barre workout Archives - yourdailysportfix.com yourdailysportfix.com Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:29:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://yourdailysportfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-FAVICON_2-32x32.png barre workout Archives - yourdailysportfix.com 32 32 Barre Moves For Your Glutes You Can Do at Home https://yourdailysportfix.com/barre-moves-for-your-glutes-you-can-do-at-home/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:14:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=21714 If you are on vacation and don’t have access to the gym, try these barre moves with just a chair as a prop. You can strengthen the entire lower body with these low-intensity exercises, and you’re using your body weight as resistance. It shouldn’t take you longer than 15 minutes if you do three sets […]

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]]> If you are on vacation and don’t have access to the gym, try these barre moves with just a chair as a prop. You can strengthen the entire lower body with these low-intensity exercises, and you’re using your body weight as resistance. It shouldn’t take you longer than 15 minutes if you do three sets of each exercise, and you’ll really feel it working.

Pulsing Wide Plié

Place one hand on a chair and the other is straight out in line with your shoulder. Step your feet out to point to the corners of the room, with the legs externally rotated and turned out. Lower the hips in between the legs into a plié. The weight is centered between both legs, the torso is vertical, and the shoulders are relaxed. Bend both knees and lower the hips towards the floor start pulsing up and down for 20-30 seconds.

Barre Lunges

Place both hands on the back of a chair for balance, feet together. Step one leg back and then bend both knees lowering to just above the floor into a lunge, keeping the heel of the back heel up. Bring the leg to start position and alternate. Do 10 on each side.

Curtsey Lunge into Side Leg Lift

Stand on the right side holding the chair with the right hand, with your feet together in a small V. Bring the left leg behind the right leg, as close to the chair as you can, and bend both knees into a lunge towards the ground. Come back up and kick the left leg out straight to the side. Do 12 on each side.

Single Leg Dead Lift

Stand with the feet together and knees very slightly bent. Start to lift the left leg straight back, bringing your torso forward parallel to the ground, bending the right knee as you go down. Come back up to the start position and do 10 reps on each side.

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]]> Why You Should Take a Barre Class https://yourdailysportfix.com/why-you-should-take-a-barre-class/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:57:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=21381 Barre workouts are no longer just for ballerinas—they have become very popular in the last 10 years, helping women to build strength and improve their posture. The roots of the classes are from ballet and it encourages a lot of repetition of dynamic isometric movements that are low impact on your bones and joints. Since […]

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]]> Barre workouts are no longer just for ballerinas—they have become very popular in the last 10 years, helping women to build strength and improve their posture. The roots of the classes are from ballet and it encourages a lot of repetition of dynamic isometric movements that are low impact on your bones and joints.

Since the pandemic there has been a big rise in popularity because you can do it anywhere and you don’t need much space or equipment. Here’s why you should take a barre class.

The Benefits of Barre

There are loads of benefits from doing a barre class including toning every part of your body and it increases bone density as it is considered a form of resistance training. Since all the movements are very controlled, there is a lot of focus on your core, shoulders, and hips which are the key stabilizers in your body. Posture is the main component and you will be able to see any weaknesses or imbalances in your body from just one class.

What Do You Need?

If you are doing it in a class environment there will be a long bar for you to hold on to. If you are home all you need is a chair, a set of dumbbells, a resistance band, and a soft pilates ball. Find a class near you or online and start practicing those moves to support your joints and improve your posture.

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]]> Read This Before Hitting the Barre https://yourdailysportfix.com/read-this-before-hitting-the-barre/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:23:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=20780 Be honest: the first time you heard the word “barre”, you pictured a darkened room where cocktails are served. While we can’t guarantee decent lighting, we can confirm that barre is a great way to keep fit. By making use of a ballet barre from which it earns its name, barre incorporates movements from yoga, […]

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]]> Be honest: the first time you heard the word “barre”, you pictured a darkened room where cocktails are served. While we can’t guarantee decent lighting, we can confirm that barre is a great way to keep fit. By making use of a ballet barre from which it earns its name, barre incorporates movements from yoga, Pilates, and yes, ballet. If you’re new to the exercise form, here are some things to know. 

Way Back When

Although it may seem relatively new, Barre has been around for more than half a century. After injuring her back, ballerina Lotte Berk had the idea of combining her ballet barre routines with her rehabilitative therapy. And thus, barre was born! The year was 1959.

Self Support

Barre has a list of benefits about as long as a barre itself! The practice can improve strength, posture, flexibility, balance, stability, endurance, and muscle definition. By targeting muscles that are not typically stimulated through other exercises, barre can enhance the body’s ability to support itself.  

Go Easy

It’s natural to want to dive straight in when you are interested in something, but it’s important to ease into your first few classes to allow your body to adapt. Be patient with yourself and modify movements if you need. You can also follow some YouTube tutorials to practice the positions before committing to a class.

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]]> Can You Build Muscle With Barre Workouts? https://yourdailysportfix.com/can-you-build-muscle-with-barre-workouts/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:28:12 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=15377 Most people turn to strength workouts that use equipment like dumbbells and barbells to build muscle. Barre is usually not one of the workouts they consider doing to get stronger since it uses little to no weights or your bodyweight. The movements are done with a stationary bar and they’re not explosive like weight lifting […]

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]]> Most people turn to strength workouts that use equipment like dumbbells and barbells to build muscle. Barre is usually not one of the workouts they consider doing to get stronger since it uses little to no weights or your bodyweight. The movements are done with a stationary bar and they’re not explosive like weight lifting is. But even though you’ll feel the burn after barre workouts, can you build muscle with them?

What’s a Barre Workout?

Barre is a combination of Pilates and ballet. The workout is low-impact and you don’t have to be a trained dancer to do it. The idea of barre workouts is to help with balance, toning, core strength, and lengthening. In the workouts, the range of motion is shorter to fatigue the targeted muscle groups and strengthen the muscles.

Does Barre Build Muscle?

Most barre classes use a barre or chair for balance. They usually use your own bodyweight and sometimes they incorporate light free weights. Instead of bulking up as you may with heavier weights, you’ll tone and strengthen your muscles. In addition to strengthening muscles, with barre, you’ll have better physical and mental awareness of your body.

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]]> 5 Barre Workout Tips to Improve Your Home Workout Sessions https://yourdailysportfix.com/5-barre-workout-tips-to-improve-your-home-workout-sessions/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=8773 Barre uses a ballet barre and movements from ballet and while it’s usually done in group classes at gyms or studios, it’s possible to do it at home. With these tips, you can improve your home barre workout sessions. Choose Your Weight Carefully If you only have heavy dumbbells, skip the weights or find lighter […]

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]]> Barre uses a ballet barre and movements from ballet and while it’s usually done in group classes at gyms or studios, it’s possible to do it at home. With these tips, you can improve your home barre workout sessions.

Choose Your Weight Carefully

If you only have heavy dumbbells, skip the weights or find lighter alternatives like water bottles or cans. When the weights are too heavy, it can mess with your form and cause you to raise your shoulders to try and complete the exercises. Barre is about higher rep counts, so lighter weights are important. The recommended weights to use is between two to five pounds.

Check Your Barre Height

Since you probably don’t have a ballet barre at home, use a chair or tabletop for balance. These alternatives may be lower than a barre bar is, so try and maintain proper posture. If you don’t have an object that’s the right height, you can use a wall.

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Friday I completed 8 weeks at the Barre and today I started all over again because I just love this program soooo damn much! ❤❤ I have never finished a program only to jump right back into it so you know this one is special. ⭐ Besides transforming my body in ways I never thought this type of workout could, @elisejoanfitness is so beyond inspiring I couldn’t bear the thought of not having her positivity and motivation in my living room single day. 🙏 I am excited to restart #barreblend and uplevel the workouts and see what amazingness happens over the next 8 weeks! If anyone wants to join me, let me know! This program has changed my life and I know it would change yours too! 😊☀😊 Hope you all had an incredible Monday and let’s make this a great week! 😘 #barre #workout #homeworkouts #happy #healthy #inspired #thankful #fit #instafit #goalgetter #fitnessjourney #newme #fitgirl #barreworkout #positivevibes #mondaymotivation #dowork #domore #fitnessmotivation #cantstopwontstop #goals #gains #bodypositivity #slay

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Be Mindful of Your Shoulders When Planking

Planks are a full-body workout that engage your core, arms, back, and legs. When you start to get tired, it’s natural to sink into your shoulders, which puts strain on your neck and back. If you feel like you’re going to sag, press your palms on the mat and hold your gaze about six inches beyond your fingertips.

Don’t Roll Your Hips Back

When lying on your side for poses, you top leg is doing most of the work and it’s common to roll back on the hip, opening it up towards the ceiling. But when you’re doing this, you’re not fully doing the exercise and you won’t feel it as much.

Remember to Cool Down

The cooldown section of your barre workout is important to allow your muscles to recover. Plus it’s the best part of the exercise as you’ll be lying on a mat!

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> barre workout Archives - yourdailysportfix.com yourdailysportfix.com Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:29:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://yourdailysportfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-FAVICON_2-32x32.png barre workout Archives - yourdailysportfix.com 32 32 Barre Moves For Your Glutes You Can Do at Home https://yourdailysportfix.com/barre-moves-for-your-glutes-you-can-do-at-home/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:14:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=21714 If you are on vacation and don’t have access to the gym, try these barre moves with just a chair as a prop. You can strengthen the entire lower body with these low-intensity exercises, and you’re using your body weight as resistance. It shouldn’t take you longer than 15 minutes if you do three sets […]

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]]> If you are on vacation and don’t have access to the gym, try these barre moves with just a chair as a prop. You can strengthen the entire lower body with these low-intensity exercises, and you’re using your body weight as resistance. It shouldn’t take you longer than 15 minutes if you do three sets of each exercise, and you’ll really feel it working.

Pulsing Wide Plié

Place one hand on a chair and the other is straight out in line with your shoulder. Step your feet out to point to the corners of the room, with the legs externally rotated and turned out. Lower the hips in between the legs into a plié. The weight is centered between both legs, the torso is vertical, and the shoulders are relaxed. Bend both knees and lower the hips towards the floor start pulsing up and down for 20-30 seconds.

Barre Lunges

Place both hands on the back of a chair for balance, feet together. Step one leg back and then bend both knees lowering to just above the floor into a lunge, keeping the heel of the back heel up. Bring the leg to start position and alternate. Do 10 on each side.

Curtsey Lunge into Side Leg Lift

Stand on the right side holding the chair with the right hand, with your feet together in a small V. Bring the left leg behind the right leg, as close to the chair as you can, and bend both knees into a lunge towards the ground. Come back up and kick the left leg out straight to the side. Do 12 on each side.

Single Leg Dead Lift

Stand with the feet together and knees very slightly bent. Start to lift the left leg straight back, bringing your torso forward parallel to the ground, bending the right knee as you go down. Come back up to the start position and do 10 reps on each side.

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]]> Why You Should Take a Barre Class https://yourdailysportfix.com/why-you-should-take-a-barre-class/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:57:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=21381 Barre workouts are no longer just for ballerinas—they have become very popular in the last 10 years, helping women to build strength and improve their posture. The roots of the classes are from ballet and it encourages a lot of repetition of dynamic isometric movements that are low impact on your bones and joints. Since […]

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]]> Barre workouts are no longer just for ballerinas—they have become very popular in the last 10 years, helping women to build strength and improve their posture. The roots of the classes are from ballet and it encourages a lot of repetition of dynamic isometric movements that are low impact on your bones and joints.

Since the pandemic there has been a big rise in popularity because you can do it anywhere and you don’t need much space or equipment. Here’s why you should take a barre class.

The Benefits of Barre

There are loads of benefits from doing a barre class including toning every part of your body and it increases bone density as it is considered a form of resistance training. Since all the movements are very controlled, there is a lot of focus on your core, shoulders, and hips which are the key stabilizers in your body. Posture is the main component and you will be able to see any weaknesses or imbalances in your body from just one class.

What Do You Need?

If you are doing it in a class environment there will be a long bar for you to hold on to. If you are home all you need is a chair, a set of dumbbells, a resistance band, and a soft pilates ball. Find a class near you or online and start practicing those moves to support your joints and improve your posture.

The post Why You Should Take a Barre Class appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

]]> Read This Before Hitting the Barre https://yourdailysportfix.com/read-this-before-hitting-the-barre/ Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:23:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=20780 Be honest: the first time you heard the word “barre”, you pictured a darkened room where cocktails are served. While we can’t guarantee decent lighting, we can confirm that barre is a great way to keep fit. By making use of a ballet barre from which it earns its name, barre incorporates movements from yoga, […]

The post Read This Before Hitting the Barre appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

]]> Be honest: the first time you heard the word “barre”, you pictured a darkened room where cocktails are served. While we can’t guarantee decent lighting, we can confirm that barre is a great way to keep fit. By making use of a ballet barre from which it earns its name, barre incorporates movements from yoga, Pilates, and yes, ballet. If you’re new to the exercise form, here are some things to know. 

Way Back When

Although it may seem relatively new, Barre has been around for more than half a century. After injuring her back, ballerina Lotte Berk had the idea of combining her ballet barre routines with her rehabilitative therapy. And thus, barre was born! The year was 1959.

Self Support

Barre has a list of benefits about as long as a barre itself! The practice can improve strength, posture, flexibility, balance, stability, endurance, and muscle definition. By targeting muscles that are not typically stimulated through other exercises, barre can enhance the body’s ability to support itself.  

Go Easy

It’s natural to want to dive straight in when you are interested in something, but it’s important to ease into your first few classes to allow your body to adapt. Be patient with yourself and modify movements if you need. You can also follow some YouTube tutorials to practice the positions before committing to a class.

The post Read This Before Hitting the Barre appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

]]> Can You Build Muscle With Barre Workouts? https://yourdailysportfix.com/can-you-build-muscle-with-barre-workouts/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:28:12 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=15377 Most people turn to strength workouts that use equipment like dumbbells and barbells to build muscle. Barre is usually not one of the workouts they consider doing to get stronger since it uses little to no weights or your bodyweight. The movements are done with a stationary bar and they’re not explosive like weight lifting […]

The post Can You Build Muscle With Barre Workouts? appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

]]> Most people turn to strength workouts that use equipment like dumbbells and barbells to build muscle. Barre is usually not one of the workouts they consider doing to get stronger since it uses little to no weights or your bodyweight. The movements are done with a stationary bar and they’re not explosive like weight lifting is. But even though you’ll feel the burn after barre workouts, can you build muscle with them?

What’s a Barre Workout?

Barre is a combination of Pilates and ballet. The workout is low-impact and you don’t have to be a trained dancer to do it. The idea of barre workouts is to help with balance, toning, core strength, and lengthening. In the workouts, the range of motion is shorter to fatigue the targeted muscle groups and strengthen the muscles.

Does Barre Build Muscle?

Most barre classes use a barre or chair for balance. They usually use your own bodyweight and sometimes they incorporate light free weights. Instead of bulking up as you may with heavier weights, you’ll tone and strengthen your muscles. In addition to strengthening muscles, with barre, you’ll have better physical and mental awareness of your body.

The post Can You Build Muscle With Barre Workouts? appeared first on yourdailysportfix.com.

]]> 5 Barre Workout Tips to Improve Your Home Workout Sessions https://yourdailysportfix.com/5-barre-workout-tips-to-improve-your-home-workout-sessions/ Fri, 26 Jun 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://yourdailysportfix.com/?p=8773 Barre uses a ballet barre and movements from ballet and while it’s usually done in group classes at gyms or studios, it’s possible to do it at home. With these tips, you can improve your home barre workout sessions. Choose Your Weight Carefully If you only have heavy dumbbells, skip the weights or find lighter […]

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]]> Barre uses a ballet barre and movements from ballet and while it’s usually done in group classes at gyms or studios, it’s possible to do it at home. With these tips, you can improve your home barre workout sessions.

Choose Your Weight Carefully

If you only have heavy dumbbells, skip the weights or find lighter alternatives like water bottles or cans. When the weights are too heavy, it can mess with your form and cause you to raise your shoulders to try and complete the exercises. Barre is about higher rep counts, so lighter weights are important. The recommended weights to use is between two to five pounds.

Check Your Barre Height

Since you probably don’t have a ballet barre at home, use a chair or tabletop for balance. These alternatives may be lower than a barre bar is, so try and maintain proper posture. If you don’t have an object that’s the right height, you can use a wall.

View this post on Instagram

Friday I completed 8 weeks at the Barre and today I started all over again because I just love this program soooo damn much! ❤❤ I have never finished a program only to jump right back into it so you know this one is special. ⭐ Besides transforming my body in ways I never thought this type of workout could, @elisejoanfitness is so beyond inspiring I couldn’t bear the thought of not having her positivity and motivation in my living room single day. 🙏 I am excited to restart #barreblend and uplevel the workouts and see what amazingness happens over the next 8 weeks! If anyone wants to join me, let me know! This program has changed my life and I know it would change yours too! 😊☀😊 Hope you all had an incredible Monday and let’s make this a great week! 😘 #barre #workout #homeworkouts #happy #healthy #inspired #thankful #fit #instafit #goalgetter #fitnessjourney #newme #fitgirl #barreworkout #positivevibes #mondaymotivation #dowork #domore #fitnessmotivation #cantstopwontstop #goals #gains #bodypositivity #slay

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Be Mindful of Your Shoulders When Planking

Planks are a full-body workout that engage your core, arms, back, and legs. When you start to get tired, it’s natural to sink into your shoulders, which puts strain on your neck and back. If you feel like you’re going to sag, press your palms on the mat and hold your gaze about six inches beyond your fingertips.

Don’t Roll Your Hips Back

When lying on your side for poses, you top leg is doing most of the work and it’s common to roll back on the hip, opening it up towards the ceiling. But when you’re doing this, you’re not fully doing the exercise and you won’t feel it as much.

Remember to Cool Down

The cooldown section of your barre workout is important to allow your muscles to recover. Plus it’s the best part of the exercise as you’ll be lying on a mat!

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