ActiveWorkoutsTone your legs and glutes with this chair-only bodyweight barre workoutIt also improves mobility, posture, strengthens you core and burns calories — what’s not to love?When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveWorkoutsTone your legs and glutes with this chair-only bodyweight barre workoutIt also improves mobility, posture, strengthens you core and burns calories — what’s not to love?When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
It also improves mobility, posture, strengthens you core and burns calories — what’s not to love?
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Getty)
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Want to tone up, increase your mobility, strengthen your core, and improve your posture as well as your endurance? It almost all sounds a bit too good to be true, doesn’t it? But if weight training HIIT workouts or running isn’t your thing, then barre workouts could be. This particular barre workout is perfect for beginners; it will take you no longer than 15 minutes to complete, is low-impact, but will still get your legs and glutes burning. The best bit? Nohome gym equipmentis required; you just need a chair.
If you’re still a little confused about what ‘barre’ is exactly, it’s a type of workout that combines ballet-inspired moves with Pilates and yoga. It’s a type ofstrength training, as you use your body weight (or sometimes even smalldumbbellsandresistance bands) to complete the movements, as well as a wall bar (a free-standing bar or chair will do at home) and anexercise/yoga mat. According toPhysique 57, one of New York’s first barre-based fitness boutiques: “Barre helps strengthen and tone your muscles without increasing bulk, and it improves your posture. It also increases cardiovascular endurance and metabolism, which helps to quickly burn calories.”
This workout can be done anywhere in your home, you could even take it outside on a sunny day, you just need a chair. You want to try and complete 10 reps of each exercise, on each side, and aim to complete at least three rounds. Remember, barre is all about controlled movement; take your time so as to really engage your muscles and core. Hold onto the side of the chair while completing each exercise to help with your balance. Here’s your workout:
You’ll then repeat exercises two to five, but forwards so:
We hope you enjoyed that workout, and hopefully, it introduced you to a new style of fitness training that you love. If so, then give this other barre-inspired15-minute full-body workout that uses a mini resistance banda go. If it’s your posture you’re looking to improve on more, then here arethree ballet posesthat will do just that.
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