Studio Barre is one of the most popular workouts on the platform from our sports experts at Studio C Online. But why is this Barre workout so popular?
Barre is accessible, is low-impact, gives you a strong core and a beautifully shaped body. The workout basically combines ballet, pilates and yoga with core strength as a result and an accessible way to shape your body. Barre may sound like a ballerina workout, but you really don't need any ballerina skills to do this workout.
Barre was invented in 1959 by the German ballet dancer Lotte Berk. Due to a back injury, she combined her dance routine with muscle-strengthening exercises. This led to a new kind of workout. All kinds of variations have been created and they still exist to this day.
The barre workout consists mainly of exercises of small movements and many repetitions. Because of the small movements you can hold the same position for longer. This allows you to continuously tense the muscle. Isometric movements help to isolate certain muscles. You can do more reps with these small moves that will exhaust your muscle in a completely different way.
These small muscle movements build up the muscles and make them more elastic. However, no small muscle tears are caused, as with strength training. As a result, the muscle does not become very large. Stronger, but not bulky. This gives you a beautifully shaped, feminine body. That is why it is not surprising that models are fans of Barre. In addition, your posture improves and you become more flexible. A nice side effect is that the isometric movements make the muscles stronger without straining the tendons and attachments. As a result, there is a smaller chance of injuries compared to the more traditional strength training.
With a Barre workout you don't work on your cardiovascular health. Your heart rate hardly goes up. As a result, you also do not burn fat after your workout. So it's important that you include cardio in your workout routine. The most effective cardio training is high-intensity interval training.
You also work less on functional strength. This is important in your daily movements. Think of walking up and down the stairs, lifting groceries or carrying your child on your arm. With traditional strength training you work on functional strength. The heart rate is also often higher during such a training, which causes fat burning.
The Barre workouts allow you to fine-tune your body. It is completely different from regular strength training, because you do a lot of repetitions, usually with your own body weight. In addition to Barre, it is recommended to add cardio workouts to your sports routine to raise your heart rate.
Ultimately, a combination of different workouts or variety throughout the year ensures that you get the best and fittest body. And what is most important? Enjoy. Do something that makes you happy. Lift, run, jump, swim, dance! Mix up your workouts, keep moving your body while focusing on workouts that increase your overall strength and endurance. Do that and you will become that fantastic, fit woman for the rest of your life.
Christina and Heidy are founders of the online workout platform Studio C Online.
As working moms, they know how busy life can be. With Studio C Online they therefore want to make it easier to plan sports in your life, because you can do it from home.
They offer great workouts full of variety and energy. Christina is a born entertainer. Her energy bursts through the screen. We often hear:“Christina's enthusiasm makes a workout over in no time”. “It's like Christina is in my living room.”
In this way they hope to motivate women again and again to KEEP training. This is so important. Not only for your physical health, but also for how you feel mentally.
Their studio stands for variation, variety and originality. Not a workout is the same. For example, you can choose from Studio HIIT, Studio Strength and Studio Fire. These are tough workouts, and it's better not to do them every day. In addition, you can choose from Studio Barre, Studio Sculpt (dance and aerobics in combination with arm/buttocks/core), Studio Power Pilates and Studio Stretch &Relax. These are training sessions of a lower intensity that can be nicely alternated with the heavy training sessions.
And if you are a beginner, you can start very nicely with the lighter workouts and slowly build up to the heavy workouts.
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