BARRE FITNESS
A fashion trend in modern fitness is group barre classes. This trend arose back in the middle of the last century, when the German ballerina Lotta Burke, having injured her spine, developed a system of exercises for her rehabilitation after an injury. Barre classes include ballet movements, yoga poses, Pilates and functional training, and therefore are aimed at strengthening the muscles of the core, arms, legs and back. This type of fitness does not require special sports or dance skills and physical fitness, so it is suitable even for beginners. Group barre training in Kiev is offered to everyone by the «5th Element» fitness center.
Features of Barre Workouts
The main features of the barre direction, which distinguish it from other types of fitness training, include:
● the use of the ballet barre as a must-have, although today there are varieties of barre without it. In addition, a mat, Pilates balls, one- or two-kilogram dumbbells, elastic bands, yoga belts, resistance bands and other equipment can be used additionally;
● deep working out of the core muscles using a set of isometric exercises that involve long-term retention of a certain posture and include stabilizing muscles in the work;
● lack of cardio and power loads - heavy weights are not used in fitness barre classes, all exercises are performed with their own weight, sometimes with the addition of weights. Exercises in this direction do not include running and jumping, which provides a gentle load on the joints.
The barre direction includes more than 140 exercises that combine different types of muscle loading, prolonged static postures and movements with different amplitude and tempo.
The effect of barre fitness is cumulative, so it is important that you train regularly, at least once a week. The more often you visit it, the faster you will notice how your figure changes for the better.
Who will benefit from barre workouts?
Barre classes are good to achieve the following goals:
● to form a beautiful posture and add a little in height, because the main emphasis in barre training is on strengthening the muscular corset and stretching the spine;
● tighten your stomach and burn extra calories without intense training and long running. To get a toned, but not pumped, feminine figure in a shorter period of time, you need to attend 3-4 barre classes per week, and with an intensity of 1-2 workouts per week, the result will have to wait longer;
● develop or improve the flexibility and plasticity of your body, since many barre fitness exercises include stretching elements;
● strengthen the tone of muscles, increase the body’s endurance;
● get rid of pain in the lower back, neck and knees - they are often caused by muscle clamps in the spine, namely, to work out this muscle group and all exercises of the barre fitness direction are accentuated;
● relieve stress - this is facilitated by the measured pace of classes and the switching of attention from anxious and unnerving thoughts to your body and the technique of performing exercises to statics.
If you want to have a slender, fit and flexible figure, like a ballerina, you do not have to go to classical dances - barre classes in Kiev, in the «5th Element» club, will help you achieve this without long exhausting training at the bar, the ability to sit on twine or walk on pointe.
Only subscription holders can attend barre workouts in Kiev, in our fitness center. Order it directly on this site!
