Here are three of the most popular fitness trends right now, which ones would you like to try?.
zumba. If you want to have fun with fitness, try love to dance and Zumba is an immensely popular dance fitness program featuring Latin-inspired dance moves set to energetic music. It's been called the"world's biggest fitness party" by its followers, with over 14 million people taking weekly classes, four million Zumba DVDs sold, and a line of Zumbawear" clothing that has taken off 15 The concept of Zumba came about by mistake, thanks to the quick thinking of a fitness instructor named Beto Perez. He was about to teach an aerobics class in his hometown of Cali, Colombia, when he realized he had forgotten his aerobics dance music, He only had one cassette tape with him which was full of Latin music. "I improvised," he said, "and that was the beginning of Zumba." Instead of traditional dance-fitness classes where steps are counted out loud to the beat of the music. Zumba has a free-flowing and party-like atmosphere This proved popular with people who were fed up with working out, and Zumba moved from another fitness fad to a true fitness phenomenon.