A low-impact workout combines several exercise elements for high-impact results. If you mix Pilates stretch and strengthening moves with a ballet barre and some groovin' tunes, you get Pure Barre.

IN a light-filled studio in Midtown Manhattan, the class wasn’t even half over, but the students were already grimacing in pain. The dozen women stood in front of a ballet barre, feet in a V position, ...

Looking for a workout that will tone and slim your hips, thighs and glutes? You might want to head to the barre. The ballet-inspired total body workout uses lots of repetition and low resistance ...

Toss your tutus in the air because Pure Barre, the trendy fitness workout with its cult-like following, has just opened in Tuscaloosa. New franchisee Jodi Bearman says she’s an exercise junkie who’s ...

Barre is the latest fitness trend and Great Day Washington will be exploring just what it's all about with local studio Barre Tech. Join us this September at the "barre" to move like a ballerina and ...

Markham Heid is a contributor at TIME. He is the author of The Habit Trap, due out in early 2027. Bethan Mooney for TIME In ballet training, the barre is the horizontal handrail dancers grip while ...

Want to shrink those thunder thighs? The owners of Pure Barre Studio say they have an answer. Through a series of low-impact stretches and exercises, Pure Barre Technique blends elements from ballet, ...

We caught up with ballet expert and teacher at Ev Avant Ballet, Karis Scarlette and Barrecore instructor Natasha Wynn, to get the low down on the most common mistakes people make in the studio. So, if ...