Markham Heid is a contributor at TIME. He is the author of The Habit Trap, due out in early 2027. Bethan Mooney for TIME Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness ...

CHESAPEAKE -- "You are magnificent!" are the words colorfully painted across the backs of several women attending Zumba at Chesapeake Community Center. These words are attributed to Beto Perez, ...