Celebrity fitness trainer, "Beto" Perez, walked into his class and realized that he had forgotten his aerobics music, and his only option was to grab whatever tapes he had in his car.
Beto’s tapes were comprised of the songs that he loved, the traditional Latin salsa and merengue music with which he had been raised. But it was a challenge to improvise a whole class on the spot using non-traditional aerobics music.
Beto rose to the challenge and from this last-minute improvisation was born a revolutionary fitness program – Zumba! The class soon became the most popular class at his fitness facility.
The overwhelming response created a demand for more Zumba instructors, and Zumba created an instructor training program. The program was an instant success. By September 2006, there were over 2000 Zumba instructors worldwide.