Chair Barre Low Impact Total Body Workout

 




If you’ve been missing your regular barre classes due to the gym and stupid closures you have an at-home option you may not have known about: barre workouts on YouTube.

Yep, the same platform that gives you copious cat videos can also help you get in a good sweat—even if you don’t have a lot of (or any) fitness equipment at your disposal.

“If you'd like to get a good barre workout at home and have no equipment, no problem,” says Jennifer, a barre and yoga sculpt instructor in Montreal. “Grab a chair or use a countertop as your barre.” In fact, most barre workouts require just the barre as equipment, but if your workout calls for additional gear, you can use what you have around the house she says—like cans of soup or a water bottle as your weights, and a pillow or blanket as a small Pilates ball.

Barre, a ballet-based dance workout (named after the barre ballet dancers use), is anything but easy. This type of workout uses movements inspired by dance, Pilates, and yoga to work your muscles—particularly lower-body muscles in your calves and ankles—and challenge your cardiovascular endurance, says Atoapoma. Plus, using the barre as a tool helps you hone your balance



and create proper alignment in your body.

If you’re new to barre, you may think you need to be a dancer to smoke these workouts, but that is definitely not the case.

“I always say if you're new to barre, you don't need to be a [ballet dancer],” says Atoapoma. “It may be hard the first time, just like anything in life.” But if you continue on with it—and keep challenging yourself—you’ll quickly become comfortable with the kind of moves it requires, she says.

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