by BeyondBarre | Nov 1, 2011 | Fitness Technique, Tools & Tips
Set the tone of your class with the genre of music that you choose. The music in BeyondBarre is used as a driving force throughout the workout as well as support for the instructor. Use this fun element to create an atmosphere in your class. If you want high energy...
by BeyondBarre | Nov 1, 2011 | Fitness Technique, Tools & Tips
“work from the back to move your front,” here is another self assist for your clients to get the feeling of this cue in their body. When doing the Battement exercise at the standing Barre, have them raise their arm up into the air and like a pendulum bring the raised...
by BeyondBarre | Nov 1, 2011 | Fitness Technique, Tools & Tips
“work from the back to move your front.” The initiation will be put equally into the opposing muscle. For example, Battement (Big Kick) can go into the quadriceps too much if your clients do not initiate the movement from their hamstrings. Using this cue will get your...
by BeyondBarre | Oct 1, 2011 | Fitness Technique, Tools & Tips
Staying positive, as an instructor, is very important to promote this feeling throughout your class. It is hard when you are not exactly feeling like little miss sunshine, but your client’s don’t need to know or feel that from you. Also, you will get client’s that...
by BeyondBarre | Oct 1, 2011 | Fitness Technique, Tools & Tips
Spotting / Assist: I find when doing any standing Barre work that client’s tend to hang out on their heels. It is so important for the weight to be forward on the balls of the feet in order to feel the work not only in the quads, but in the hamstrings as well. To get...
by BeyondBarre | Oct 1, 2011 | Fitness Technique, Tools & Tips
When jumping in a BeyondBarre class we tend to think about the up action, and not the landing. I talked last month about “spreading the toes like fingers.” Now I want to share another image help you and your client’s to improve your jumping. The phrase is, “Cat like...
