Booty Shakin’

Hey everyone!

Hope youโ€™re having a great morning ๐Ÿ˜€

I brought my Flip to Zumba last night!! Here we are doing a dance to โ€œMamiโ€ by the Kumbia Kings.

We dance in a racquetball court with paper covering the wall (so the weightlifting dudes canโ€™t see in)- Moody is the only base gym Iโ€™ve been to that doesnโ€™t have an aerobics room! Despite our cozy little room, we have a blasty and a la Tim Gunn, we make it work ๐Ÿ˜€

Enjoy- feel free to dance along!

 

See ya later this afternoon!

xoxo,

Gina

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131 Comments

  1. Heather on January 28, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Hey Gina!

    That looks like so much fun and so freeing! I love the smile on your face. Were people watching and clapping along? I saw you cracking up a bit. [;

    Love that positive energy – it’s contagious!!!

    -Heather

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 7:51 am

      it is SO much fun ๐Ÿ˜€
      yes, a few girls were watching that didn’t want to be in the video, so i told them to stand in the front and make faces at us ๐Ÿ˜‰

  2. Lizzy on January 28, 2010 at 7:49 am

    haha work it girl!!! how fun i want to take one of your zumba classes!

  3. Kailey (SnackFace) on January 28, 2010 at 7:51 am

    OK, your dancing–aka that crump-y move in the middle–means that you need to come out with Muffin and me this weekend. I think we Zumba all night and don’t even realize it. LOVE this video ๐Ÿ™‚ xoxo

  4. Kristin on January 28, 2010 at 7:59 am

    LOVE IT! Mind if I use it in my Zumba clases?

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:29 am

      not at all! that’s what its up for ๐Ÿ˜€

  5. Jessica @ How Sweet It Is on January 28, 2010 at 8:03 am

    So much fun!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg on January 28, 2010 at 8:04 am

    Awww…so cute!!! I love how much fun everyone is having!

  7. Fattie Fatterton on January 28, 2010 at 8:09 am

    What a great routine. And you really make it look easy, but I know it’s not!

  8. Erica on January 28, 2010 at 8:16 am

    So fun! You are just a ball of energy- I love it! Teaching is the best <3

  9. Michelle on January 28, 2010 at 8:27 am

    Love it Gina!!!! That was a cool workout! Please bring more zumba videos or other aerobic videos. Hey, pretty soon you could get a compilation going on and sell them on dvd!!

  10. Nicole on January 28, 2010 at 8:28 am

    You totally rocked that, Gina!!! I wish I could take your class, it looks so much fun!!!

  11. RhodeyGirl on January 28, 2010 at 8:34 am

    I love this video Gina!!!!

  12. Lisa on January 28, 2010 at 8:35 am

    That looks like fun!! That girl in the grey behind you was rockin it! If I hadn’t just powered through my own workout I would have danced along, but I’ve currently got jelly legs, lol ๐Ÿ™‚

  13. Jackie on January 28, 2010 at 8:35 am

    Wow G! I wish I could take one of your classes! they look like so much fun! How long are they usually?

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:29 am

      1 hr ๐Ÿ˜€

  14. RhodeyGirl on January 28, 2010 at 8:36 am

    P.S. You are such an awesome dancer!

  15. Ermi on January 28, 2010 at 8:40 am

    OMG you’re too cute! ๐Ÿ˜€

  16. Liz on January 28, 2010 at 8:40 am

    Yes!!!!! I can’t wait to try this out later ๐Ÿ™‚

  17. Heather (Heather's Dish) on January 28, 2010 at 8:49 am

    AWESOME!!! i love this…so fun ๐Ÿ™‚

  18. Jen on January 28, 2010 at 8:50 am

    Gina – Awesome video! Your students are lucky to have you!

  19. TorontoGirloutWest on January 28, 2010 at 8:53 am

    So that’s the first Zumba I’ve ever seen!!! Not bad!! I always wondered what it was and why people wore strange outfits! lol

    You can definitely tell you’re Hispanic!!! ? And I mean tgat in a really nice way since I am too!!!

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:29 am

      thank you!
      haha, i don’t rock the strange outfits… yet ๐Ÿ˜‰

  20. Marianne on January 28, 2010 at 8:57 am

    You kick butt!! Wish I could move like that. Thanks for sharing that…I am still to chicken to try zumba at my gym (no coordination-you should see me attempt step!!).

  21. Dee on January 28, 2010 at 8:58 am

    Oh my gosh! So much fun! Am dancing in my seat!

  22. Jenny on January 28, 2010 at 9:03 am

    I’ve just started taking zumba classes and it is zeeeee best workout ever. end.of.story. You should totes be an instructor, hot stuff ๐Ÿ™‚

  23. Salah@myhealthiestlifestyle on January 28, 2010 at 9:06 am

    I just did my first Zumba class last week and it was seriously so much fun! I might do a few dances this afternoon just to get my booty shaking!

  24. Lex on January 28, 2010 at 9:07 am

    LOVE it!! Everyone looks like theyr’e having a blast – especially you!!

    I love Zumba and this routine looks like so much fun! ๐Ÿ™‚

  25. Tami on January 28, 2010 at 9:12 am

    love it! you look like you are having SO MUCH FUn

  26. Marcy on January 28, 2010 at 9:13 am

    So cool! Gina, how do people know what move to do next? Is this a dance you have practiced over & over with the group?

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:28 am

      nope, the thing about zumba is the instructor just dances and everyone follows along! each song repeats a few moves over and over, so after a little while, you pick it up ๐Ÿ˜€ some of the girls in the video had never seen or done the dance before!

      • Shelly on January 28, 2010 at 10:28 am

        That’s good to know. And actually, for that reason, I probably wouldn’t take a zumba class. It looks like fun and a great workout but I need clear instructions. I love the video though!

  27. Lauren @ Eater not a runner on January 28, 2010 at 9:15 am

    That looks so fun!

  28. carolinebee on January 28, 2010 at 9:19 am

    OMGGGG you guys are so freakin cuuute, i love zumba!!! You look awesome, ha and georgia in the front is gittiiiin it, woo ๐Ÿ™‚ That is soo great that your class is so full, I know at my gym the class size is directly correlated to how good the teacher is, soooo….yea!!

  29. Laura J. @ Health & Hotness on January 28, 2010 at 9:40 am

    Oh my word I have GOT to find a gym that has Zumba classes! That looks like such a blast. You guys don’t even look like you’re working out- you look like a bunch of girls having a blast at a club, ha. And that to me is the perfect workout ๐Ÿ™‚

    Thank for posting the video!! I’m sure Zumba attendance all over the world just went up ๐Ÿ˜‰ ha

  30. Jenna on January 28, 2010 at 9:44 am

    Great video! You are so into it I love it!!
    Do you do the same moves ech week is that why they know what to do or do they just watch you?!
    Jenna

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:51 am

      they just watch and dance ๐Ÿ™‚
      each song has its own choreography, but we add different songs every class and do some of the same ones

  31. Claudia @...and so I ran on January 28, 2010 at 9:47 am

    I love it!! It looks like so much fun. But I have no coordination… I think I would have a hard time learing the moves

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:51 am

      no way, you could definitely pick it up!

  32. Lindsay on January 28, 2010 at 9:52 am

    cute video! zumba looks like a lot of fun!

  33. Karyn on January 28, 2010 at 9:55 am

    haha awesome video! i think you should take down the paper covering the walls though and show off how awesome y’all are ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 9:56 am

      ahah before we got the paper up, guys in the weight room would just stand there and stare. hilarious.

  34. Neha on January 28, 2010 at 9:57 am

    That is so much fun!! I am going to sign up for classes soon!
    Are the instructors usually that fast? Many girls in the back didn’t seem to be able to keep up, I wonder if it makes it more difficult to get a good workout?

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 10:19 am

      it depends on what kind of instructor you get- some zumba classes i’ve been to are much slower and great for beginners. i tell everyone that if they get lost, to shake something! you’ll still be burning calories ๐Ÿ™‚

  35. Melissa on January 28, 2010 at 10:02 am

    haha that was awesome! I’m so happy you posted it. Always wondered what was involved in zumba..I cant dance but it actually looks like I could do that! THANKS!

  36. Lisa on January 28, 2010 at 10:05 am

    That’s the first time I’ve seen Zumba; looks like a great time! Yawl have it down.

  37. Mandy A on January 28, 2010 at 10:10 am

    How fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are so much fun to watch!

    I think we have done this song in our Zumba class before! ๐Ÿ™‚

  38. Tyler Ramey on January 28, 2010 at 10:25 am

    LOVED the Zumba!!!!! If you do a flip clip of “Bad Romance” it will pretty much complete my life, and I will dedicate a whole blog post to you. Think it over. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    -T

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 10:26 am

      hahah we actually have a zumba dance to bad romance ๐Ÿ™‚
      maybe i will post it.. just because i like you ๐Ÿ˜€

  39. Cara on January 28, 2010 at 11:10 am

    Thats SO RAD!! But how on earth do you guys Zumba in that room?? It is SO tiny!!!

    You need to make a zumba DVD!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  40. grace b on January 28, 2010 at 11:10 am

    Gina that looks so fun! I love that you have all shapes and sizes of people in your class that’s awesome! I need to try some Zumba!!

  41. Katie on January 28, 2010 at 11:13 am

    Love that you posted the zumba!!!! What a great class to take!! So much fun and energy, that is how exercise should be!!!!!

  42. Melissa (MelissaLikesToEat) on January 28, 2010 at 11:19 am

    Thanks for posting the video! I took my first Zumba class last week and thought it was great!!!

  43. Treanna on January 28, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Holy Crap that looks like SO much fun!!!! I youtubed more Zumba classes and I cannot wait to try it! shake ittt!!

  44. Tracey on January 28, 2010 at 11:26 am

    I’ve never taken a Zumba class but it looks like so much fun! I’m going to try and find a class to take here in Chicago.

    Thanks for posting the video!

  45. Jackie (Army Wife) on January 28, 2010 at 11:33 am

    The gym on post doesn’t have an aeorbics room?? When we were stationed in Germany the gyms at the Air Force base were the high tech nice ones. We in the army had the lowly gyms with no aerobics room. Took them 2 years but eventually a new, nicer gym was built. Write the commander and say Military Wives deserve the right to dance!

    • Fitnessista on January 28, 2010 at 11:46 am

      you’re right, usually the aerobics rooms are awesome! they neglected to put one in the moody gym- our spin room is also a racquetball room!
      good idea to write the commander.. maybe i’ll have the girls sign it, too!

  46. Kathleen on January 28, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Holy Hannah, that looks like a blasty! I would totally go to that class all the time! I adore how fun you make working out!!! Thanks for posting the vid!

  47. Barbara(Blood,Sweat and Heels) on January 28, 2010 at 11:50 am

    Sold American. I have never been to a Zumba class but 24 hour offers it AND I love to dance. Thhat dioesn’t look like a workout per say but a dance off! Bring it:)

    you sold me..i plan to Zumba sunday.

    By the way….Gina can bust a move:)

    B

  48. Mary on January 28, 2010 at 11:50 am

    Looks like so much fun!

  49. Fallon on January 28, 2010 at 11:59 am

    Wow I was NEVER coordinated to do that class but everyone looks great. Definitely a lot of fun for a workout!

  50. Karen Bolina on January 28, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    Love Zumba. ๐Ÿ™‚ And loved your video; too fun! I have a friend who’s moving to Moody this summer. I’ll be sure to tell her to take your class! And her hubby is the new MSG/CC; maybe she’ll have some influence over building a new aerobics room for ya. ๐Ÿ˜›

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