Fitness-craze keeps Portales in shape

enorwood@pntonline.com

Zumba is the flavor this July. Women around Portales are joining the fitness-dance craze which burns calories and lets ladies scratch their dancing itch to different forms of Latin music.

Eric Norwood Jr.: Portales News-Tribune
Local ladies enjoy a Zumba workout Thursday at CurvesWeight Loss Center in Portales.

Hilary Strong is a certified Zumba instructor at the Curves Weight LossCenter in Portales.

“Zumba is a Latin dance exercise,” Strong said. “It incorporates Latin dance moves and exercise to get you moving, get your heart rate up, and lose weight.”

Curves offers Zumba classes six different times a week for a fast-paced workout that doesn’t take much time.

“They are half-hour sessions,” says Debbie Strong, owner of Curves and Hilary Strong’s mother. Debbie Strong is also a certified Zumba instructor.

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