STEPFIT vs Zumba Step
These two are the closest things to each other in the category. Both put dance choreography on a step platform, and both are built so an hour of conditioning feels like music instead of exercise. Where they part is what sits behind the class. Zumba Step is a specialty format inside the Zumba program, taught by instructors licensed through Zumba. STEPFIT is one independent studio in Tampa with no parent program behind it.
Side by side
The class
- STEPFIT
- One class, 55 minutes. Step platform and dance choreography, start to finish.
- Zumba Step
- A Zumba specialty format that adds a step platform to Zumba choreography, targeting legs, glutes and core.
Where the class comes from
- STEPFIT
- Independent. No licensed curriculum, no head office, nothing arriving on a release calendar.
- Zumba Step
- Part of the Zumba program. Instructors teach it as one of the specialty classes Zumba offers.
Who teaches it
- STEPFIT
- A rotating Tampa roster. Yohana Veitia has led every class so far.
- Zumba Step
- Instructors licensed through Zumba. Zumba Step is a specialty training taken after the basic instructor licensing course, and it requires Zumba Instructor Network membership.
Music
- STEPFIT
- Latin, hip-hop, house, or a mix. Every class is posted with its music theme, so you know the soundtrack before you book.
- Zumba Step
- Zumba’s rhythms — merengue, salsa, cumbia and reggaeton — set to Latin and international beats.
Equipment
- STEPFIT
- STEPFIT supplies the platforms. Bring shoes and water.
- Zumba Step
- A step platform. Whether it’s provided depends on the venue running the class.
Where you take it
- STEPFIT
- One room: Casa 21 Restaurant Bar & Grill, 4235 W Waters Ave, Tampa. It’s a Latin dance club, and STEPFIT takes the room on nights the club is dark. Free parking, main entrance, bar closed during class.
- Zumba Step
- Anywhere a licensed instructor teaches it — gyms, studios and community venues, in a lot of cities.
What it costs
- STEPFIT
- $19.95 a class. Drop in, no membership.
- Zumba Step
- Set by the venue running the class, not by the program.
Who each one is for
STEPFIT
You want the choreography and the music, and you want the platform doing real work on your legs and glutes for the full 55 minutes. You’d rather have one room with one roster than a format you can find in a lot of places.
Zumba Step
You already know Zumba and you like how it runs. Zumba Step is the same program with a platform added, and a licensed instructor near you is the shortest path into it.
The honest version
Same idea, different shape. Zumba Step is a format: portable, consistent, and taught in a lot of rooms. STEPFIT is a studio: one room, one roster, and a class posted with the music it runs on. If Zumba Step is working for you, keep going. If you’ve been searching for it because you want choreography on a platform, and you’d take it in a Tampa dance club with hip-hop and house in the rotation alongside the Latin, that’s this.
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See all class themesZumba and Zumba Step are trademarks of Zumba Fitness, LLC. STEPFIT is not affiliated with, endorsed by, licensed by or certified by Zumba. They are named here only to compare the two formats.