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Busy Philipps chats with PEOPLE about her partnership with Zumba, revealing that best friend Michelle Williams turned her on to the dance-focused workout<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
While the actress admits she’s not great at learning choreography, “The steps and the moves were so easy to follow, and I did not feel behind ever,” she says<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
As for advice she’d give anyone who’s looking to try group fitness but might be apprehensive, Philipps says, “No one’s looking at you. … Everyone is in their own world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Michelle Williams<\/a> changed Busy Philipps<\/a>‘ group-fitness game for the better!<\/p>\n In a chat with PEOPLE last week pegged to her partnership with Zumba<\/a>, Philipps, 46, said she had never tried the popular dance-focused workout until she was inspired to do so because of her best friend and former Dawson’s Creek<\/em><\/a> costar.<\/p>\n “I had done Zumba<\/a> years ago, actually because of Michelle Williams,” she says of her longtime pal, 45, whom she recently joined forces with at a Dawson’s Creek<\/em> Class Reunion<\/a> event for charity in New York City. “And I loved it.”<\/p>\n Part of Philipps’ affinity for the classes stems from the fact that she’s “always looking for new fun ways to work out, because a treadmill is just not for me,” she tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n To that end, the Freaks and Geeks<\/a> <\/em>alum agreed to “be mic’d up” for a recent class, where her innermost thoughts \u2014 both positive and not so much \u2014 were broadcast for all the participants to hear.<\/p>\n “I was like, ‘Yeah, that sounds weird, fun and right up my alley,’ ” Philipps tells PEOPLE of agreeing to the challenge.<\/p>\n