Fitness Friday: Zumba review and giveaway

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This week  I have been reading the book Zumba, Ditch the workout, Join the party : The weight loss program.  This book has a lot to offer.  It gives the history of all the dance moves that are incorporated in the Zumba exercises.  I enjoyed reading about Beto Perez, the author and creator of Zumba.  He has an interesting life and start of Zumba.  You will learn how to do the basic Zumba moves through written instructions, pictures, and the accompanying demo dvd.  This dvd is not an exercise dvd, but more an instructional.  It is great to have these so you can learn the basic moves at your own pace.  I know how frustrating it is to buy a dvd set and realize that they are just too fast for you to keep up with.  I have spent some money doing this, and now the sets sit in my closet.  I feel with more practice of the moves I am learning from the book/dvd set of Zumba...I can eventually be comfortable getting a dvd or taking a class.  I like that I can learn these in the comfort of my own home and not embarrassed in front of others.  The book and dvd offer a section of music that you listen to and on the tv screen you will see numbers counting.  With this you take the moves you learn and are given routines that are timed to the music.  So you can do several 20 minute sessions, yet make them your own.  You do not follow an instructor on a dvd...but listen and feel the music, and let yourself go.  I myself am still working on mastering the steps, and havent yet moved on to this stage yet.  The book also talks a lot about diet.  It gives you two different diets, the Zumba 5 day express diet and the Zumba diet.  The 5 day express helps your body get a jump start into losing weight.  You may also use this if you have been dieting and have stalled out.  The Zumba diet is for the regular days after you have done the express(or if you chose not to do the express diet).  The book gives you many recipes, and sample menus.  Although I have chose not to start either of these diets...they seem simple enough to do.  They do not seem like starvation diets or diets that "clean you out".  They seem like healthy, nutritions diets.  The book discusses many different types of foods and how they are good for you...and how some can help you lose fat in trouble areas.  They have a 14 day diet to focus on flat abs or thin thighs.  You can get a lot of info on food choices and incorporating them into your own diet.  I myself am looking forward to learning the moves and hopefully eventually getting a Zumba dvd set.  They seem like a lot of fun...and felt myself having fun and smiling just doing the basic moves. 

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Hatchett books was generous to send a copy to me to review and also is sponsoring a giveaway.  Five of my readers can win themselves a copy of Zumba.  The giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only and no PO Boxes are allowed for mailing. 

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(this review and giveaway is sponsored by Hatchette books.  I was given this opportunity thanks to my membership at the product review place.)

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