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Want to get even more out of your barre workout? Teaming the brain and the body…

A healthy mind is every bit as important as a healthy body. After all, the brain controls all the functions of the human body. And while we focus much of our energy on creating a healthy body, we often forget to work on keeping our minds healthy.  Here are five ways to relax your brain and

Autumn is here in the Northeast and, as always, it brings with it a spectacular visual delight as our tree-covered landscape explodes with breathtaking colors. Looking out from the front porch, it reminded me that some people are just like those trees. They adapt to their surroundings with ease and go through life with a full-measure

Pushing through the burn Think back to your last BeyondBarre class, working on a particularly intense set of muscle isolation exercises at the barre or on the mat. The muscles in your abs, legs or bum are on fire, screaming at you to stop. Your body quivers with muscle exhaustion and you feel yourself slipping into

Perfecting Your Barre Technique can help you achieve better bodysculpting results!  Here are some tips to keep in mind as you practice some of the common barre techniques. Turn out: “Turning out” translates to rotating the legs out from the upper inner thighs bringing the toes into a “V.” This is an entire leg rotation,

Breaking Down the Barre Craze: Which Ballet-Inspired Workout is On Pointe for You? Ballet dancers have flexible bodies conditioned from hours of training. Their specialized workouts create long and lean frames — think Natalie Portman in Black Swan. Their shapely legs, abs, thighs and buttocks come through hybrid weight training, Pilates and cardio workouts with

Increase your workout efficiency by finding your resistance! With a bit of commitment and dedicated practice you can increase your workouts efficiency by leveraging the body’s own muscles with a controlled opposition.  Teaming the brain and the body during your workouts makes for a significantly more productive workout.   To begin, concentrate on rooting the limbs

Sore Muscle Relief After a hard workout, it’s not unusual to have a few sore muscles for a day or two. The reason: Muscles develop tiny tears when they are worked hard. Those micro-tears lead to inflammation, which causes the muscles to get sore. If your muscles are excessively sore, here are a few tips to