Meet Me At The Barre

My happy hour spot this week is at the Xtend Barre. A delightful mixology of ballet, pilates and dance entwined with a ballet barre. I normally show up 15-20 minutes early to prepare myself for the high-intensity punch in which I'm about to get handed. You couldn't ask for anything more effective after a good or bad day of work. The complexity of each move is strictly determined by your own body. You're using a series of isometric exercises and orthopedic stretches to sculpt the body proportionally so that all body parts are equally challenged. 

This workout requires such focus that you block "life" out for the hour allowing you to obtain the mental benefits achieved in yoga or meditation. A transformed body and a clear head in just one hour- take it from me, it doesn't get much better than this.

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