Real Women Reveal: How Zumba Changed My Life

8 readers share the lessons they learned from getting their groove on.

By Charlotte Andersen

Zumba, Theodora Blanchfield

Tags: cardio, cardio workouts, dance workouts, zumba

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Theodora Blanchfield

Zumba got Theodora Blanchfield of Losing Weight in the City out of her running box and helped her realize that you don't have to be great at something to enjoy it: "I'm not coordinated enough to do Zumba—I have 3 left feet!—but I love it anyway."

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