Zumba Fitness: Join The Party

I recently purchased this item after deciding that I wanted to shed a few pounds but wanted a more exciting way to exercise. A brilliant feature of this game is the fact that it is designed for people, like me, who may want to keep track of their progress in health and fitness - there is a 'journal' where you may enter basic details such as daily calorie intake, current weight and target weight. This feature is very encouraging as you can see your progress as it plots it on a line for you. There is also a calendar to keep track of when you exercised last and for how long, this is adjustable to suite your own needs.The game itself has multiple modes and levels to choose from. To begin with you set up your own profile on the game and some people may choose to complete the training exercises but this is optional (which basically shows you the progressive style of each dance while giving you trophies for completion). There are 3 levels of difficulty in the game which are relatively easy to progress in.Completing dances will unlock new game modes and backgrounds to dance in such as 'factory' and 'rooftop' ect.I lost a stone with this game in a month as part of a healthy diet. However, the reason I have given the game 4 stars are the following; the belt was at times very temperamental and won't always detect your movements. It is not exactly programmed for the movements shown but more for 'the more movement, the better' so at times when the instructor is on the screen and just doing some stretches, it won't detect your movement (unless you shake around!).Secondly, the multiplayer is practically non existent. There are very few people who play this game and less than that who play the multiplayer making the trophies for multiplayer more or less impossible. Not such a problem if you aren't bothered about trophies but a minor inconvenience if you are.Thirdly, at first glance I was extremely excited at the sheer amount of variation you seemed to have with the dances. Just clicking on the 'medium' setting and choosing '45 minute exercise' showed me around 7 dance routines to choose from. Being someone that gets bored easily of repetitive exercise I was over joyed about this. However when I explored these '7' I found that they were the same routines but simply the order of the dances switched. So if you become bored and want to step things up or fancy a change then you may tire easily of this game.Over all this game is fun and will help you lose weight as part of a healthy diet. The songs are pretty good and will get stuck in your head! The dance routines are easy to remember and you will soon find yourself dancing along like a pro.I would recommend this game for someone that needs a little kick start into a routine of exercise and doesn't want the regular squats and jogs to begin with. It's a nice starting place but simply isn't challenging enough once you have completed the repetitive routines and are into a regular exercise pattern.Hope this helps, feel free to ask me any questions of things aren't clear!

I was finding it hard to get to Zumba classes on a regular basis so purchased this in the hope that it would be like a Zumba class at home and it certainly delivered. The dance moves are tough enough to keep you challenged and give a good workout without being so tough that it demotivates you. The belt is light and not at all cumbersome and with the move controller keeps track of your movements unlocking additional dancers as you go which really helps push you to hit those moves! I'm so glad that I purchased this and although an expense at first it works out far cheaper than the £4 a week I was paying as well as fitting into my schedule. I can't recommend this highly enough!

I had heard that Zumba is bad for the knees from others who tried it before I did, but I was happy to wriggle around to a close approximation of the steps they wanted, paying attention to my hips and knees. I was even getting top marks for my dancing wriggles. It gets me moving, the music is fun. Still need to be fit before starting this I think as there are no slow build-ups, you only get a very small window to learn the steps before it goes straight into full speed ahead mode. As it is, I tried it twice and it hasn't tempted me back since because of this lack of teaching 'patience'. Learn the steps should be just that with a gentler build-up to the speed they want in the full dance/exercise mode. But maybe that's just me and I just need to play it again and again and again...

Now I wouldn't necessarily say I was crazy experienced at Zumba - I've been going to my local class for around a month now. Her classes are absolutely fantastic, I always break up a sweat and I'm super tired by the end of it. So I thought I'd give a 20 minute expert class a go on Zumba Fitness.I found the male dance teacher very annoying and it was difficult to tell how well I was doing (did not like the multi coloured instructor - why aren't they just a normal colour?). I did not even get mildly out of breath - and this is on the expert class! The songs were very forgettable as were the dance moves. Maybe this game would be ok for complete beginners? I'm not sure.I won't be trying this game again - much prefer "Just Dance" - much more fun, better selection of games and more of a work out too.

As a newbe to zumba and exercise I found the belt annoying as it only just fit me and when I did wear it it was harder for it to recognise my movements. I did find the tutorials very boring but when I skipped to a class then the moves were too fast and I was unable to keep up unlike a class you haven't got someone shouting what moves to do and so you have to just copy the person but was too fast for me too follow. There was no option to slow it down or add commentry.

I enjoy this product as it doesn't feel like a typical workout, it is very enjoyable and quite easy to do. I enjoyed going to classes, but they can get a little crowded at times so it's great to be able to do the workout at home.

good product and also give good fun for everybody. this item was coming on time. if someone have big motivation it is worth to bey.

I like very much this 'game' though I've tryed just once. I recomended to everyone that can't go on the gym