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The typical land-based Zumba dance steps,<br />
including the cha-cha, merengue, salsa, reggaeton<br />
and mambo, need to be more exaggerated and<br />
slower in the water, so the water tempo is half the<br />
land tempo.<br />
“No one knows if you miss a step because you are<br />
in the water,” Tracy says. “There’s no pressure to<br />
perform moves exactly right and you can go at your<br />
own pace.”<br />
Tracy has been taking Aqua Zumba classes at<br />
William Shore Memorial Pool since October and<br />
credits the calorie-burning routines for her recent<br />
weight loss.<br />
“Aqua Zumba classes combined with Weight<br />
Watchers helped me lose almost 40 pounds,” she<br />
says. “The water classes are easier on my joints, but<br />
I really get a workout thanks to the water resistance.<br />
You are working hard, but you don’t have to<br />
sweat it out. It’s easy on my joints and classes are<br />
incredibly fun and motivating.”<br />
Eighty to 90 percent of your body weight is displaced<br />
in the water when the water is at your chest<br />
level creating less impact than land Zumba moves.<br />
“Yet your body works four times harder than on<br />
land,” Becky says.<br />
“You are dealing with the resistance of the water<br />
rather than gravity. For even more resistance, perform<br />
Aqua Zumba standing with the water at your<br />
collarbone level instead of at your chest.”<br />
Aqua Zumba classes in Port Angeles are an hour<br />
long. In Sequim, classes last 45 minutes.<br />
Mountain View Swimming Pool in Port Townsend<br />
hopes to be able to offer classes soon.<br />
“You will definitely get a workout,” Becky says.<br />
“Come join in the fun. Aqua Zumba is addictive<br />
and we have so much fun that you barely notice<br />
that you are really working hard.”<br />
— STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRENDA HANRAHAN<br />
finding classes |<br />
AQUA ZUMBA<br />
• Sequim Aquatic<br />
Recreation Center,<br />
610 N. Fifth Ave. in Sequim<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays:<br />
10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.<br />
For class fee and other<br />
information: 360-683-3344<br />
or www.sarcfitness.com<br />
• William Shore Memorial<br />
Pool, 225 E. Fifth St.<br />
in Port Angeles<br />
Mondays and Wednesdays:<br />
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays:<br />
6:15 a.m. – 7:15 a.m.<br />
For class fee and other<br />
information:<br />
360-417-9767 or www.<br />
williamshorepool.org<br />
• Mountain View<br />
Swimming Pool, 919<br />
Blaine St. in Port Townsend,<br />
hopes to offer classes soon.<br />
Phone 360-385-7665<br />
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Tracy Smith, foreground, has been taking Aqua Zumba classes at William<br />
Shore Memorial Pool since October and credits the calorie-burning routines<br />
combined with Weight Watchers for helping her lose almost 40 pounds.<br />
She calls the classes, which include dance steps like the cha-cha,<br />
merengue, salsa, reggaeton and mambo, incredibly fun and motivating.<br />
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