https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQq4iyUYAM

I am continuously adding to the resource file of home workout videos that may be appropriate for our patients needs. While we have a robust selection in the area of no equipment weight training, strength, flexibility, yoga, and Pilates, I have had comparatively fewer offerings in the area of new equipment cardiovascular workouts.

This gap became more relevant to me a few weeks ago after our household added a wonderful 12 week old puppy, and I am in charge of the morning shift, which is historically when I get my exercise in. I have since then learn to do yoga with a tongue in my ear and a paw on my belly, but I have not been able to escape to my spin bike in the loft without enduring howls of desperate longing from the puppy a floor below.

Until she becomes old enough to do vigorous outdoor walking as an alternative, I've been looking for home cardiovascular videos I can do in the smaller space of my living room. And while I appreciate the walking videos from Leslie Sansone, about which I blogged a little while ago, I was looking for something a little more entertaining. I have always been curious about doing Zumba class but have felt many of the videos to be a little bit too complicated unless you have a good repertoire of their dance moves. I came across this particular channel that has several really good beginner Zumba videos. They range in length from 20 to 30 minutes which is ideal for a morning workout or after work workout. These may be a great alternative for people who are dog walkers on rainy days as well.

You have to remember that dancing has a lot of well documented scientific benefits beyond just cardiovascular endurance, including agility, long-term cognitive decline prevention, and general creativity.

And while my puppy has been wholly unimpressed by my dance moves, she has been agreeable to chase around the living room without howling while I attempt to mimic Zumba Zulu.