An hour at BARREtique gives you a challenging workout to produce long, lean muscles and a more toned physique. We work arms, legs, bottoms and abdominals through mat and ballet barre based exercises. We integrate light weights, playground balls, rings, blocks and bands into the exercises to build strength, work difficult to target areas, and provide effective stretching.

The varied and precise movements are designed for results – toned legs, lifted bottom, flattened abdominals and defined arms. The method works muscle groups intensely followed by active stretching. We aim to increase strength and tone large and small muscle groups, as well as increase flexibility. Although most classes are fast paced and designed to keep your heart rate within a targeted zone, they are all non-impact. The movements are fun and unique; the environment is non-competitive. We welcome all ages and fitness levels. We value accurate form over repetitions or complex choreography.  If you have limitations, your teacher will work with you to provide modifications that allow you to exercise safely. The spirit of the class is designed to help you work just that little bit harder than you would on your own! 

Classes start with a full warm up, followed by a plank and push ups.  These full body exercises set the tone for the core engagement in our classes.  Most clients don’t join us already being planking pros – so we provide encouragement and incremental modifications to help you continue to work towards your personal best. Further arm exercises work all areas of the upper body and back – often also working the legs, core and glutes at the same time. A concentrated leg series working the calves, quadriceps and hamstrings is followed by exercises specifically targeting the bottom.  Whether standing at the barre or on the mat, these are the precise and unique the exercises that make barre so effective. We finish class as we began with concentrated abdominal exercises targeting all areas of the abdominal wall – linking deeper core muscles to more superficial abdominal exercises. Everyone is actively encouraged to work at the level that is right for them on the day. BARREtique classes finish with restorative stretching that allows your muscles to feel elongated and your posture a bit taller!