MUKILTEO — In the popular Zumba classes at the YMCA, he’s that ripped guy. Not that others aren’t ripped, but most aren’t guys. And he’s at the front of the class, shaking it. Mike Dixon, 53, was ...

With this invitation and a smile, Zumba founder Beto Perez had no problem finding takers as more than half the attendees of the press conference at the Hotel Intercon trooped to the center of the ...

Walker Williams is like a lot of top high school football recruits. The Tacoma (Wash.) Baptist High senior offensive lineman spends a lot of time in the weight room. He likes to vary up his offseason ...

In his blue technician’s coat and safety glasses, Pierre Howard helps keep cars in motion by teaching auto mechanics at Norfolk Technical Center. And with a quick change into cherry drawstring pants, ...

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2012 file photo released by Starpix shows Zumba creator Beto Perez performing at the 2012 Zumbathon Fitness Concert on the first day of the 2012 Zumba Instructor Convention in ...

He is crafting songs for STRONG by Zumba, a non-dance-inspired workout that focuses on high-intensity interval training, bodyweight exercises and strength training paired with music to match every ...

On a recent Saturday at lunchtime Michael Aredes leans his bike against a park bench. He's in a white helmet, sweating from his ride and holding an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts in a plastic cup.

If it wasn’t for the movie “Grease,” a dot-com failure, a mother’s advice, nearly running out of money, a key change in a business model and a boost by the celebrity Pitbull and his pals, one of the ...

(Corrects spelling of merengue in paragraphs 5, 12) By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters Life!) - There's a party going on next door. While you're dutifully pounding that treadmill, the ...