Barre Intense!™
Step into Barre Intense!™ for an exciting new exercise challenge! This new class merges the best of Ballet Barre, Pilates and traditional exercise to give you a fresh, efficient and super-effective workout...
Barre Intense! Classes
at XQ Panther Valley Studio
- redesign and energize your body
- reshape your legs
- lift your seat muscles
- streamline your appearance with tall and graceful posture
- flatten your abdominals
- burn fat and define your waistline
- low impact and safe for all ages and all body types
- all the exercises can be modified to suit your body type and fitness level
So what's involved?
Here's the basic structure of a typical class...
- Dynamic stretch
- Pump-it-up cardio
- Barre Intense!
- Body sculpt
- Core connections
- Power Pilates
- Posture Enhancement
We stretch, stretch, stretch between each series!
We introduce toys to make it even more fun - bands, balls, rings, whatever I can find!
Just bring your mat and you're ready to go!The details
Here's some more details now that I've whetted your appetite...
Dynamic stretch - 5 mins
Let's prepare our bodies for exercise. We breathe deeply to increase our stamina and energy and boost our endorphins. Next we follow a series of movements to stretch out and lengthen our muscles and finish off with a Yoga stretch or two.
Pump-it-up cardio - 5 mins
Faster movements here to break a sweat and get our hearts beating. We will be moving to the rhythm of the music to challenge our bodies to build muscle and shed calories.
Barre Intense! - 20 mins
With our bodies warmed up we're ready we move to the barre. This is dance conditioning taken to a new level. We will be doing pliés and relevés to tone our inner and outer thighs, quads and hamstrings. We will be tightening our seat muscles with a series of barre-based leg lifts. We will move our feet to the barre to work our abdominals. This will be one of the most fun, most effective, most Intense 20 minutes of exercise you have ever experienced!
Body sculpt - 10 mins
We will use small hand weights to create sculpted arms and shoulders and strengthen our backs and upper bodies. We will be looking for a lean, toned look in our arms, elegant posture in our shoulders and an uplifted stance. We stretch our arms, shoulders and backs.
Core connections - 5 mins
A series of push-ups and planks to work out our core and create strong abdominals and spinal stability.
Power Pilates - 10 mins
Pilates work on and off the barre to work out our abs and legs including floor barre work.
Posture enhancement - 5mins
A final trip to the barre for a series of standing exercises to perfect our balance and streamline our posture.