As Nicole Steele got her music playlist ready on a recent Tuesday night in Inglewood, she reflected on how far the area’s fitness scene has come in the past decade or so.
Steele was getting ready to lead her weekly “trap Zumba” class, which she described as “a cardio dance workout where people get down to hip-hop, reggae and R&B.”
It’s not the kind of class that existed in Inglewood seven years ago, when she started Trapz*mba. It was a risk, but Steele hoped that reviving the 90s-era Latin dance cardio craze with an Atlanta-born rap subgenre would bring in people from her hometown.
“[These workout routines] have been helpful to me over the years,” Steele told The LA Local. “I wanted to share those things with people because oftentimes folks don’t know where to start.” . . .
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