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FINDING FITNESS: The barre, not just for ballet The barre, a stationary handrail traditionally used in ballet, has made its way into the fitness world. Several barre-inspired workout studios have recently come to the Emerald Coast, including Pure Barre. The franchise, originally started by Carrie Rezabek Dorr in 2001, was brought to 30a in 2010 by Ashley Singleton and has recently expanded to Destin. According to their website, “Pure Barre is a total body workout that utilizes the ballet barre to perform small, isometric movements, which burn fat, sculpt muscles and create long, lean physiques.” I recently had the opportunity to stop into the studio on 30a to check out a class. Not sure what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised. The 55-minute class led by instructor Memori Spence focused on muscular endurance using high repetition sets, isometric holds, pulses and stretching. Set to music and using just a handful of props; small hand weights, resistance bands, a small ball and the barre, the emphasis was on core strength and stability. This low impact class is similar to Pilates, yoga and ballet, but will have you shaking and dripping by the end. We started with a warm up and moved into toning the arms, followed by the thighs, [...] newsinfl/finding-fitness-the-barre-not-just-for-ballet/
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:02:18 +0000

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