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Do Zumba While Cleaning Your House

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Does cleaning excite you? I know I’m not a person who gets excited about cleaning. However, I do get excited about fitness – especially Zumba!

Do Zumba While Cleaning Your House

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I’ve always been a busy person, and I was raised in a family who likes to be busy. When it comes to fitting in workouts, that’s a priority for me. My mom feels the same way.

UPDATE: I no longer teach Zumba or am a Zumba instructor. I still think it’s a great form of exercise, though.

My mom and I love having clean houses, but we found our workouts came first. So we decided to combine cleaning and working out. My mom’s been testing it out to see if it inspired her to clean more often. As her Zumba instructor, I’ve taught my mom many Zumba classes (even on Skype), and she’s learned a lot of the Zumba moves from me.

My mom works out for an hour three times each week. Zumba is her favorite workout (either with me as her instructor or by using Zumba DVDs). We decided to make one of her workouts a cleaning workout where she vacuums, mops wood floors, and dusts while doing Zumba.

This has become a fun way for my mom to do workouts. Plus, her house is looking ever so sparkly! So I want to share with you tips to make your cleaning enjoyable by combining it with dance and Zumba.

1. Go to a Zumba class near you and use some of your favorite moves from that class while you’re cleaning.

2. Buy a Zumba DVD and use the steps you remember – or make a point of learning specific steps to use – while cleaning.

3. Use your hips as much as you can while cleaning. You could have a goal of trying to keep your hips moving the entire time.

4. Play your DVD on a TV or nearby sound system. Or you can use my mom’s technique and play the Zumba music in your head. If you really want to go for it, sing or hum the Zumba music.

5. See how much you can work up a sweat. Try setting a timer for a specific amount of time, and keep on cleaning and dancing until the timer goes off.

Enjoy staying in shape and having a cleaner house! 🙂

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  1. Vidya Sury says

    Ha, ha ha! I am thrilled to read this. I should show it to all the people who snicker at me for combining housework with workouts. I am here thanks to Sheila of Zen-Sational Living. But now, I’ll be getting my very own email updates from you, Yippee!

    • Christina says

      Thanks for your comment, Vidya! It’s great you combine your housework and workouts. Thanks for joining me at my blog! Happy Holidays! 🙂

  2. Bethany says

    Thanks a lot for sharing this great idea..I really love ..I think I should do this also..While cleaning..

  4. Joy says

    This is a nice idea especially for moms like me. I can just imagine how fun it would be to combine household chores with exercise routines. This can also be a great bonding activity with the kids as they can both learn the values of keeping the house clean and engaging in regular physical activities to keep our bodies fit and healthy. We will surely try this out very soon (it could be a great weekend activity for us).

  5. Don says

    Wow! This is absolutely awesome! What a fun time-saver! I shall tell my wife and kids about this! Maybe we can do this together! Family Zumba bonding time and a clean house! I can’t think of a better activity than this! Thanks for sharing!

  7. Jasmin says

    I catch myself doing this all the time. I always have music on when doing a little work around the house and I just start to dance a bit without giving it any thought.

  8. Jillian says

    Now this is fun! My mom will love this. I wanted my mom to be more active and have a workout routine that keeps her energized so I bought her a zumba workout DVD. We did the zumba together while watching the DVD and she actually likes it and she was sweating so I told her to do it as her everyday exercise. Unfortunately that was the first and last she did zumba. She says she’s too tired to do the zumba after doing all the house chores on her own. I’ll definitely recommend this to my mom for sure so she won’t feel tired doing household chores. This would definitely put her back on the zumba track.

  12. Delphine says

    This should be made into a program of its own. A lot of housewives would be interested in this, and I personally would do it too. Great idea , our next business 😀

  13. King Daniel says

    Hey Christina..!!!
    Looks like you are totally into “ZUMBA” 😛
    Recently, I’ve been reading your blogs and i must say they are perfect blend of fitness and cleaning with fun.Excited to share that am going to attend my first zumba class today. Haaha.!!!!
    Keep doing good work.
    Cheers..!!!!