As we all know, I am not a graceful person. And yet I still for some reason think I am. I watch shows like Dancing with the Stars and think, I want to do that. Assuming somehow I will magically obtain grace and rhythm. Right before my ankle injury two years ago I was all set to take Latin dance classes at a dance studio. Bad ankle and dancing did not mix and so that never happened. A while back my gym started offering Zumba class. It's a Latin dance based cardio class. I thought, what the heck. If ever there was a weekly reminder that I am a white chic with absolutely no rhythm, this is my class. But I love it so. I'm too busy being lost to realize that an hour has gone by and I have burned 700 plus calories to boot. The class has a range of people in it, all shapes and sizes. It is fairly low impact so us fatties and the elderly can do it to...just go at your own pace. Most of us don't really look like we know what we are doing. I mean, sure, you learn the routine and you can do … [Read more...]