A virtual booty-shaking workout, with your mother one end of the country and you the other? Jack Rear tries it out ‘Apparently you can burn up to 900kcals per session,’ my mum tells me, as we prepare to start an hour-long virtual Zumba class.
I’ve never worked out with my mum, Jayne, before but given that we’ve not seen each other since Christmas (she lives in West Lancashire and I’m in London), it’s good to have something else to do other than just video-chat.
Still, it feels ridiculous that my 57-year-old mother is so excited to dance around the living room, while I, a sprightly 26-year-old, am dreading it.
At 1pm we log into the live stream of star Zumba instructor Sandra Harnes. Sandra looks like your typical X Factor-style dancer –
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