Honestly, if I could give a 6th star, I would.
For any woman out there who has struggled to reshape her body, and has not tried a barre class, the $100/month new client packages is hands-down the best investment you could possibly make toward changing your body. I wish I had found this form of exercise 20 years ago!! I have always favored exercising alone, and hadn't been in a studio for a group exercise class since 1996. Taking the plunge and giving this studio a try is one of the best chances I've ever taken in my life.
If you're a typical American woman, you know what it's like to live with incessant self-critique and frustration over not having the "idealized" body, which is usually that of a hipless, prepubescent girl. I cannot count the money I've invested in trying to get a fit body over the years: magazine subscriptions, gym memberships, diet books, metabolism-boosting supplements, exercise DVDs and weights. I've owned a treadmill, a NordicTrak, a PowerRider, and a half-dozen contraptions that were probably just repurposed sex gadgets, sold to desperate women like me who would try any exercise to look better.
I've starved myself, punished myself with grueling exercise feats, tried numerous DVD programs, and even (yes, I'm admitting this) obtained a prescription for a specific antidepressant because I'd read it doubled as an appetite suppressant. I have been desperate to change the way I look for most of my teens and all of my adult life.
Why am I writing this?
IN THREE WEEKS OF PURE BARRE CLASSES, I CHANGED MY BODY MORE THAN 9 MONTHS OF P90X ROUTINES.
For the first time in about 26 years, I really, REALLY am starting to like the way I look.
There was a trunk show that came to the studio, and I thought that I might -- just might -- have whittled myself down to a size 27 jeans after 25 days of classes. I almost started to cry when I fit into a snug size 26!! I'm going to be 42 years old in about 6 weeks, and I have the best definition I've ever had in my entire adult life!
The only regret that I have is that I didn't find this incredible studio sooner. I don't care about gyms with state-of-the-art equipment, TVs, locker rooms, or any of that. All it comes down to is this: Will this workout CHANGE my body in a way that it's never changed before?
With Pure Barre, *absolutely*.
The instructors are just wonderful, and the individual attention that they provide really makes a difference. If they correct you, it's a great thing! Not only are they insuring your form is better, but they WANT you to get the most effective workout that you can. Every routine is unique, which I really appreciate. I continue to be stunned at how minor variations can work my body in ways that create pain I didn't know I could push through. The staff at this location is really friendly and accommodating, and they promote the positive energy that you want to feel when coming to a studio.
I was so blown away by the changes that I saw in just a month that I took the plunge to buy a year's worth of classes. It's not cheap, but it's fair: I really believe the price is commensurate with the quality of the instruction and the results.
You don't have to believe this review. Just look around at the women who take the class. There are women who look incredible in every class -- but it's not intimidating, it's inspirational! They look great BECAUSE they stick with the class!
All around, this is a first-class business and it's run by a great lady who genuinely wants to share her love of this exercise as way of life. I am recommending this studio to all the women I know. I don't know what rock I was living under not to have known about it for so long, but I am so, SO grateful I've found this wonderful studio. read more