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| - Wow. In Scottsdale for the week and scouting out different barre classes. Become a devotee of barre after 9 marathons did their damage. Barre ended up replacing my physical therapy post various knee and hip surgeries. Any barre is great -- but Pure Barre is uber great. Why? Mindy taught the class -- full of positive mojo, extremely attentive to everyone's form, making adjustments (thank you!!) where we needed them, very clear directions, great cuing, motivating music. She made full use of weights, bands and balls -- using exercises that I've never seen before in a barre class. (I can barely move today from the lactic acid --a "hurt so good" feeling!) Some instructors aren't so willing to personally touch/adjust you -- or don't personally critique your form. Mindy did. In fact, I feel like she upped my game -- in just one class. Mindy stands by the weights at the end of class, making sure she meets everyone. Nice touch. An even nicer touch -- we all wiped down our mats and weights with anti-bacterial wipes at the end of class. Some of these studios and their equipment can get quite gross -- this was a nice little touch. Upon leaving, the desk staff couldn't have been nicer -- asking how I liked the class, how did it compare versus other barre classes, etc... They didn't slam the other studios I've patronaged -- adding to the great mojo of this place.
Another nice touch about this place: during some of the more intense exercises, right when I felt like I couldn't last another second, a few women would yell out a "whoop." I know it sounds weird, but those whoops pulled me back to reality -- they made me feel like we were all in it together - and those whoops were responsible for me lasting another second or three. Thank you ladies. I needed that!
If you have never done barre -- this is a great studio to try it out. But don't just go to one class. It will take you a few to feel like you are getting the form down. I hated my first 3 classes -- but my body was so sore -- that I knew it was working muscles I didn't know I had (and I am an athlete who was active in many sports -- before running destroyed my bones!)
Barre classes -- anywhere -- aren't cheap. However, if you stay committed (3 times/week for a few months), you will see changes in your body that you just won't get with any other form of exercise. I'm a former marathon runner, spent a lifetime lifting in gyms, snowboarded down many a mountain, have my own pilates reformer machine, cycled competitively years ago, attempted yoga..... ) nothing compares to barre in terms of achieving a longer, leaner, more balanced and flexible body. I am too clumsy and uncoordinated to be a dancer -- but barre has made me feel like one -- and certainly look like one. No other exercise has done that.
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