The second I walked into my local Zumba class for the first time, I felt a twinge of embarrassment — I was the youngest person there by decades. Did I really belong? Part of that resentment comes from ...

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Twenty-five years ago, a single fitness class changed everything. Today, Zumba® is the world's largest dance-fitness brand ...

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Zumba has a vast global following, with an estimated 15 million participants in its dance workouts. Unlike other fitness companies, Zumba makes its money through instructor training and licensing.

Zumba has become a global phenomenon since it launched in 2001, so much so that there are now only ten countries in the world where you can't take a class. Now the creators of the Latin-inspired dance ...