Barre (exercise) Puns

ill start: my favorites are degages frappes and grand battemats they’re all fundamentally similar in ways but they’re so bouncy and fun. I hate adage. self explanatory. if you don’t have crazy good extensions it’s not fun.

I have been playing for a month now and I frequently accidentally play the string above the string I actually want to play and occasionally the string below. Will I naturally get better at it or is there some exercise that I should follow?

Talking about barre chords, no matter what fret I barre on my finger mutes the second string and at some frets the third string too this has stopped my progress a bit.

My doctor has asked me to do yoga/Pilates/barre exercises during the retrieval phase. I was wondering which exercises/poses should I do?

This is to reduce the water retention and the flatulence during the time of the shots

I took a Barre class at my local gym on Friday. Specifically, this barre class adheres to the Les Mills brand of Barre; different studios or classes may differ, so keep this in mind. I typically feel like I’m going to make a fool out of myself at fitness classes, and get anxious about following choreography, so fitness classes I tend to be a little leery about.

Personally, I feel like this class is built to be conducive to those on the spectrum with the typical layout of the class.

The class is prefaced with the idea that it revolves around technical aspects of classical ballet to give you a workout. I did get a workout, and I had a lot of fun doing it.

The class is based on ballet techniques, of which I knew barely anything about before I signed up for the class. These positions and moves are clearly demonstrated by the instructor before they are put into action, and correction is given in a constructive way if a student is doing it incorrectly. My class was about 45 minutes long, and has a playlist of songs to which exercises are set. These are exercises that work your legs and core, and emulate dance moves.

I will say, my ASD heart was so happy when the majority of song choreography revolves around repetitive walking motions and having your feet on tip toe. It reminded me a lot of stimming, and helped me get into my groove for a lot of the class. Additionally, the instructor gave options for how to do the exercises with your hands on your hips if you aren’t comfortable with engaging your arms as much (I can’t focus on more than one area at a time before my body starts buffering and getting confused in movement). Additionally, the movements are fairly slower paced and are short and simple in duration and complexity, which allowed me to follow along with confidence.

Overall, I would say that if you are looking for a fitness class; the Les Mills Barre class is super conducive to ASD. (Not sponsored, but I looked up the brand of classes at my gym to see the provider. Instructors vary)

I know what you all think of saying "just keep practicing it will get better. "

But I have been on and off again guitar player of few years. My hands hurt after few barre chords, can barely get through a song. I've improved in other areas but this one.

It has to be something wrong with my hands, right?

It's the type of pain you get squeezing too long. The pain in my ligaments, forearms and wrist. My fingers do not hurt from the strings. I have callouses on my fingers.

I've watched videos about correct posture and finger placement. No matter what I try it doesn't help.

I was thinking about getting one of those squeeze exercise tools. or doing a barre chord on a weight plate. I'm trying to target the ligament/arm muscle.

Does anyone have something similar like this happen with them?

Hi there,

I've been feeling very meh lately, suffering from depression, and because of that, I've gained some weight (which is making me feel even worse). I'm just tired of feeling like this, so I decided I want to get active and work out.

I want to know what fitness system would work best for me? I've always wanted to try pilates or barre, and there are club pilates and pure barre, but what workout system would you think would cater more to my desired results? I want an hourglass figure (slimmer waist) and a bigger butt.

Thank you again!

Hi all. I’m interested in knowing about the types of people who do/continued to do/quit barre. I’m genuinely just curious because I’ve been part of the sub for a while, and have had these questions on my mind for a while! So here are my questions for you:

-If you’re an active PB goer, have you ever been pretty involved with another fitness program before? Whether it be dance, OrangeTheory, running, etc., I wanna know. What made you pursue pure barre/barre as your primary form of exercise (if it is your primary form of exercise)?

-If you started barre before COVID and are continuing throughout quarantine in one way or another, what made you stay? Were the quality of virtual classes good at your studio? Did you just stay with PBOD?

-If you quit barre before or during quarantine, why did you? And what have you transitioned to, if anything, as a replacement for barre? Do you like it more or less than barre? Do you miss barre?

ETA: Thanks to all who have shared their stories so far! I have really enjoyed learning about the ways you have benefited from barre, and the reasons you've stayed or left. A common theme thus far seems to be that those who have stayed during COVID have had really excellent communication and service from their studio in light of the changes. It makes me happy to hear that so many studios have been helpful during this time. My studio (which I truly loved!) was horrible with the onset of COVID-- absolutely no communication, continuing to charge lifestyle members full price, ignoring calls/emails, etc., which is why I ended up leaving PB. That's one of the reasons I like hearing about all of your stories!

I've been doing a mixture of the following workouts off/on for a year or two now.

-yoga -pilates -barre -body weight exercises (Plank, push-ups, squats, lunges)

• cardio- mainly walking with a little jogging thrown in
• recreational ice skating
• learning to roller blade

For a while I felt like I was over doing it and would flip flop between different workouts and YouTube videos. For the past month I've found several good videos to follow at home. I feel like I need help sifting through my chosen videos and building a weekly routine. I'm worried I'm trying to fit too much in. I tried doing a month with a physical trainer and have them build me a routine but I'm not one for the weight training workouts. I'm enjoying following my home workout YouTube videos.

Here is a typical week for me. If I could get some input on my routine, what I should add, take away, yada yada that'd be awesome.

Sometimes I don't always do my yoga in the morning or I swap up the workouts depending. This is my dream schedule or something like it.

Mon: AM- Yoga or Stretch Routine & Balance drills- 15-20 mins (if not done in AM, complete in PM), PM- 1) 30-45 min full body barre YouTube video 2) 30 Minute Figure Skate lesson (low key)

Tues: AM- Yoga or Stretch Routine & Balance drills- 15-20 mins (if not done in AM, complete in PM) Mid Day- 1 Hour Figure Skate lesson (low key) PM- 1) Walk/Jog Cardio Combo- 1-2 miles 2) 15 min Pilates YouTube video

Wed: AM- Yoga or Stretch Routine & Balance drills- 15-20 mins (if not done in AM, complete in PM) PM- 30-45 min full body barre YouTube video

Thurs: AM- Yoga or Stretch Routine & Balance drills- 15-20 mins (if not done in AM, complete in PM) PM- 1) Walk/Jog Cardio Combo- 1-2 miles 2)15 min Pilates YouTube video

Fri: AM- Yoga or Stretch Routine & Balance drills- 15-20 mins (if not done in AM, complete in PM) PM- 30-45 min full body barre YouTube video

Sat: AM- Yoga or Stretch Routine & Balance Drills- 15-20 mins (if not done in AM, complete in PM) Midday- Walk/Jog Combo- 1-3 miles

Sun: OFF DAY Clean House Day Maybe longer easy Yoga flow YouTube video

I’ve been doing barre for about two months and I’d like to incorporate more cardio and lifting. I’m not sure the best way to do it. Does anyone else incorporate other exercises?

Background: Empower is too intense and hurts my knees. Reform has resistance and I love it, but it’s only offered once per week (or less) at my studio. I like that barre is low impact yet effective. I enjoy the group fitness class and positivity at my studio; the instructors are great!!

I’d like to continue to do barre 5x/week (M/T/TH/F/S). And add 2 weight training days plus some low impact cardio. Cardio 3 days is what I’m thinking right now to really burn some calories and help with fat loss. Is this too much? Other suggestions on fat loss and being able to lift heavier and still get my barre fix? Thank you!

Hey everyone,

I'm new to the Reddit community here and already I have been able to find so much great info! Been doing barre for a while now. I have been dancing since I was a child and as a combination of likely that and genetics, I tend to have bigger calves than I would like. I would like my calves to slim down a bit-- any recommendations on particular exercises or Pure Barre exercises that might help slim down my calves? And while we're at it, any particular exercises that would be good at developing chest muscle (I'm a small chested gal)?

Thanks so much in advance!

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I’m a self taught guitarist of many years (although only in the last year or so started regularly practicing and playing several times a week after many years of only picking up my guitar intermittently) and I’m sure I’ve developed some very bad habits when it comes to barre chords.

Does anyone have any good exercises to help with fretting barre chords cleanly?

For context; I was trying to learn ‘Spellbound’ by Siouxie and the Banshees which has an unusual barre chord shape (minor7add9 or something) with picked notes, and often the barred notes just don’t ring... for more standard shapes normally this isn’t a big problem, but I wonder if I’ve just developed a habit that more or less works for more typical barre shapes but is not good technique in general? Any tips would be great!

Has anyone here been to a workout place like Pure Barre? I was wondering how close it was to a standard ballet class. I know people who don’t dance who like it, but I wanted to ask some fellow dancers what they think.

Hi All,

I've had a membership at Pure Barre for about 5 months and within those 5 months, I have taken 41 classes. After reading some posts on this subreddit, it sounds like this is way below average for most people who are members at Pure Barre. I had an unlimited membership for the first four months but found I was not taking enough advantage of it because I also have memberships at Row House and Club Pilates (both memberships are 4 classes a month), so I was only able to take a couple of classes a week. About a month ago I changed my Pure Barre membership to 8 classes a month and found myself going more often to not lose my credits.

With all that being said, I feel like I am behind on the amount of classes I should've taken by now.

How many classes have you taken at Pure Barre and how long have you been a member? I would love to hear everyone else's experience!

As a guy who is hooked on barre I'm Just curious what are your main reasons for doing barre? I would like to also hear from other guys to see if the reason are similar to those for women.

Thanks

Question for regular barre-go'ers: while I am so into barre that I could (and often do) go every day, I'm wondering whether it might be better to balance my barre routine with another exercise, perhaps a couple of times a week. For me it'd be spinning or swimming. What's your experience and preference? Thanks! #purebarreman

I just joined Noom yesterday (woo!) and am looking forward to seeing how this new fitness journey goes. I just figured out this morning how to log exercises, but there doesnt seem to be a log for barre classes (which I find weird since they are so popular now - at least where I live, there are like 8 different studios). Do other people here do barre? How do you log that exercise so it's most accurate?

I bought the unlimited membership for the year and now have access to Pure Barre Go. Is it worth it/ do you think I need to buy one of the fold up barres online (found one for $80) or will something like the back of a couch do for most of the exercises? Thanks!

After never being an exerciser, I tried barre in May 2019 and loved it. I was going 5-6 times a week and hit 100 classes right before covid hit in March 2020. I kept doing it on my own 3-4 times a week during lockdown, through April. I went back to 2 classes in July 2020 when things started opening back up.

But I haven’t been back since.

So now I’m thinking about going back, but I feel so weak compared to what I could do back then. I can’t do sit-ups anymore- I had just started being able to do them after 100 classes - and I’ll basically have no stamina.

Anyone have advice on getting back into it after so long?