Fun is a big part of the zumba workout. Pix by Chuah Bee Kim

Peggy Kua (right) leading her students in the zumba dance at the Peace Studio in Taman Sutera Utama.

Nicole Low (foreground) says the zumba makes her more energetic.

JOHOR BARU: DITCH the workout, join the party. That is the tagline of the latest fitness programme to hit Johor Baru, and its called the zumba dance.

Currently, there are five licensed zumba instructors in the city.

One of them is 29-year-old Peggy Kua.

In her zumba class, which lasts for an hour, participants dance to mostly Latin music such as for the salsa dance.

People also dance to international hits from various countries.

Its a 70:30 ratio, to be precise, and anything that does not follow this rule is not zumba.

This is because we are worried that unlicensed instructors may adopt the basic steps of zumba, but change the music and call it something else, she clarified.

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