New Year New You

Tonight stv’s Sean Batty and Zumba® Fitness instructor Donna Giffen hosted Scotland’s biggest Zumba® Fitness event live on stv.tv/newyearnewyou.

If you want to get in some last minute practice try some of Donna’s great how-to videos to perfect your moves.

Once you’ve mastered the beto shuffle, the basic cumbia and the reggaeton vibrate hip you might be looking for some Latin music to practice your new steps to.

If you don’t know your merengue from your cumbia or your salsa from your reggaeton now’s the time to learn as the Zumba® Fitness programme craze sweeps the nation.

We asked the stv viewers for their suggestions and as well as many popular chart acts they suggested Scottish singer Paolo Nutini’s Pencil Full of Lead and Flo Rida's Club Can't Handle Me as well as Yolanda Be Cool We No Speak Americano and Ike and Tina Turner Proud Mary.

Some calypso suggestions were Pichea Mami, Gata Brasilera and Jump in the Line and more classic pop favourites were Cotton Eyed Joe and Lets Dance by Lady Gaga.

Other suggestions were Shakira’s Waka Waka, Gasolina by Daddy Yankee and other reggaeton artists such as Calle 13 and Winsin Y Yandel.

Much of the music used in Zumba® Fitness classes derives from Central and South America from music genres such as cumbia, salsa, merengue and the more modern urban reggaeton.

Artists such as Daddy Yankee and Shakira have brought Latin music to an international audiences and Latin music is now much more widely available.

If you are still stuck for inspiration you could listen to the official Zumba® Fitness Original Soundtrack.

What are your favourite songs to listen to at Zumba® Fitness classes? Email us you suggestions at getfit@stv.tv or tweet us @newyear_newyou or leave us a message on our facebook page.