Yesterday at the Y there was a special class - an Arriba exercise class. Do you remember this type of exercise? The precursor to this was Zumba in the mid to late 1990s into the 2000s. Exercise classes that had fun upbeat music and had lots of foot work involved, so dance-like.
That’s the definition of Arriba - “it is a high-energy dance-based fitness class that combines Latin, Bollywood, and belly dance moves set to upbeat music. It focuses on various Latin rhythms such as Sala, Merengue, Cumbia, and Reggaeton.” Participants can expect fun is the implication of such great Latin music.
Men never come to Arriba classes - they are hip-wiggly with girly-girl wavy arm movements. Our Arriba class had 10 people, the strength training class that followed had 35.
I wondered if there were any pictures of men doing arriba - there must be some men who try this out. No, there is a refusal by google to retrieve articles, videos or images of men doing Arriba exercises. Google agrees and supports the male refusal to get involved in arriba.
My proof is this picture retrieved to show men doing arriba. All the images retrieved are consistent - muscular men doing push-ups mostly show up.
Having taken part in the class yesterday, I side with the men on this one. Arriba is too wiggly with girly-girl arm waving. I am happy today that we’ll be doing lunges, jumping jacks and similar cardio-vascular activities. OK, the burpees I can do without.
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