This is not your mother’s aerobic class. It’s rumbasize, and it’s all about fun…and sweat…and more fun. Here’s what three students told me about their class. 

“You sweat, everything hurts the next day, you have a lot of fun.” 
“It puts me in a great mood and I get all of aggressions out when I come back from work at night.
“It’s fantastic, you have to try it.

So I stepped in to Columbian instructor Beto Perez’ calss.  Beto speaks little English…but his class understands him perfectly.  I asked Beto why should we take rumbasize?  He told me “it’s fun, it teaches you how to dance and it works your abs.” 

“Beto’s abs get quite a workout in this class that’s all self-expression…freedom to move in ways maybe you normally wouldn’t…while learning the latest Latin dance moves…moves that can easily transfer over to the dance floor after you leave the class.

But just because you’re having fun, doesn’t mean you aren’t getting some serious fitness benefits.

For Fitness Magazine, I’m Bonnie Kaye.