Zumba has a vast global following, with an estimated 15 million participants in its dance workouts. Unlike other fitness companies, Zumba makes its money through instructor training and licensing.

Part-time fitness instructors enjoy a lucrative side hustle while staying fit — and helping others stay fit, as well. If you’re interested in becoming a fitness instructor while still managing your ...

The summer months offer many opportunities to switch up your workout routine so it remains fresh and engaging. Taking your workouts from land to water is one fun way to take advantage of what the warm ...

If you’re overweight, over 50, or just don’t enjoy working out, Zumba may be one of the best workouts—and the most fun type ...

With gyms still closed, fitness instructors are getting creative when it comes to holding classes. For one local instructor, she keeps her classes going from her driveway. Lucia Marino has been ...

D’Artagnan “Danny” Cortes lives in Middletown, where he operates a home-based business and is a base camp coach and motivator and certified YMCA trainer and Zumba instructor. Tell us about the classes ...

Zumba keeps Dacia Stiles on the move. Stiles, of Grand Forks, was licensed in 2009 to teach Zumba. A fitness instructor who also has taught cycling and step classes, she constantly is on the look-out ...

The smiles show that the exercise is achieving its purpose. Seventy-year-old instructor Grace Conti does not drop her grin in the hour-long Zumba Gold workout, and it’s contagious. The nearly 50 ...

Jubie Banks has used personal tragedies to inspire others to live their best life. The fitness instructor and school bus driver is battling breast cancer for the second time, but that has not stopped ...