Life Barre at Bloomingdale

Available to All Members

The bar has been raised. Barre is a brilliant way find alignment, strengthen your core, and tone muscles.

Experience Level: All Levels
Class Length: 45-60 Minutes
Intensity: Medium
What to Bring: Water bottle, towel

Grace and Athleticism

Taking cues from ballet, yoga and Pilates, barre classes combine strength training with mindfulness for a targeted full-body workout. The magic is in the micro movements.

Core Strengthening, Muscle Lengthening

High reps of precise, isometric moves on and off the barre that engage muscles in a way that squats, lunges and sit-ups can’t.

Leave an inch taller

Get the long, lean dancer look as you strengthen your core and improve alignment, all while toning and elongating.

instructor

“The end of class is more important than the start. When you feel discomfort, that is your body changing in positive ways.”

MOVE WITH GRACE

EXPLORE THE CLASSES

Life Barre class participant at barre in attitude position at Life Time

LIFE BARRE CLASSIC

Created with ballet in mind, this invigorating class involves high reps of micro, controlled movements to ignite deep muscle burn. No dance experience necessary.

LIFE BARRE STRENGTH

The classic barre burn made deeper with light weights and resistance bands. Engage both major and small (but mighty) muscle groups with traditional barre movements that tone and strengthen.

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LIFE BARRE FUSION

A blend of ballet with strength, cardio, balance and mobility exercises, you’ll begin to move with a little more poise and grace.

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LIFE BARRE CORE

Strengthen your body’s foundation and take your workout to the next level with the help of resistance bands, light weights and a floor-mounted barre.

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a member’s perspective

"The instructor greets me at the door with her hair in a bun, and I feel as if I've been transported back to my kindergarten ballet class. I know I won't be joining the American Ballet Company, but for the next 45 minutes I can indulge in the same fluttering excitement I had all those years ago."

"I grab a light set of weights, the red squishy ball, and find my place at the barre. Safe to say I’ve forgotten everything from my ballet days but the instructor makes me feel comfortable with starting from scratch."

"We work through more intricate moves, targeting muscles I didn't even know existed. The barre quiver is real. Whilst squeezing and pulsing, I'm quickly reminded that we get to do it all over again on the other side. From the naked eye, it looks like we're barely moving, but let me tell you, the smaller the movement, the bigger the muscle shake."

"After all the moves are done, I lean forward on the barre to get that deep stretch. I know I'll be feeling these muscles for the next few days."

Good to know

GET TO KNOW THE BARRE SHAKE

These classes are all about small but super-precise movements that make your muscles work so hard, they'll quiver.

Did you know?

The word "Ballet" originates from French, literally meaning "to dance around a little."

Ever hearD of Lotte Berk?

Lotte was a ballerina who injured her back and had to go to rehab. She began to combine ballet moves with her rehabilitation exercises, and thus Barre was born.

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So many things to discover, amenities to enjoy and people to meet, all in a place you love.

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Workout Floor

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Dynamic Personal Training

A new approach to training, an irreplaceable hands-on experience.

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STRETCH & RECOVERY

The magic happens between workouts.

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Signature Group Training

Accountability. Community. All sorts of possibility.

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Our members say

“I walk into that class 5’4. I walk out 5’6, feeling like I can do anything.”

Charlie A.

Bloomingdale, IL

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