Life gets more fun in the summer — it's just a fact. The sun sets later, beach days and rooftop hangs make a comeback, and you get to bring out all those flowery 'fits that have been collecting dust ...

Markham Heid is a contributor at TIME. He is the author of The Habit Trap, due out in early 2027. Bethan Mooney for TIME Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness ...

Zumba, a calorie-burning dance-based workout, isn’t just good for young people. It may also be an ideal exercise for older adults, too, according to a small new study sponsored by the American Council ...

When contributor Bunny Dimmel was a child, she swore off dancing when an instructor chastised her for not having lost weight during the year. Now that she's an adult, she's taken off some weight, and ...

It started with VHS tapes. And now it’s taken over the world. Twenty years since its founding, Zumba has helped millions dance their way into fitter, happier lives, says co-founder and CEO Alberto ...

Fairfax resident Millette Wardell was a coach at Curves, a women’s health and fitness club when a pair of Zumba instructors came in to demonstrate how Zumba could fit into a Curves’ workout. “That’s ...