Barre workouts support the development of a ballerina figure by working small supportive muscles throughout your body, by using a style of exercise called isometrics.
Barre uses a ballet bar in the workout and particpents perform small isometric movements to upbeat music. The class claims to lift your butt, tone your abs, arms and thighs, and burn fat—in record time. Particpants of Barre claim to lose inches in just weeks. The exercises used in class are designed to protect your joints and are all no impact. Classes are planned so that following a strength section, you will go through some stretching in order to elongate the muscles and get lean muscle. The focus is on many of the body parts women have difficulty with like the butt, hips, abs and arms
Many postpartum women have been able to get back into pre-pregnancy shape by participating in Barre classes. Because there is no impact, these women can easily migrate back into a workout routine a lot quicker with this type of workout as opposed to others where they would either have to wait for their doctor’s clearance or would not have the energy to keep up with more high impact programs.
"Most barre-based classes use a combination of postures inspired by ballet and other disciplines like yoga and Pilates. The barre is used as a prop to balance while doing exercises that focus on isometric strength training (holding your body still while you contract a specific set of muscles) combined with high reps of small range-of-motion movements." Also, don't be surprised if your class incorporates light handheld weights to bring the burn during all those reps, as well as mats for targeted core work.
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