Strong Full-Body Workout DVD

The STRONG by Zumba High-Intensity Cardio and Tone 60-minute workout is not your typical dance class or bootcamp. Instead, it's a revolutionary exercise routine where every move is perfectly synchronized to the beat of the music. By using only your bodyweight, you'll transform your body as muscle conditioning, cardio, and plyometric exercises help you burn calories and tone your abs, arms, legs, and glutes.

In the STRONG by Zumba live classes, the focus is on training to the beat, not counting reps. The routines combine bodyweight exercises, muscle conditioning, cardio, and plyometric training moves that are meticulously matched to original music. Every squat, lunge, and burpee is driven by the music, pushing you to complete each exercise and maybe even go for a few more. During a one-hour class, you'll burn calories while toning your arms, legs, abs, and glutes. Plyometric or explosive moves like high knees, burpees, and jumping jacks are alternated with isometric exercises like lunges, squats, and kickboxing.

The STRONG by Zumba instructors frequently change up the music and moves to ensure you're always challenged to the max. And the science backs up the effectiveness of this workout. Studies have shown that exercising to perfectly synchronized music and movements can push you to burn more calories during the class. Furthermore, the afterburn effect (your body continuing to torch almost 50% more calories post-class) has been scientifically proven to lead to incredible results.*

Consistently completing STRONG by Zumba workouts at least three times a week for 12 weeks, coupled with a sensible diet, can result in a leaner, more toned body with inches lost from the waist, abs, hips, thighs, and calves.*** This high-intensity workout isn't just a dance DVD; it's a revolutionary full-body workout where the music is the ultimate motivator, making the experience more fun and pushing you to finish each exercise.

The STRONG by Zumba DVD offers a 60-minute intense workout and a bonus 20-minute routine, providing a comprehensive full-body workout that combines cardio fitness and muscle toning to help you burn more calories. Whether you choose to attend live classes or use the exercise DVD, the STRONG by Zumba program is designed to help you achieve your fitness goals while keeping you motivated and energized through the power of music.

Forget what you can't do, because with STRONG Nation, you can. Let the music be your motivator and start training to the beat.

• Eight healthy men and women participated in the indirect measurement of caloric expenditure during STRONG by Zumba classes with and without music through the use of a metabolic cart which analyzes continuous breath-by-breath VO2 and VCO2. The results were analyzed using paired T tests. Participants burned an average of 438 calories in a STRONG by Zumba class with music and an average of 390 calories in a STRONG by Zumba class without music. Participants burned on average 48 calories more with music in a STRONG by Zumba class than without. The highest caloric count a participant burned was 680 calories.

** Eight healthy men and women participated in Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC) to determine their post-workout caloric expenditure. Participants burned an average of 75 calories in the 40 minutes after the STRONG by Zumba class, which is almost twice the calories burned at rest. It is noted that 40 minutes post-workout, a participant's body goes back to homeostasis - a resting state.

*** Twenty-three healthy study participants (20 females, 3 males) attended 60-minute STRONG by Zumba classes 3 times per week for a period of 12-weeks and ate a sensible diet. On average, the participants lost 1.39 inches in the waist, 1.88 inches in the abs, 1.67 inches in the hip, 1.68 inches in the mid-thigh, and 0.23 inches in the calves.

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