History of Zumba
Celebrity fitness trainer, "Beto" Perez, stumbled upon the concept of Latin inspired fitness in his native country of Colombia (South America) in the mid 1990's. One day, he walked into his class and realized that he had forgotten his aerobics music, and his only option was to grab whatever tapes he had in his car. Beto's tapes were comprised
of the songs that he
loved, the traditional Latin
salsa and merengue music with which he had been raised.
It was a challenge to improvise a whole class on the spot using non-traditional aerobics music. Beto rose to the challenge and from his creativeness was born a revolutionary fitness program - Zumba®! The class soon became the most popular class at his fitness facility.