As you may have figured out by now I have a bit of an obsession with Pure Barre...
What is Pure Barre?
http://www.purebarre.com/
"Pure Barre is a total body workout that lifts your seat, tones your thighs and burns fat in record-breaking time. Utilizing the ballet barre to perform small isometric movements set to fantastic music, Pure Barre is the fastest, most effective, yet safest way to change your body. Students see results in just 10 classes.
Pure Barre is intelligent exercise. The technique protects your joints as it does not involve any bouncing or jumping. Each strength section of the workout is followed by a stretching section in order to create long, lean muscle without bulk. The workout launches a full blown attack on the areas of the body all women struggle with: abs, hips, seat and arms. It defies gravity by tapering everything in and lifting it up."
That comes directly from their site... But really what is it?
No it is not a Dance workout like Zumba.
Yes it is done at a Ballet Barre.
Yes we do use weight 2-3-5lb weight
Yes we use our own body weight, exercise tubes, double tubes and a small ball.
What do we do in class?
A killer warm up with lots of core work like pilates, pushups and dip with upper arm work.
Then we work out thighs, seat and our Abs! and then we work our seat some more.
This is all set to motivating music.. Well for me.. I love upbeat music.
How do I feel while in class?
Well I sweat like some kind of crazy person! According to my Scosche Rhythm Heart Rate monitor I burn anywhere between 650-900 calories in 1 55 minute class.. Yes I said 55 minutes...
How it that possible? Well my HR stays elevated to my weight loss/cardio almost the entire class from the first few minutes of warmup!
It is normally all women in there.. of all shapes and sizes and abilities. No one says anything to anyone discouraging and no one gives each other dirty looks.. We are all there for a reason Lift. Tone. Burn!
The instructors.. well they are all just wonderful! I love having them in class taking with you! it pushes me just a little bit harder.
So today was day 12 in a row for me and 15 days since Dec23.. So yes 12 classes in 15 days..
Here are the changes I have noticed in and out of class:
When I walk, I don't slump over. I walk with my shoulder pulled back and stomach in and hips tucked under.
Even when I am in the car I "tuck" when the right kind of song comes on the radio... I am so glad people can't see this!
Last Friday I wore my size 14 "Skinny" jeans to work.. Yes they make them that size and they were comfortable for a change..
The pants I wore yesterday were lose.. I mean they haven't been that lose in a while!
I can feel a difference in my body. my legs feel leaner and longer on my 5'2" body
and I can tell... My thighs are smaller.. :)
Now for in Class results:
Hello Flexibility where have you been hiding! It is coming back with every class!
I can now do "girl" push ups and get almost all the way to the floor with them!
I have Abs.. I know there is a 6 pack just hiding underneath my fat on my belly... I can get through the warm up without wanting to just fall on the floor..
90 second plank at the beginning.. I can now hold it about 1/2 of that time and even when I go to my knees I shake like I have something from with me.. Plank I will own you by the end of the month! Still having a few lowered back problems.
Thigh.. I can almost make it through the whole three exercises of thigh!! Me and the Chair are still at Odds with each other!
Seat... well today I found my muffin top.. Hello that hurt.. my leg is getting higher and higher and higher when we do seat exercise.. improved flexibility! and I am a small Pure Barre Ledge forming.
Abs.. They are getting "easier" as I push myself farther..
once again my flexibility is coming back... Leg to the Barre on round back!! Points!!
I can not say enough about this.. If there is a Pure Barre in your area go. If there isn't order the DVDs and when you travel somewhere with a studio take a class...
I can't wait to see what the next 12 class does for me!!
LTB!
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