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Why I suck a Zumba and you should to!

Ok so after a few consistent weeks of Zumba, I can say without hesitation that I suck at it.  REALLY REALLY suck at it.  That said I kind of like it…weird huh? 

After considerable consideration, I think the reasons I suck at Zumba are all my own, have nothing to do with the instructors ability and frankly probably not fixable, therefore I will always suck at it.  Which by the way is OK with me.   I figure you can’t be good at everything and sucking at something is no reason to stop when you are getting good RESULTS anyway. 

Ok so here’s why I suck:

1.       I’m just not the most coordinated sister in the world.  Plain and simple – I’m clumsy.

2.       I’ve never been the best dancer.  In fact when I was in HS my friends (God love them) would spend HOURS and HOURS teaching me the newest dance so I wouldn’t make a fool of myself.  There were just random dance checks…”Drena, do the woop.”  If I did it right…. They join in smiling giving me five.  If I looked crazy…They would all join in until it was better.  FUNNY STUFF!!

3.       I don’t have the bandwidth or frankly inclination to remember the routines.  Seriously, that is just never going to happen. 

4.       This one is my favorite… there are so many woman in my class with absolutely NO rhythm that if I look left or right I’m done…completely off beat and going to wrong way.  That can go for the instructors too.  Who sometimes seem to be doing the routine but not necessarily to the music if you get what I’m saying.  So I get all confused.

5.       Lastly, I don’t always pay enough attention to the instructor and she is saying one thing and I’m off in my head someplace and doing another

So that is why I suck, which wouldn’t be too bad if I could be at all inconspicuous.  But there is no change of that happening since my class is full of Barbie like specimens and college students.  So, I stand out like a fly in milk.  Happily that doesn’t seem to bother me much.    Given the size disparity it really is more their problem than mine.   That’s a badass way of seeing it…right?

Anyway, today is a new class called Willpower and Grace.   So let’s see if I’m any better at this it looks intense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7El9wWd2ViQ