Darlington toddlers find their groove at Zumba sessions

Thomas Adamson, front, and Luke Wilson, feel the Zumba beat Thomas Adamson, front, and Luke Wilson, feel the Zumba beat

TODDLERS discovered the beat as they exercised their way to better health.

Youngsters at the childcare centre at Darlington College took part in a Zumba session hosted by local business, First Step 2 Fitness.

Zumba instructor Susan Spinks said: “It is never too early to start exercising and if we can get young people enjoying it from an early age they are more likely to continue it into adulthood.”

She held a number of Zumba sessions, which combines Latin dance and physical exercise, for a variety of age groups at the centre.

Centre manger Andi Cartwright said: “Being active from a very young age is essential to our future health and prevent health issues later in life.

“We try to lay the foundations making exercise a fun and natural part of the children’s routine; that way they don’t even realise they are exercising and improving their health.”

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Comments(2)

Ally F says...
1:28pm Wed 6 Mar 13

It's never too early to start exercising for sure, but Zumba sessions for toddlers... Really?

It does sound like something predominantly aimed at trendy middle class mums to drop into casual conversation in the organic produce aisle of Waitrose....

EZDance says...
6:06pm Thu 7 Mar 13

I love zumba so I bought their DVD set (that you can review here: www.zumbaexhilarater
eviews.com). In the beginning my children didn't understand what is going on with me but after they got used to it they are joining me from time to time.
They like it too.

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