Zumba Gold Playlist
I teach Zumba Gold twice a week. The only differences between my Zumba and my Zumba Gold classes are:
1) no hip hop or rap in ZG,
2) no jumping & less turns in ZG,
3) more repetitive choreography in ZG (btw, more repetitive does not mean boring!), and
4) my playlists change less often for ZG.
I like to give my Zumba Gold participants more time with songs to get comfortable, and my Zumba Gold participants seems to like to have familiar songs too.
Here is a “master” Zumba Gold playlist of the music I have used in my Zumba Gold classes over the past few months sorted by style. Whether you are a Zumba Gold instructor looking for ideas, or a Zumba Gold participant looking for your favorite music from your class, I hope you enjoy!
Obsesion (Bachata/Warm Up)
Aventura
Pa’ mayte (Calypso/Warm Up)
Zumba Fitness ZIN Mega Mix 15
Matilda, Matilda (International/Warm Up)
Harry Belafonte
Papa Loves Mambo (Mambo/Warm Up)
Perry Como
Volare (Flamenco/Warm Up)
The Gipsy Kings
Asejere (Latin Pop/Warm Up)
Las Ketchup
Hot Hot Hot (Merengue)
Buster Poindexter And His Banshees of Blue
Suavemente (Merengue)
Elvis Crespo
Ça Plan Por Moi (Merengue)
Plastic Bertrand
I Need to Know (Cha Cha)
Zumba Fitness ZIN Volume 25
La Bamba (Salsa)
Ritchie Valens or Los Lobos
Dance the Night Away (Salsa)
The Mavericks
Here Comes My Baby (Salsa)
The Mavericks
Solo Se Vive Una Vez (Rumba Flamenca)
Zumba Fitness Megamix 13
Kiss Kiss (Belly Dance)
Zumba Fitness Megamix 14
Boro Boro (Belly Dance)
Zumba Fitness ZIN 22
Chaiyya Chaiyya (Bollywood)
A.R. Rahman
Mundian To Bach Ke (Bhangra)
Panjabi MC
Jump In The Line (International)
Harry Belafonte
Hava Nagila (International)
Zumba Fitness Zumba Gold Collection
Give Me Hope Joanna (Reggaeton)
Zumba Fitness Zumba Gold Collection
African Beat 2 (African Beats)
Zumba ZIN 22
Waka Waka (African Beats)
Shakira
Baila Esta Cumbia (Cumbia)
Zumba Fitness Mega Mix 14
La Negra Tomasa (Cumbia)
DJ Kane
Mil Horas (Cumbia)
Zumba Fitness ZIN Volume 27
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom (Cumbia)
Selena
Banana Boat Da-O (International/Cool Down)
Harry Belafonte
Take Me Home Country Roads (Reggae/Cool Down)
Toots & the Maytals
Stand By Me (Bachata/Cool Down)
Prince Royce
Zumba: Great Workout, Silly Name
I recently canceled my Snap Fitness 24-7 gym membership to join an independent gym called Fitness Crossroads. For $10/month more, the independent gym provides showers, lockers, towel service, and best of all – group fitness classes!
Being a dancer, I have always loved group fitness classes. I’ve often thought I was born too late and missed my true calling of being a aerobics instructor in the 1980’s. In fact, when asked my dream job, I often respond “aerobics instructor slash dog walker.” (Watch Eric Prydz’s Call On Me Video here. If you haven’t seen it before, it’s racy and nsfw.)
I had been away from the group fitness scene for a few years while I lived in Europe and while I held mini-gym memberships here in the States. After I joined my new gym in March, I soon saw an announcement that they were adding two “Zumba” classes to the group fitness schedule. Zumba? It sounded silly, but I decided to Google it.
The Zumba workout is based on latin rhythms and dance moves. It is like going out to a nightclub dancing, but with the freedom of not caring how you look and getting sweaty in the comfort of your own gym!
I loved Zumba from the very first minute. I was a member of the pom pon squad in high school and the dance team in college. Each song in Zumba is a mini dance routine, much like danceline. The instructor breaks down the moves first and then brings the moves up to speed. The moves are intuitive and easy-to-follow. The main goal is to keep moving.
One thing I especially love about Zumba is that each class participant can increase or decrease intensity according to their comfort level, which makes it suitable for all ages and fitness levels. In fact, many of the participants in my daytime class are 65 and over! I love to see the older men and women smiling, laughing, and dancing up a storm! Zumba Gold was designed specifically for older adults. I hope I am still dancing at age 70!
I highly recommend looking for Zumba classes at your local gym or community center, regardless of the silly name. It is so much fun, it’s like working out without working out! I love Zumba so much, and Zumba is so much fun to me, I am becoming a certified group fitness instructor through ACE (American Council on Exercise) in order to become a certified Zumba instructor.
Ditch the workout, join the party!
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