
Celebrity fitness trainer, Beto Perez, developed Zumba fitness in his native country, Colombia, in the mid 90s. One day, he walked into his class and realized he had forgotten his aerobics music. His only option was his own tapes in his car, traditional Latin salsa and merengue music with which he had been raised. It was a challenge to improvise a 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 and spread like fire around the globe.