| Spanish music and dance has become very popular | | | | club to use Spanish music and dance as a form of |
| over the past decade. It has especially had a big | | | | exercise. Find a Spanish music station on the radio |
| influence on inner city youths mainly due to the | | | | and start swaying your hips to the beat. You will |
| popularity of singers such as J-Lo and Shakira. Spanish | | | | work up a sweat in no time and will have fun doing it. |
| music has a fast beat that is punctuated rhythmic | | | | It is a lot more fun if you have a dance partner. Call |
| thumping of drums. When you hear this type of | | | | up your best friend and invite her over! If she isn't |
| music, you simply cannot help but start to sway to | | | | available, your child will enjoy dancing and exercising |
| the motion of the beats. It is simply hypnotic. | | | | with you. |
| Spanish music and dance has experienced resurgence | | | | The most popular of the traditional Spanish dances is |
| with the popularity of weight loss programs that | | | | the Flamenco dance. Flamenco dancing is difficult to |
| feature moving to the beat. Zumba fitness DVDs pair | | | | learn from watching a video. If you are interested in |
| pulsating Spanish and Latin rhythms with dance steps | | | | learning this type of Spanish dance it would be best |
| that were specially choreographed to get you | | | | to sign up for some dance lessons. The best way to |
| moving. The idea behind programs like Zumba is that | | | | learn to dance is to dance with someone who knows |
| you will have so much fun listening to Spanish music | | | | how. Most dance studios have promotions where you |
| and dancing that you won't even realize that your | | | | can take one dance lesson for free to see if you like |
| are exercising. | | | | it before signing up for a series of lessons. |
| Of course, you don't need a Zumba DVD or fitness | | | | |