What have I learned after 31 classes in a row at Pure Barre:
1) Warm-up is probably the hardest thing mentally to get threw. Especially when the instructors say to pick up the little red double tube... yeah I was cussing today before class even started because I knew what was coming.
2) Plank for 90 seconds is alot harder then it seems...
3) There is no such think as picking up your heavier set of weights. 2lbs seem like 100lbs and this is coming from a girl who can clean and press 85lbs+ and deadlift 200lbs!
4) You'd think triceps dips on the floor wouldn't be that hard when you can do ring dips... Think again.. Especially when you are supposed to have your butt of the ground and well Back Got back with some short arms.
5) All the equipment is red.. I believe that these is a reason for this
6) you cringe when you hear take the double tube to the Barre... Not as bad as seeing the Velcro tube but you know what is coming...
7) For girls with No thigh gap the double tube exercises have 100x more resistance then those bird legs... Just imagine you don't even have to try to press out on the tube to have any kind of resistance..
8) After 31 days, 1 thigh exercise is more than enough to get your legs shaking.. If it starts with a chair, you are done put a fork in me
9) Down and inch up and inch is really just that.. and inch, if that. Sometimes you think you are moving but you're really not.
10) So if Shaking if Changing, What is burning? I mean that burn where you feel like you muscles are just about to rip off the bone because well they are rebelling, Where is my stretch?
11) Why are some of the little red balls not round? They are more of an egg shape. This is due to trying to fit that not so little ball between thighs with no thigh gap.. Just saying. One day I will pop that ball with or without a pin.
12) Stretching after thigh is a "reward" It is where you need to mentally prepare for seat and you are reminded that once upon a time you could do the splits.
13) There are days that seat work is just not going to happen. Today was that day
14) Putting that little red ball between your hamstring and calf to hold it for seat is harder than it appears, even when the two aren't that far apart when at a 90 degree angel.
15) Seat... works the hamstring.. the deadlift muscle... however dealifting 200lbs seems easier than having a double tube around both ankles trying to lift one side.
16) When starting some seat exercises, you may start to automatically shake or lose control of your muscles. There is nothing that you can do about this. It just happens. Go with it.
17) Side seat works the muffin top area.. you know this is true when you side totally cramps up. It happens.. There is nothing that you can do to prevent it
18) Pretzel is not something that they are going to reward you will. Though chocolate ones would be nice. Looks will full you on this one... I often wonder if someone walked in a watched us doing this in class if they would think that we are actually doing anything.
19) Laying on the floor working seat is not a joke.. at least no one can see your face as your side hip cramps
20) They have this exercise for side seat that looks kind of like the fire hydrant. If you make it through that without putting your leg down you are a trooper.
21) When you see the Velcro tubes hanging on the Barre and you walk into class, you will automatically start singing.. I've got no strings to hold me down..
22) Abs at the Barre, they take totally concentration and are harder than they appear when you are doing them right. It is about Abs and not hip flexors.
23) 20 Minutes of Ab work is enough for anyone in one day!
24) Te instructors are always chipper and I am sure deep down laughing at some of the things we do during class.
25) No matter what, class becomes addicting.
26) Each and every day you will push yourself hard.. Today it is 90 seconds of plank on my knees, tomorrow I will do 80 seconds on my knees and 10 seconds on my toes, ect
27) No class is the same. Yes it is warm-up, thigh, stretch, seat, stretch, other seat, stretch, Abs but with all the different exercises and equipment is is never the same
28) You will see changes. You may feel them before you see them but you will see them.
29) Friendship will be made, you will laugh together, laugh at each other and shake together.. You will make jokes that only you and other Barre Addicts understands
30) You will become addicted.. It will happen..
31) Once you Finish class...You will be checking your schedule to see when you next class is and who the instructors is. There are just some instructors you don't want to take back to back
I found this online from when Pure Barre Huntsville Opened 4 years ago.. I am the one in the pink. Clink Link to watch
Pure Barre Huntsville
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