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AlaskaAngel · 08-02-2009, 08:47 AM

Hi Susans and Colleen. Sounds like fun! I've never heard of Zumba before. It sounds commercialized, but I don't want to discount it as an alternative therapy just because the creator makes money off of it..... although if the creator was able to successfully put it together using just some music on the spur of the moment, does it really require putting the $ out to be able to do it?

One doesn't necessarily have to choose the most uncomfortable, boring, and annoying ways to get some exercise to get the benefits. I do like to dance, and have the privacy here to do it no matter how silly a 58-year-old with a floppy anatomy might look doing it in comparison to those selected to do it on a DVD. I couldn't have done anything that coordinated at the time I finished treatment, with all the unfamiliar weight I was carrying around and the weakened muscles, but I've worked my way out of that since then bit by bit. It has to be a little bit challenging physically if it actually has much benefit.

I'd like to see it if there is a news link to it, too.

A.A.

08-02-2009, 08:47 AM	#4
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: Pittsburgh Today Show Live Hi Susans and Colleen. Sounds like fun! I've never heard of Zumba before. It sounds commercialized, but I don't want to discount it as an alternative therapy just because the creator makes money off of it..... although if the creator was able to successfully put it together using just some music on the spur of the moment, does it really require putting the $ out to be able to do it? One doesn't necessarily have to choose the most uncomfortable, boring, and annoying ways to get some exercise to get the benefits. I do like to dance, and have the privacy here to do it no matter how silly a 58-year-old with a floppy anatomy might look doing it in comparison to those selected to do it on a DVD. I couldn't have done anything that coordinated at the time I finished treatment, with all the unfamiliar weight I was carrying around and the weakened muscles, but I've worked my way out of that since then bit by bit. It has to be a little bit challenging physically if it actually has much benefit. I'd like to see it if there is a news link to it, too. A.A.