Who wants to lose weight & have fun while you’re doing it?
Starting this week (March 21st / 22nd) at Zumba & Zumba Toning, launch your 2012 Weight Loss Challenge.
Here’s how it works: Simply register for Zumba or Zumba Toning (held at Tice Valley Gym, Walnut Creek, 7:30 pm), weigh in, pay $5 & whoever loses the biggest percentage of their starting weight wins. Up to 3 losers out of the two classes combined will win the pot at Session Parties (Apr. 24th / 25th)! Each week recipes will be shared to help keep you motivated.
Register Now for Zumba (Tuesday’s) or Zumba Toning (Wednesday’s) at 7:30 pm, Tice Valley Gym via: http://www.WalnutCreekRec.org or 925.943.5858.
Questions: Janice@ZumbaContraCosta.com or 415.518.2202
Did you know that Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in America? February is Heart Health Month, and we’d like you to join us on our mission to save women’s lives.
What better way to spend a weekend morning than to shimmy & shake to Zumba’s Latin beats, while raising funds for Walnut Creek CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). On June 18th Zumba Contra Costa’s Janice Litvin, accompanied by Claudia Lira, Parandis Banifatemi, & Lynda Penados, took CERT supporters, including Walnut Creek Mayor Cindy Silva and WC CERT’s director, Gayle Vassar all the way to a Salsa battle at the beautiful Shadelands Art Center.
Fema-endorsed CERTtrains community volunteers to respond during a disaster in areas such as: fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, disaster medical operations, and most important, communication. For more information about upcoming CERT trainings or to become a volunteer, contact cert@walnut-creek.org.
Augie & Lynne Nieto give thanks for $210,000 support
Beto Perez leads ALS Zumbathon in SF
When Zumba founder, Beto Perez comes to town, Zumba instructors & their students, flock to party with him Zumba-style. Last Thursday, March 17th, as part of IHRSA San Francisco, a fitness industry trade show, Beto energized 1,000 Zumba enthusiasts by leading salsa, merengue, cumbia, Bhangra & reggaeton routines, as well as performing his own version of Michael Jack’son’s Beat It. Accompanied by live percussionists and his own team of dance specialists, Beto motivated the crowd to shake, shimmy & strut their stuff both on & off the stage to create his magical, spicy blend.
The party had the added purpose of raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Augie’s Quest, a charity, named for Augie Nieto, stricken with ALS in 2005. Surprisingly, Augie who is now completely immobile from the disease, appeared on stage, with his wife, Lynne by his side. They were presented with a donation of $210,000 from Beto & his partners & co-founders, Beto Perlman & Beto Aghion.
Augie Nieto of Southern California, after overcoming the shock & grief of finding out he had ALS, used his entrepreneurial know-how to create his charity, to streamline the research process and focus on discovering treatments that might help stave off the effects of the disease, & ultimately to find a cure. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), aka Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive and devastating disease that destroys the nerve cells controlling muscles, ultimately causing complete paralysis.
Augie, aided by high tech equipment graciously thanked us for our support, while bringing tears to our eyes and a thrill to our hearts.
Over 90 people danced salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton & belly dance last Saturday at Walnut Creek’s first ever Zumbathon benefitting Susan G. Komen for the Cure at Las Lomas High School. Did you know that breast cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer in women? Over $1,000 was raised for breast cancer research & awareness, while 6 instructors: Janice Litvin, Eduardo Vargas, Sheyla Moreno Culligan, Raquel Call, Nannette Vides & Debbie Wiesenthal, accompanied by Percussionist Extraordinaire, Roberto Rios led the 90+ men, mothers & daughters. A big thank you to our sponsors: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Diablo Magazine, Target, Trader Joe’s Lafayette, & Allegro Copy+Print.
Introducing the first Zumba video “Caipirinha” with lyrics…
LYRICS
Você me faz dançar,
Do jeito que você quer
Assim vai começar
Vem Ca pra Ca
Chorus: Zumba, Brazil, caipirinha, baila (x2)
Essa menina de Ipanema vai bailando assim
Essa menina de Ipanema quando passa…
Essa menina de Ipanema vai bailando assim
Essa menina de Ipanema quando passa…
Mami the way you move your hips
The music pumping like this
Your body hittin’ the beat
Me vuelve loco…
Mami let me know what you feel
This is so good it’s surreal
If you give it up to me now
Me rompe el coco…
Essa menina de Ipanema vai bailando assim
Essa menina de Ipanema quando passa
Essa menina de Ipanema vai bailando assim
Essa menina de Ipanema quando passa
Mami the way you move your hips
The music pumping like this
Your body hittin’ the beat
Me vuelve loco…
Mami let me know what you feel
This is so good it’s surreal
If you give it up to me now
Me rompe el coco…
Loaded with red-hot dance steps, pulsating Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow routines, this invigorating dance-fitness “party” will have you movin’, groovin’ and shakin’ the weight off to the sexy, exotic rhythms of salsa, cumbia, samba, merengue and more! Work your body from head to toe with four DVDs and six exhilarating workouts that teach you all the basics and hit your favorite targets, like your core, thighs and abs. You also get maraca-like Toning Sticks to add some muscle to your body sculpting routines. Now’s the time! Get ready to “Join the Party” and see a whole new side of yourself!
Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System DVD Set includes: 1) Zumba Fitness Basics Workout; 2) Zumba Fitness 20-Minute Express Workout; 3) Zumba Fitness Sculpt & Tone Workout; 4) Zumba Fitness Cardio Party Workout; 5) Zumba Fitness Live! Workout; 6) Zumba Fitness Flat Abs Workout; 7) 2 Zumba Fitness Toning Sticks
Today Janice of Zumba Contra Costa prepared walkers for the Weight Watcher Walk-it Challenge in Pleasant Hill (San Francisco’s East Bay area). Fleet Feet of Pleasant Hill hosted the walkers by supplying t-shirts, water, and healthy snacks. Starting at 7:30 a.m. Janice warmed and toned the 300 Weight Watchers’ muscles and prepared them for their 5K (3.1 miles) walk-it challenge around the town of Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County. Everyone finished the walk thrilled and energized, while feeling their endorphin-rush.
Janice teaches Zumba Fitness classes and Zumbatomic (Kids’ Zumba) in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Lafayette & Concord. Janice@ZumbaContraCosta.com
