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Zumba Salsa, Cumbia and Reggaeton Steps for Beginners

Zumba Salsa, Cumbia and Reggaeton Steps for Beginners — video by Keren Zumba Play · 7:04

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Melbourne Zumba instructor and personal trainer Keren breaks down common class steps slowly: the salsa basic and back step, the cumbia basic and candle step, and reggaeton bounces, stomps and the wide-legged destroyer. For nervous first-timers.

  • 7 min
  • Beginner
  • Moderate impact
  • No equipment
  • Latin

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Step by step 6

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  1. Salsa basic: tap out and in, then shift your weight side to side on a 1-2-3, adding relaxed hips and arms. 1:01
  2. Salsa back step, right foot first, then two steps travelling to the right, pumping the arms. 1:43
  3. Cumbia basic: step forward and back with the right foot, then the left, keeping hips and hands relaxed. 3:12
  4. Cumbia candle step: travel right for 8 counts, one hand raised as if holding a candle. 4:02
  5. Reggaeton two-step bounce: bounce twice to each side, pumping the arms. 4:46
  6. Destroyer: legs wide, 8 low bounces for the thighs, then pelvis pushes and stomps forward and back. 5:12

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • In salsa, tap out and transfer your weight side to side on a 1-2-3 count
  • Relax the hips and shoulders in cumbia for a smooth swing
  • Sit lower in the wide reggaeton step to work the thighs and bottom

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Joints it uses 2 takes load

  • Hips takes loadwide low reggaeton bounces, side-to-side hip swing
  • Knees takes loadwide low reggaeton bounces, side bounces, stomps
  • Shoulders movesarm pumping, candle arm lifts
  • Lower back moveship swings and crumping pelvic push
  • Ankles & feet movessalsa and cumbia steps, bounces

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. This video was harder to rate from its talk and pictures, so treat it as a rougher guide. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Keren Zumba; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety