We are available for Business and non-profit
Events, Parties (Zumba® party!),
Kick-offs, Walks, DEMOS and more!
Fitness Motivators now offers:
Zumba
Fitness®
Class
Description
Zumba® is a
fun and effective cardio workout with
sculpting exercises designed to tone the
entire body from top to bottom. Depending on
how you exert yourself, you could burn
between 300 to 600 calories PER CLASS!
Latin music and a combination of fast and
slow Latin moves are used. This high/low
impact class has something to offer all
fitness levels.
In this video are some of the
Fitness Motivators Instructors at one of our
events
From a few of our Zumba® students:
Aimee
"This class has been absolutely fantastic! I
really have enjoyed it. Unfortunately my
company is shipping me back to Illinois at
the end of June...You will still see my
participation Monday and Wednesday evenings
at the Grant Center through June. You and
Laura have really motivated me to loose
weight this year… I’ve lost 10 pounds so
far… yippee!!!! I am so glad I took your
classes… they have been a blast! And
now that I am addicted to Zumba, I will have
to try and find a class on it back in the
suburbs of Chicago. And I know the
instructor won’t make me laugh or sweat as
much as you and Laura do!!
J
Take Care."
Edie's Blog "...each
class can vary and a lot of the
chemistry depends on your
instructor. I have found the
best instructor around, her name
is Debbie
Lim. My sister takes
Zumba in the Pittsburgh
area and she too has a really
good instructor named Alex. I
have checked in on the
Zumba class that takes
place right where I work and I
could take that class for free
if I wanted to but the teacher
just doesn't compare... the long
and the short of it is if your
instructor knows the steps and
and lead the class great, but
the best instructors know how to
be entertaining, friendly, and a
bit goofy all at once.....So if
you happen to be in the Farmington Hills,
Michigan area, take a class with
Debbie, she is wonderful!"
Teaching Skills of an Authorized
Zumba® Instructor
Most people that are new to Zumba will not
know the difference between an Authorized
Zumba Instructor or a "fake Zumba
Instructor". Zumba is suppose to be
energetic, fun, with "no worries", and like
a party setting. We are taught to give you
at least 70% Latin and 30%"other". (In
our Fitness Motivators classes, we give our
students 99& Latin music. We may use one
American Song per class. We want to keep the
original concept of Zumba intact.) Make sure
to ask the Instructor if he or she is
authorized to teach Zumba. If he or she says
"yes", then ask for their business cards or
full name and you check for yourself!
Having a Zumba
Instructor teach with their backs facing you
is not desirable nor is it considered proper
in the fitness industry. Some Participates
don't mind or prefer the Instructors backs
facing them, but this type of class is not
personable and can lead to boredom and
sometimes can cause injury to the
Participate. When an Instructor is facing
away from the students, the Instructor
cannot monitor the students and cannot see
if there is a situation among the students
that need immediate attention. If the
studio has mirrors and the Instructor
periodically faces the mirrors (with their
backs toward you) and then faces the class,
that is appropriate. Remember,
the theme of Zumba is "Join the Party".
It is meant to be different from a "normal
cardio class" and meant to "feel like a
party".
Zumba Instructors who say they are
"Certified Zumba Instructors"
To the general public, most people think
that all Zumba Instructors are certified
Fitness Instructors. That information is
completely incorrect. When one attends the
8-hour Zumba workshop, the person is only
granted the right to legally use the Zumba
name and Zumba logo to advertise their
classes. If they opt to become a ZIN Member
(Zumba Instructors Network - The
member pays a $360.00 annual fee), these
Instructor will also have the right to use
the music and choreography that they paid
for and received from ZIN.
The only time a Zumba Instructor is truly
"certified" is IF they are nationally
certified from
organizations such as ACE (American Council
on Exercise) or AFAA (American Fitness
Association of America). There are some
Zumba Instructors that are not ZIN Members.
These Instructors will still be listed at
the official Zumba website.
Help maintain the
integrity and quality of the Zumba® name and
Zumba® classes
Sadly
some people and Fitness Companies are
offering Zumba classes without being
properly trained or authorized. To help
maintain the integrity and quality of
the Zumba name and Zumba classes, the
Officials at Zumba LLC asked that you
help, by "reporting" Instructors or
these Fitness Companies who are teaching
with an expired certificate, teaching
without any certificate, providing
unauthorized training, or misusing the
Zumba name or Logo. Please report
this to
info@zumba.com
These Instructors and Fitness Companies have
been known to use the Zumba<™
name by adding another name to Zumba,
(e.g., Zumba/Latin Dance or
Zumba/Boxing, etc). Please inform Zumba
LLC. This is illegal and those people know
that it is illegal! A Fitness Company has to
state which Instructor is teaching the
"Zumba class" and not use their company name
as "offering the Zumba class". Getting
authorized is an individual task. Unless the
company is part of Zumba LLC, they
cannot falsely advertise that their
company is authorized in Zumba.
You can also check to see if the Instructor
offering Zumba is listed at the
official Zumba website (Please note:
Individual names and not the business
name will be listed. The actual
Instructor who is offering the Zumba class
must be listed at the official website.)
Thank you for your support.
