So donning a tutu and pirouetting around may not be your thing, but the athletic ballet bod probably is. Ballerinas tend to be strong, graceful, and lithe, with a body built on a foundation of core ...

With all the trendy barre studios popping up everywhere, it may seem like ballet-inspired workouts are just the latest fitness fad. But in fact, barre classes have been around since the '50s, when ...

Barre ballet classes are a firm favourite in the fitness scene for their ability to combine the grace and elegance of classical dance and Pilates with the rigour of strength training. As an ...

I used to watch the spectacle on weekend mornings: legging-clad women, hair high atop their heads, bounding out of the barre studio and heading, presumably, for brunch. I was confident I was more ...

Ballet barre workouts have been around for decades (actually dating back to the 1950s with creator Lotte Berk). But they’ve become especially popular over the last few years. In fact, it was in the ...

The “barre boom” as we know it first took off in the early 2010s and had everyone from your sister-in-law to your best friend’s mom arabesque-ing like there was no tomorrow. But what exactly is barre, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I'm a little biased, but I think doing a barre workout is one of the best ways you can spend 45 minutes.

Trending workout organization Pure Barre is facilitating the goals of consumers whose New Year?s resolutions are centered on getting back in shape with a mobile microsite and social media campaign ...

It’s not just a fad. We’ve all heard of the barre trend or taken a class or two; ranging in a few select positions, it relies on small, targeted movements while using a horizontal handrail for balance ...

Ballet barre workouts are, according to ClassPass, one of the reasons people head to the gym these days, and that includes runners, who want to be strong, but typically don’t want to build bulk ...