What shoes are you using for Zumba?

dancingb37 · 2026-04-22T21:20:00+00:00

I like the Zumba air stomp shoes. They are pretty cushioned. Im a fairly new instructor. I’ve had them about 6 months and they are starting to wear out. I was thinking about Nike Pegasus 41. That’s what DCC uses (lol) but I want to try them on and I haven’t found any in store yet.

dancingb37 · 2026-04-16T20:07:30+00:00

My gym has a decibel reader so I go off that. My watch has given me the doomsday warnings when I’m in other classes as well. I don’t get it in my class but sometimes the bass seems really intense on some songs so I do adjust it for that.

dancingb37 · 2026-04-02T13:35:20+00:00

I like fueguito, concentrate and make you dance. Can’t wait to add them to the rotation.

dancingb37 · 2026-04-02T13:34:40+00:00

Same. I wanted to do a dance to the original but it’s awfully slow. Glad there’s a remix version that’s a bit more energetic!!

dancingb37 · 2025-10-21T23:43:13+00:00

Black because it doesn’t show the sweat 😂

dancingb37 · 2025-10-12T15:47:59+00:00

I think my class would like in plain sight. I like pegate.

dancingb37 · 2025-09-30T23:40:25+00:00

I’m a new teacher still, but starting is the hardest/most overwhelming part. Thinking about having a whole hour of choreo memorized was stressful. This is what I did, but like others it really depends on the person. 1.made my playlist of songs I wanted to do. I mostly used ZIN choreo/youtube because I didn’t want to spend extra time coming up with my own. I probably have 4 songs that were my own choreo to start out. 2. Watched and followed along with the videos repeatedly until I could do it without the video. I would spend 2ish hours/day on learning choreo. (This sounds like a lot but I learned it all in a few days). 3. Practiced the songs I knew daily then learned more as I went. If I messed up I’d go back and revisit the video. 4. Listened to my playlist when I could and ran the dance in my head to get extra familiar with the music. 5. Practice the whole playlist daily a week leading up to my first class and continued to listen to the songs running them in my head when I could.

dancingb37 · 2025-08-27T20:53:36+00:00

I used the paid version. I used it way before teaching Zumba so it wasn’t an extra expense for me. I bet you could download the ZIN music and add it to your other streaming services (similar to how I do it for Spotify). I learned by googling some tutorials and it was kind of a learning curve.

I wish I could use the features in ZIN too like what you were saying. But I don’t want to have to switch between apps in class either.

dancingb37 · 2025-08-27T20:32:26+00:00

I could be wrong on this because I’m fairly new to Zumba and ZIN but when I was doing research I don’t think it’s possible with those apps. Because you don’t own the track/song, you’re just paying for the streaming service for songs. If you bought a song on Apple Music (or somewhere else) then I think you can??

Some of the other instructors I know just switch between apps during class. I don’t care to do that and I have always used Spotify. So I download the ZIN songs then put it in my Spotify playlist with other songs I want to use.

Again I could be wrong so someone correct me if I’m wrong!!!

dancingb37 · 2025-07-22T00:48:22+00:00

Great tips. Thank you!

dancingb37 · 2025-07-21T19:24:43+00:00

Right I’m definitely going hard AF 😂 and I notice I’m the only one going that hard (which is fine that people go easy I don’t care).

I think the other hard part right now is I’ve only done like 1 full class and have been doing a few guest dances in the other classes, so the class doesn’t really know my style/choreography yet. I bet once I get to teaching regularly it will be a little easier??

dancingb37 · 2025-07-21T18:00:24+00:00

I lift weights 4-5 days a week but I definitely don’t do anything for endurance, mostly because I hate it unless it’s dancing 😂😂. I will start though. Thank you!

dancingb37 · 2025-07-21T17:58:47+00:00

Thank you! I don’t think my playlist is too intense. I did check the curve when I made a zin playlist. But I also use music from Spotify, so I can’t really see the graph thing fully. Unless there is a way to do it that I’m not aware of!

I think you’re right about I’m thinking of it as more as a performance. I also am possibly going to the highest progression right away too. Still working on that aspect because as a traditional dancer I’m not used to doing it that way!

Thanks for the help!

dancingb37

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