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Monday, February 27, 2012
Zumba Bracelets!
New ZUMBA BRACELETS are in stock now at ZUMBA.COM. You can't beat the price anywhere., get yours using the link below for 10 percent off! New Jingle Bracelets coming soon!
Important Announcement
Friday, February 24, 2012
New Class Pricing
New Class Price List
You can use your card however or for whomever you want once you've purchased it. Bring a friend or share with your daughters or sisters. Your call, Your card. Enjoy!
You can use your card however or for whomever you want once you've purchased it. Bring a friend or share with your daughters or sisters. Your call, Your card. Enjoy!
Drop in $10
5 classes - $40.00
($8.00 dollars per class)
10 classes- $60.00
($6.00 dollars per class)
20 classes- $100.00
($5.00 per class)
| *You may purchase using cash or credit card in class. There is a small fee for credit card purchases. |
Monday, February 20, 2012
Get your Monday night dose of Zumba!
See you tonight at One For All Dance at 7pm for your Monday night dose of Zumba. Let's burn it up!
(9691-L Gerwig Lane Columbia Md 21036)
Thursday, February 16, 2012
I love Zumbathons
I have to loose 20 pounds and then some!
Here is a link to a great article to read for more information about exercise and loosing weight.
Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Important Announcement
I wanted to let everyone know that temporarily Friday night classes will be canceled until further notice. Also note that the new Saturday location takes effect immediately, starting this coming Saturday 2/18/12. Please share this information. The new studio is a Beut and I look forward to seeing you all there. Remember to bring your workout shoes in with clean soles.The dancefloor is brand new and we want to take care of it. Ok See you on the dance floor and take care!
Mondays @ 7-8pm
One For All Dance
9691-LGerwig Lane
Columbia MD 21046
Tuesdays @ 6-7pm
Studio Gemini
10800 Rhode Island Ave Ste E
Beltsville MD 20706
Saturdays @ 10-11am
One For All Dance
9691-LGerwig Lane
Columbia MD 21046
All class drop in rates are $10.00
(buy 5 classes get 1 free) Class Punch Cards $40.00
(This promotion ends in February)
Monday, February 13, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Zumba? Me? I'm an Awful Dancer!
Why you don't need dancing skills (at all!) to fall in love with Zumba.
Zumba, one of the hottest group fitness classes of 2012, uses Latin dance moves to burn off the calories as you burn up the floor. But if it's so fun and such a great workout, why don't more people try it? "I can't dance!" is the most common barrier to class entry. Nobody wants to be the only "flail-er" in the room. But you don't have to be a dance pro—or even to have danced before at all—to enjoy this fun class.
Here, two readers share how they found their "Latin hips" and got a great sweat, proving that you don't have to be a dancer to fall in love with Zumba.
"I’ve always loved dancing but I'm horrible at it!" says Cassie Simonton, a mom of three. "I thought Zumba classes might help me because I would have someone teaching me how to dance and yet everyone would be concentrating on the teacher and be too busy to notice me and my awkwardness!" She adds, "I was excited to try it out but wouldn't dare go by myself! I had to have a friend to laugh with me."
Enter Anna Raway, a mom of three and Simonton's best friend. "I did ballet as a kid but I've never considered myself a dancer. I was nervous to try Zumba because my moves were more Dancing in the Dark than Dancing With the Stars. I am also not a size 6, and seeing all of the skinny girls who really knew what they're doing was very intimidating."
Despite their fears, the friends quickly got hooked. "My favorite part is when I actually master a dance step," Simonton says. "Now, by the end of the song I usually have it. I keep going because who doesn't love a good dance party? And you can't help but dance with the music they play. It's just a bonus that it's such great exercise!"
Raway agrees, "I knew that traditional exercise would not be something that would hold my attention, so I wanted to try an exercise that doesn't feel exercise-y. Zumba is so fun! I shake it for an hour to awesome tunes and I call it exercise. I love dancing (even if I look ridiculous!) to upbeat music!"
So, how do the two women who were sure they couldn't dance feel about their moves? "I'm a wannabe dancer," answers Simonton. "But Zumba lets me feel like Beyonce for an hour and I love it."
"We've been known to whip out moves from Zumba on the dance floor at the club too," Raway adds with a grin. "Super sexy!"
"I’ve always loved dancing but I'm horrible at it!" says Cassie Simonton, a mom of three. "I thought Zumba classes might help me because I would have someone teaching me how to dance and yet everyone would be concentrating on the teacher and be too busy to notice me and my awkwardness!" She adds, "I was excited to try it out but wouldn't dare go by myself! I had to have a friend to laugh with me."
Enter Anna Raway, a mom of three and Simonton's best friend. "I did ballet as a kid but I've never considered myself a dancer. I was nervous to try Zumba because my moves were more Dancing in the Dark than Dancing With the Stars. I am also not a size 6, and seeing all of the skinny girls who really knew what they're doing was very intimidating."
Despite their fears, the friends quickly got hooked. "My favorite part is when I actually master a dance step," Simonton says. "Now, by the end of the song I usually have it. I keep going because who doesn't love a good dance party? And you can't help but dance with the music they play. It's just a bonus that it's such great exercise!"
Raway agrees, "I knew that traditional exercise would not be something that would hold my attention, so I wanted to try an exercise that doesn't feel exercise-y. Zumba is so fun! I shake it for an hour to awesome tunes and I call it exercise. I love dancing (even if I look ridiculous!) to upbeat music!"
So, how do the two women who were sure they couldn't dance feel about their moves? "I'm a wannabe dancer," answers Simonton. "But Zumba lets me feel like Beyonce for an hour and I love it."
"We've been known to whip out moves from Zumba on the dance floor at the club too," Raway adds with a grin. "Super sexy!"
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
5 Ways to Burn More Calories in Zumba Fitness Classes - Shape Magazine
5 Ways to Burn More Fat in Zumba Class
Master Zumba instructor Staci Boyer's top tips to maximize your workout.
By Jessica Smith
Zumba? Me? I'm an Awful Dancer!
Love Zumba? You're not alone! The Zumba program has helped melt the pounds and inches off 12 million Zumba-enthusiasts in 125 countries, according to the Zumba Fitness website. The Latin-dance inspired workout features fast and slow rhythms which, when combined, successfully tone and sculpt the body and burn fat.
We caught up with master Zumba instructor Staci Boyer to get her top tips for burning even more calories (and having even more fun) during your favorite Zumba class:
1. Let Loose
Zumba is all about having fun, and joining the party, which is hard to do if you're stiff or self-conscious! The best way to burn more calories in class is to let go, have fun, and try not to think too much. "Letting yourself go will let the calories go!” Boyer says.
2. Maximize Your Arm Movement
During the moves, be sure to fully extend your arms, Boyer says. You’ll boost your calorie burn and engage more muscles by maximizing your arm movements during class. "It's not that tricky and you can do a lot for your body by lengthening, raising, and extending with oomph."
3. Move Up and Down More
“When your instructor takes you though a level change try and do it," Boyer says. All that up and down movement will not only boost your burn, it will also get your glutes, hips, and thigh muscles firing even more. “Sit into your moves, bend your knees, and go up and down and all around as much as you can—level changes burn calories!"
4. Work Your Booty
"There is always a lot of booty shaking in Zumba!" Boyer says. "Just shake it—and shake it good (to best do this, see tip #1)." Boyer recommends pressing through your heels whenever you can to maximize the move’s booty shaping benefits.
5. Rock the Moves You Know
So maybe you don’t have every move mastered yet, that's OK! You can still get a great workout as long as you rock the moves you’ve got! "Always accentuate the moves that you are actually comfortable with," Boyer says. “Make the most out of that shimmy you love, or the salsa step you have mastered. Feel confident in adding your own flair to the movement. If you know it, show it!"
Master Zumba instructor Staci Boyer's top tips to maximize your workout.
By Jessica Smith
Zumba? Me? I'm an Awful Dancer!
Love Zumba? You're not alone! The Zumba program has helped melt the pounds and inches off 12 million Zumba-enthusiasts in 125 countries, according to the Zumba Fitness website. The Latin-dance inspired workout features fast and slow rhythms which, when combined, successfully tone and sculpt the body and burn fat.
We caught up with master Zumba instructor Staci Boyer to get her top tips for burning even more calories (and having even more fun) during your favorite Zumba class:
1. Let Loose
Zumba is all about having fun, and joining the party, which is hard to do if you're stiff or self-conscious! The best way to burn more calories in class is to let go, have fun, and try not to think too much. "Letting yourself go will let the calories go!” Boyer says.
2. Maximize Your Arm Movement
During the moves, be sure to fully extend your arms, Boyer says. You’ll boost your calorie burn and engage more muscles by maximizing your arm movements during class. "It's not that tricky and you can do a lot for your body by lengthening, raising, and extending with oomph."
3. Move Up and Down More
“When your instructor takes you though a level change try and do it," Boyer says. All that up and down movement will not only boost your burn, it will also get your glutes, hips, and thigh muscles firing even more. “Sit into your moves, bend your knees, and go up and down and all around as much as you can—level changes burn calories!"
4. Work Your Booty
"There is always a lot of booty shaking in Zumba!" Boyer says. "Just shake it—and shake it good (to best do this, see tip #1)." Boyer recommends pressing through your heels whenever you can to maximize the move’s booty shaping benefits.
5. Rock the Moves You Know
So maybe you don’t have every move mastered yet, that's OK! You can still get a great workout as long as you rock the moves you’ve got! "Always accentuate the moves that you are actually comfortable with," Boyer says. “Make the most out of that shimmy you love, or the salsa step you have mastered. Feel confident in adding your own flair to the movement. If you know it, show it!"
Monday, February 6, 2012
So I have a cold! Let's see what Grandmas around the world have to say!
Not the greatest timing to get sick. I am starting my 4 day instructing week and I am sick. Boo Hoo. It hit me before my first Friday night class, so I have been trying to sweat it off.Taking lots of Vitamin D and garlic and drinking lots of fluids as well. I won't let a little cold stop me. Studies do show that the more active you are the less likely you are to get sick. More reason to up my one day a week workout to 4 days a week.
Here are 7 cold and flu remedies from around the world. Benefit from the wisdom of moms and grandmas all over the world with these home remedies for cold and flu symptoms Enjoy!
Most of us remember our parents or grandparents administering home remedies for cold and flu symptoms when we were kids—maybe it was tea with lemon or sitting in a steamy bathroom. As an adult, you probably still call on those tried-and-true treatments for comfort when a stuffy nose and sore throat are making you miserable. Perhaps you’re even wondering what other cultures do when the sniffles hit home. If so, read on for a sampling of cold and flu relief tips from around the world.
Grill umeboshi (pickled plum) until it’s burnt, pour very hot green tea over it, then drink to reduce a fever, says Reiko Kuroda, a Japanese ex-pat living in Boston. Other home remedies for cold symptoms that she swears by: Grating lots of ginger, adding lemon and honey and dousing it with hot water, then drinking it to clear up a stuffed nose. For a sore throat, “add minced Japanese leek and minced ginger to miso paste. Pour hot water into the mixture and drink it,” she says, adding that the miso is to make it palatable rather than for therapeutic benefit.
A Crow medicine woman recounts this Native American natural remedy for the common cold to medical anthropologist John Heinerman in his book, Folk Remedies from Around the World: Add two tablespoons of chickweed herb and mullein leaves to a quart of boiling water. Stir, and steep for 30 minutes. Drink warm, one cup every three hours. Rest the entire day, and you’ll feel better the next.
Graeme Dunn, who grew up by the sea in Prestwick, Ayshire, says, “Hot Rum and Pep—rum and peppermint—are a seaman’s cure for colds. My grandfather was a Royal Marine and that’s what they were given on the ships.” Other Scottish cold cures include drinking nettle tea and going for a walk to get sea air.. “Not mountain air, not any kind of air. Has to be sea air. If I was congested, I'd be unblocked right away. Maybe it has something to do with the salt in the spray,” he suggests.
Ivana Miletic, whose family is from Belgrade, Serbia, says her mom makes a caramel drink to relieve cough and bronchitis by “slowly melting three tablespoons of sugar. Once melted and the colour of caramel add a cup of milk; keep on low heat, stirring continuously until it becomes a smooth drink. Drink it as hot as you can handle,” she describes. Miletic's says her mom also recommends Serbian tea to treat the common cold and chills. “Slowly melt two to three teaspoons of sugar; add a few drops of water, a cup of plum brandy; once melted drink it hot,” she says.
“Stinky things” clear the nostrils, according to the Tayrona tribe who live in highlands of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northwest Colombia. In his book Folk Remedies From Around the World, Heinerman recalls seeing a tribe member clear his stuffy nose by taking regular whiffs of a sachet containing a pungent mix of crushed garlic, broken bay leaves and coarsely ground nutmeg.
A practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) might prescribea the herb astragalus by tincture, pill or even injection to boost your immune system and reduce cold symptoms. If you grew up in a Chinese household, you are probably familiar with pak fah yeow, which literally translates as "White Flower Oil." It’s a brand of clear oil that is China’s version of Vick’s VapoRub. Composed of wintergreen, camphor, menthol, eucalyptus, lavender and peppermint oils, it’s commonly rubbed on backs and chests to relieve chest congestion and cough and under noses to relieve stuffiness.
Any remedies you would like to share? Please comment. I need all the help I can get!
By Helen Racanelli
Here are 7 cold and flu remedies from around the world. Benefit from the wisdom of moms and grandmas all over the world with these home remedies for cold and flu symptoms Enjoy!
Home remedies are universal
Most of us remember our parents or grandparents administering home remedies for cold and flu symptoms when we were kids—maybe it was tea with lemon or sitting in a steamy bathroom. As an adult, you probably still call on those tried-and-true treatments for comfort when a stuffy nose and sore throat are making you miserable. Perhaps you’re even wondering what other cultures do when the sniffles hit home. If so, read on for a sampling of cold and flu relief tips from around the world.
1. Japan
Grill umeboshi (pickled plum) until it’s burnt, pour very hot green tea over it, then drink to reduce a fever, says Reiko Kuroda, a Japanese ex-pat living in Boston. Other home remedies for cold symptoms that she swears by: Grating lots of ginger, adding lemon and honey and dousing it with hot water, then drinking it to clear up a stuffed nose. For a sore throat, “add minced Japanese leek and minced ginger to miso paste. Pour hot water into the mixture and drink it,” she says, adding that the miso is to make it palatable rather than for therapeutic benefit.
2. South Africa
“My grandmother claimed garlic was like a natural antibiotic especially for upper respiratory infections and illnesses,” says Montreal-based Nilanie Moodley Fletcher who hails from Durban, South Africa. “She would grind fresh garlic and add [it] to soups to create a cold tonic,” she recalls. Other tricks from her grandmother include inhaling a mixture of turmeric and boiled water to clear up nasal congestion, and for coughs she administered a potent cough syrup of half black pepper and half honey. “It actually does work,” Nilanie says.
3. North America
A Crow medicine woman recounts this Native American natural remedy for the common cold to medical anthropologist John Heinerman in his book, Folk Remedies from Around the World: Add two tablespoons of chickweed herb and mullein leaves to a quart of boiling water. Stir, and steep for 30 minutes. Drink warm, one cup every three hours. Rest the entire day, and you’ll feel better the next.
4. Scotland
Graeme Dunn, who grew up by the sea in Prestwick, Ayshire, says, “Hot Rum and Pep—rum and peppermint—are a seaman’s cure for colds. My grandfather was a Royal Marine and that’s what they were given on the ships.” Other Scottish cold cures include drinking nettle tea and going for a walk to get sea air.. “Not mountain air, not any kind of air. Has to be sea air. If I was congested, I'd be unblocked right away. Maybe it has something to do with the salt in the spray,” he suggests.
5. Serbia
Ivana Miletic, whose family is from Belgrade, Serbia, says her mom makes a caramel drink to relieve cough and bronchitis by “slowly melting three tablespoons of sugar. Once melted and the colour of caramel add a cup of milk; keep on low heat, stirring continuously until it becomes a smooth drink. Drink it as hot as you can handle,” she describes. Miletic's says her mom also recommends Serbian tea to treat the common cold and chills. “Slowly melt two to three teaspoons of sugar; add a few drops of water, a cup of plum brandy; once melted drink it hot,” she says.
6. Colombia
“Stinky things” clear the nostrils, according to the Tayrona tribe who live in highlands of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northwest Colombia. In his book Folk Remedies From Around the World, Heinerman recalls seeing a tribe member clear his stuffy nose by taking regular whiffs of a sachet containing a pungent mix of crushed garlic, broken bay leaves and coarsely ground nutmeg.
7. China
A practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) might prescribea the herb astragalus by tincture, pill or even injection to boost your immune system and reduce cold symptoms. If you grew up in a Chinese household, you are probably familiar with pak fah yeow, which literally translates as "White Flower Oil." It’s a brand of clear oil that is China’s version of Vick’s VapoRub. Composed of wintergreen, camphor, menthol, eucalyptus, lavender and peppermint oils, it’s commonly rubbed on backs and chests to relieve chest congestion and cough and under noses to relieve stuffiness.
Any remedies you would like to share? Please comment. I need all the help I can get!
By Helen Racanelli
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