Which Latin dance workout program is better: Zumba or Core Rythms?
Pros? Cons? (Of both, please.)
If you know of any other Latin dance workout programs that are better than these, please let me know what they are and where I can find them online.
Thanks 
*NOTE* I’m not talking about the actual Zumba class with an instructor, but the DVD’s.
I think, as with so many dance classes, it probably depends upon the teacher. I did try a zumba class. It was energetic and initially I thought it was fun – but by the third class I realised the teacher only knew a handful of dances and couldn’t dance herself, and it wasn’t really dancing but just moving around fast to loud music with a lot of shouting. I’m sure other classes are a lot better.
The Zumba training program reckons anybody can teach zumba if they take a one day course – and it shows. "There are no prerequisites to become a Zumba Instructor, although a fitness or dance background is always a plus.’ "Once you have taken a Zumba Basic… you are allowed to teach Zumba classes…and advertise yourself as a Zumba Instructor"
I did look at the Zumba dvd sets but they didn’t inspire me.
I hadn’t heard of Core Rhythms until I read your question and that looks far more interesting.
In the Zumba class that I went to there was no instruction on how to move – which muscles, how to improve, no feedback on if a move was right or not. Instructions focused only on doing steps, and leg and arm movements. Either you had "it" or you didn’t. The video on the Core Rhythms site looks a bit frantic but suggests they do try to tell you how to actually move by working your core muscles.
I’m tempted by the Core Rhythms programme.
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June 23rd, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I think, as with so many dance classes, it probably depends upon the teacher. I did try a zumba class. It was energetic and initially I thought it was fun – but by the third class I realised the teacher only knew a handful of dances and couldn’t dance herself, and it wasn’t really dancing but just moving around fast to loud music with a lot of shouting. I’m sure other classes are a lot better.
The Zumba training program reckons anybody can teach zumba if they take a one day course – and it shows. "There are no prerequisites to become a Zumba Instructor, although a fitness or dance background is always a plus.’ "Once you have taken a Zumba Basic… you are allowed to teach Zumba classes…and advertise yourself as a Zumba Instructor"
I did look at the Zumba dvd sets but they didn’t inspire me.
I hadn’t heard of Core Rhythms until I read your question and that looks far more interesting.
In the Zumba class that I went to there was no instruction on how to move – which muscles, how to improve, no feedback on if a move was right or not. Instructions focused only on doing steps, and leg and arm movements. Either you had "it" or you didn’t. The video on the Core Rhythms site looks a bit frantic but suggests they do try to tell you how to actually move by working your core muscles.
I’m tempted by the Core Rhythms programme.
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