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Wendy Essert

I have been in love with dance and movement since I put on my first pair of ballet shoes at age 4. I spent the next few decades studying ballet, modern, and jazz dance. As an adult, I found a new passion in fitness with weight training, Pilates, yoga, and kickboxing.

About six years ago, my sister invited me to a Zumba class. She said it was a dance fitness class, and I had to try it. I was really struggling with “baby weight” at the time, so I agreed. I huffed and puffed and sweated my way through the class, with a big dumb grin on my face the entire time. I was hooked. My two passions had come together in a way I could not have imagined. By the end of that year, I had lost 18 pounds and toned my entire body.

In 2009, I became a Certified Zumba Instructor. I absolutely love teaching and sharing Zumba. Getting people to just let go and shake, shimmy and sweat is a true joy of mine. They don’t even realize they’ve burned over 500 calories and got an entire body workout.

When I am not teaching Zumba, I am a Water Resources Analyst for the City of Arvada.

Last year, my other sister talked me into competing with her in National Physique Committee fitness competitions, which we are now addicted to, and currently training for.

Qualifications:

• Certified Zumba Instructor and ZIN Member since 2009
  
• National Physique Committee Competitor- 2012 & 2013
  
• Over twenty years experience in dance and fitness.