embarrassment and extreme disgust that I can't move my body with music and teachers are all from my heart. Teachers and classmates never said anything. About how bad I jumped. No one has a critical, compassionate or mocking look. No one seemed to notice my struggle. However, I feel stupid. It turns out that I am suffering from what psychologists call the spotlight effect. It's a strange term used to describe a tendency to overestimate the extent to which others notice your behavior and appearance. It's natural to think that everyone is looking at you, just like when you & 39; make sure everyone at the party notices the mustard stains on your jeans. But in a 2000 paper published in the Journal of personality and social psychology, researchers at Cornell University concluded that no one will look at you but you. Nobody cares about the yellow ball except you. My female classmates are aged from 20 to 60. Their skill levels are everywhere. But there was no judgment. In the beginning, I felt almost helpless for fear that these people - good people I didn't know or might never see again - would think of me. Even if science tells me they may not have noticed! When I asked creator Berto Perez how to increase men's interest in Zumba, he said: "men just need to overcome their insecurity." Easier said than done. Men's embarrassment and fear of what Zumba lacked was ultimately overwhelmed by a stronger feeling: exhaustion. In Zumba, this kind of exercise is almost non-stop. There is a five second break between the two songs, fast enough to use a towel or drink water, but no real break. Sweat runs fast and heavy because you are making the most of every muscle in your body. Perez said Zumba didn't want to exercise. He was right. Zumba feels like a wedding banquet, you will never leave the dance floor, and each song is arranged by a highly nervous bridesmaid. It took me two classes, but I finally started to lose control. I started, to borrow a word, dancing like no one had ever seen. I'm gone, shaking. I spun and didn't knock anyone down. I'm really happy. I find that women all over the world know that Zumba is a good way to exercise.

you burn about as many calories on the treadmill as you do on the treadmill, but there are more challenges and more muscle activity. When you become better in sports, you will experience more fun and achievement in class. The biggest advantage of zumba-39 is that time flies. Many sports are monotonous. When you feel bored, time goes by slowly. But with Zumba, you can relearn dance steps, remember them, put them together, pay attention to the instructor, keep a distance from people around you, listen to music and find clues.

a challenging full body exercise will help you become a better dancer and make time pass quickly to put you and 20 women in one room? Maybe the real question is why not everyone is doing Zuba? What do you think of it? Are you a Zumba student? Why do you like to go? What's your favorite class? If you are a person who has never been to zubaban, why? What do you prefer to do? Have you ever tried class? Share your thoughts and questions in the comments below!