{"id":19629,"date":"2015-11-04T14:09:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T20:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=19629"},"modified":"2015-11-04T14:35:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T20:35:45","slug":"workout-fanatics-take-it-to-the-barre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/workout-fanatics-take-it-to-the-barre\/","title":{"rendered":"Workout fanatics take it to the barre"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ariana LaBarrie<\/strong><\/p>\n

The newest workout trend takes cues from ballerinas, but you don\u2019t have to be a dancer to tone up and build lean muscle.<\/p>\n

Turnouts, plies \u2013 the barre workout is derived from these ballet movements and others.\u00a0 Participants use the ballet barre for balance, resistance and to perfect form. Small, isometric movements exercise and fatigue different parts of the body, including arms, abs, thighs and the butt.<\/p>\n

“When you fatigue each part of the body you are actually changing the muscular structure within the moment.\u00a0 Stretching immediately after is how you create really long, really lean muscles,\u201d said Brynn Samp, manager of Pure Barre in Evanston.<\/p>\n

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Jess Ellis and Brynn Samp at Pure Barre in Evanston. (Ariana LaBarrie\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These isometric movements are effective because they take people beyond the moves they make in every day life or in typical workouts, like running or yoga, which involve broader movements.<\/p>\n

“[Since] you are doing small movements instead of the larger range of motion, it kind of jump starts your body, because your body has not built muscle that way,\u201d Samp said.<\/p>\n

These classes can initially be difficult, regardless of any fitness level or dance background, because of the different method of exercising.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first few classes were extremely hard. I was surprised as someone who had run a lot of races, [including] full and half marathons and was an avid yogi, but the class was different and I knew I was working muscles I had never worked before,\u201d said Jess Ellis, a student turned instructor at Pure Barre.<\/p>\n

Although the classes can be challenging at first, barre helps participants build a leaner, slimmer body, Samp said.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of bulking up, you are not going to get bigger, you are going to get more toned, you are to get more defined and you are going to slim down most of the time,” Samp said.<\/p>\n

Participants also noted the mental benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really can turn off\u2026It really does give you this hour to yourself that you reserved,\u201d said Ashlee Cummings, who has been doing barre workouts since January of this year. \u201cYou can focus on your mind, your body, and nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can find barre studios throughout the Chicago area, including Pure Barre in River North, The Dailey Method with studios in Lincoln Park, Bucktown and several suburbs, and The Bar Method in downtown Chicago on Wacker Drive.\u00a0Prices vary from each studio, and many studios allow participants to pay for individual classes or the purchase of unlimited classes for a monthly rate.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: The newest workout trend takes cues from ballerinas, but you don\u2019t have to be a dancer to tone up and build lean muscle.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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