Zumba: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party! The Zumba Weight Loss Program

This book is full of information on why you should and should not eat certain foods. You'll learn which foods give you a flatter stomach, which foods will help in the thigh area and what to eat if you want more energy as well as nutrition for organ health. The 5 day diet changed my eating habits for life. The diets are easy and the entire family can enjoy the meals without even knowing they are on a diet. I purchased this book in order to also get the included DVD but unfortunately the DVD wasn't included, but the seller took responsibility for that.

I agree with the other one-star ratings above. One of my coworkers and I each purchased the book and were disappointed in the instructional DVD. We both expected to see "sixty minutes' worth of music to help you dance your way to the perfect body," like was mentioned on the inside cover. What we received was a DVD with a few instructional moves and then some music without the moves or instructions, just music. On Page 132 states, "In this chapter and on the DVD, you will find three twenty-minute Zumba workouts. You can perform them consecutively to create an hour-long workout. Or if you are tight on time, or new to Zumba and want to pick up the basics, you can do one of the two-minute workouts by itself." The DVD did not include three twenty-minute Zumba workouts, only short instructional moves, without any instructions on how to put the few moves together into a complete workout. We both felt that we had been "ripped off" in purchasing the book and DVD, since the DVD did not include what the book jacket and book contents promised. I contacted the author and publishing company and received the immediate reply they would be back in touch with me. That was a month ago; I have heard nothing further.

Let me start by saying Im writing this review under my husbands account. I have been a Zumba lover for 9+ months now. I plan to actually become an instructor. My body has changed a LOT since I started taking these classes but I needed something more to push myself to get the stomach I really want. I had tried weight watchers and I dislike their new plan, I tried protein shake diets, didnt enjoy them. SO I was on the lookout for REAL food & REAL results! AND I found it in this book. I have been on the 5 day jumpstart part of the diet and already have seen an amazing change in my body/stomach. I dont think it will take me long to get where I want to be and still only lose 1-2 pounds a week as a healthy diet should. I highly recommend this diet to someone who needs a practical, easy to understand and stick to diet. Note: I was about 10 pounds from my weight loss goal at the beginning of this diet. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Zumba and now the Zumba Diet!!!

After reading the other reviews, I decided to order this item. The story of how Zumba came to be was very interesting. If you are the type of person who can learn from a book, the dance step diagrams will work for you. There are three Zumba routines in the book. The idea is to learn the steps, memorize the routine and timing, then follow along with the DVD. However, the DVD is basically a music CD with a huge timer, no instructor and no indication of what step you are supposed to be doing. I found an error right away: the first song on the DVD, a merengue, does not have a corresponding routine in the book. I emailed [...] to let them know and asked if they could provide the routine. After 6 days I have not heard from them. Overall, I really love the music and have learned the steps enough to do my own routine to the DVD. My health club only offers one Zumba class per week. The book/DVD allows me to practice and enjoy Zumba more often.

It stays right here on the bed with me so it’s the first thing I grab to read in the morning. When I wake up it’s waiting for me. It tells you everything and gives you honest dialogue. It’s-a very encouraging book.. I had got it from the library and loved it so much I had to order my own. Thank you so much!! And my dvd looks brand new also!

I confess, I bought this book. To be fair, I only bought it in a last ditch effort to save my order. I had cancelled one book from my order and had to find something else to replace it immediately or else lose entire order, per Amazon customer service. So here I am. This book opens with a chapter about how zumba came about, then follows with an explanation / history of merengue, salsa, cumbia, etc. Next comes a how-to section on doing the moves and lists of music and steps that correspond to do with time markers. Finally, a chapter about fat fighting foods and recipes. In an orange envelope at the back of the book is a DVD. Is it a DVD that will open you up to the mysteries of Zumba footwork? Well, no. It will barely scratch the surface. It will only teach you a few steps. Then the screen goes gray, with a big timer in the corner. You, my dear reader, open your book to the section with the song list and steps corresponding to time markers. Then you match up the song and the steps to the timer of the particular song you have chosen. Too bad there isn't an instructional sheet that tells you a) how to carry said book and read it, while b) glancing at TV screen to make sure you are doing the steps at the right time as the timer on the screen and c) how to do salsa/merengue/cumbia/whathave you while holding book and reading. If you, as I do, go to Zumba class already, then the above reading/dancing/timing thing isn't so impossible but have an answer prepared for the inevitable question from your significant other, "what the hell are you doing?" If you, my dear Zumba-deprived friend, do not already take a Zumba class and think you can learn to dance by reading, I say to you, "Really?" and then I'm going to encourage you to leave your home and take a Zumba class. Or buy the videos. Or the Zumba for Nintendo Wii. All of which are better than this book.

Ho avuto il piacere di seguire una lezione proprio dall'inventore della Zumba, ginnastica che mi piace tanto... E tutto ciò a un piccolo prezzo...

Ok, most of the negative feedback on here is from people who did not read the description (or maybe it was changed later?). This is a BOOK. Not a DVD with workouts! The book - even though it may be a bit cheesy, has A LOT of info in it if you are looking to learn the basic steps of Zumba and you are trying to figure out what works for what. The meal plans / diet info in there is the best I have ever come across in relations to healthy eating and weight loss. It goes into great detail on which foods are good for loosing weight in certain areas and so on. I bought this book in addition to workout CDs and could not be happier. The little CD that comes with the book is only to show the steps as they are explained in the book.

No leí bien de que se trataba y pensé que era un dvd, resulta que era un libro, así que lo tuve que devolver, Pero el error fue mío, armazon como siempre se portó a la altura y sin ningún problema dio solución.

普段からズンバをやっていますが、新しい動きや踊りを習得したくて 良く分からないまま購入しました。 全文英語だし、同梱ＤＶＤは何の役にもたたない・・・＞＜ まあ、これは自己責任ですので、英語を理解して購入される方には 何の問題もないのでは・・・と思います。

Das Buch gefällt mir sehr gut. Es enthält genau, was es verspricht: Beto erzählt über die Geschichte von Zumba, was erreicht werden soll und wie glücklich es die Menschen macht. Ein großer Teil des Buches besteht aus dem Weight Loss Programm. Das Buch ist das gleiche wie die deutsche Version, bei Amazon hat es aber eine viel schlechtere Bewertung, d.h. man sollte es sich auf Englisch nur kaufen, wenn man Englisch gut versteht, bzw. wenn man sich die Zeit nehmen will zu übersetzten.