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5 Barre Workout Moves Using a Chair

These 5 Barre workout moves will have your muscles shaking and leave you feeling refreshed and energized. Make sure to listen to your body and take breaks as needed! Let’s get started. 1. Wide Second Equipment All you need for this workout is a chair. Optionally, you can use a mat under your feet. Target…

Crunchless Abs Workout

Did you know that many muscles, including the glutes, lower back, upper back, and quads to name a few, contribute to the look and strength of your abdominal wall? Did you also know that you don’t have to go around pulling your abs in all the time to have a strong midsection. In fact, this…

Step & Strength Workout

This Barre-inspired compound strength workout will work body parts at the same time for an effective, efficient workout. You will need a step (or a stair if you don’t have a step), a pair of hand weights (I am using fives), and a mat. You may need to hold onto something for balance when you…

Jumpsport Barre & Cardio

This workout was recently featured on FitnessMagazine.com! This is a great cardio barre workout that will get your heart rate up while strengthening muscles you didn’t even know you had! All you need for this workout is a rebounder (my favorite brand is JumpSport) and something sturdy to hold onto. Warm Up Let’s get started!…

Lower Body Barre Fusion with Ball

I love fusion style workouts. I also love barre. I mean, I really love barre. So when I get a chance, I like to fuse different styles or equipments into my barre workouts to shake things up. This is a barre workout, recently featured on fitnessmagazine.com, that can be done anywhere you find an exercise…

Barre Moves to Sculpt the Booty!

These classic barre exercises can be done anywhere (no actual barre required). Warm up, grab a mat and light hand weights (1 to 5 pounds), and use your smartphone as a timer to get your burn in this week. Tabletop Knee Lift With hands underneath shoulders and knees underneath hips, place a light weight behind…

Does your Barre Training Need a Rev Up? Try this Boot Camp!

This Barre Boot Camp workout was recently featured on FitnessMagazine.com! Barre workouts have been trending for many years and there is good reason! They are amazing, super challenging, addictive, and, for us women, quite feminine. (Don’t worry, guys, while they are feminine feeling for us, they are incredible cross-trainers for you! So man-up and try…

Lower Body Barre Blast

I was recently hired on as a contributing fitness expert with emphasis in barre for Fitness Magazine and this workout was recently featured on FitnessMagazine.com! The great thing about this lower-body barre workout is that you can do it just about anywhere—even on vacation! Based on thigh and booty moves from BarreAmped classes and DVDs, this workout will…

Classic Barre Single Move | Leg Lift

Recently one of my SBF Facebook Group members (aka, SBFF) asked me what a good barre exercise was that she would do with issues with knees. While this exercise might not be the best for everyone with knee issues, it’s certainly one we use in BarreAmped when clients can’t bend knees or put weight on…

Quick Abs Workout Taken From BarreAmped Fire Extreme Sculpt DVD

I am so happy to choose some of my favorite moves from my newest DVD, BarreAmped Fire Extreme Sculpt.  You can do these three moves a few times a week to work your front core after you are warm. *It is imperative that you warm up your body all over before you do moves that…