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Five Fun Facts about Barre Intensity: Barre ...

If you've trained with us in person or online, subscribed to Barre Now or follow us on social media, you may be wondering how it all came to be. How do we deliver all the barre content online and the in-person trainings across the globe? Well, we're taking you behind the scenes of Barre Intensity. Read on to learn a few fun facts and more about us.

Five Fun Facts about Barre Intensity: Barre Instructor Training Around the World
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Barre Intensity
Barre Intensity Difference: Trained vs. ...

You've completed a Barre Intensity training over the weekend in person or online, but are you certified? Over the last year we've been asked quite often, will I be certified after this training? We're here to explain the difference between trained and certified and why we believe in the two.

Barre Intensity Difference: Trained vs. Certified
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5 Cueing Categories - Barre Certification Tips

Stay on top of your barre teaching game by understanding the five categories of cueing. These are categories we review during a Barre Intensity instructor training and require our barre certified instructors to incorporate. As trained barre instructors, we’re responsible for leading safe, effective and fun classes and the words we say will help us get there.

5 Cueing Categories - Barre Certification Tips
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Stephanie Lyons
Become a Barre Instructor: 10 signs you have ...

If you're a group fitness instructor, dancer or barre enthusiast, you might have thought a time or two “I wonder if I can become a barre instructor”? If the thought has crossed your mind more than once, the answer is probably yes, you can do it. If you're looking for a bit more assurance than just taking our word for it, read our 10 signs you have what it takes. 

Become a Barre Instructor: 10 signs you have what it takes.

Barre Studio Spotlight - The Yoga Barre

Barre Studio Spotlight - The Yoga Barre

With each Barre Intensity Instructor Training we conduct, we meet trainees from all across the country, even the world. Some trainees are instructors searching for a new fitness technique to teach, a few are students looking to better their practice and others are studio owners with the desire to bring barre fitness to their community.  Sandi Anderson, Founder of The Yoga Barre, is a mix of all three: student, instructor and owner. We couldn't be more proud of her accomplishments and that's why we wanted to hear more about her journey in this edition of Barre Studio Spotlight. 

Collegiate Level Barre Certification Program

Collegiate Level Barre Certification Program

Barre fitness classes have become a staple on many collegiate campus recreation schedules across the country. Since instructor turnover is inevitable with graduation of student instructors, it's important to have a barre certification program that is reliable and effective. Who better to explain the benefits of the Barre Intensity barre certification program than one of our most valued partners at the University of Nebraska. Hear from Sarah Lewis, Group Fitness Coordinator, on why she recommends Barre Intensity. 

Inside Look - Barre Anatomy Workshop

Inside Look - Barre Anatomy Workshop

Understanding anatomy, how the body moves and why, is a crucial part of teaching any form of movement. When it comes to physical form, we draw clear and powerful instruction from our understanding of the body and its function.  The Barre Intensity Online Anatomy Workshop was created with the fitness instructor in mind. Read on for a glimpse in what we cover during this 10 hour online workshop. 

Barre Class Blueprint - Instructor Training Planning Guide

Barre Class Blueprint - Instructor Training Planning Guide

Creating your own class choreography has it positives and negatives. The plus is you have the ability to be YOU and tailor class to your clients. The negative for some is wondering where to begin. Each barre instructor has their own formula for crafting their barre class and it often adjusts with experience - no, it won't always take you 2 hours to prep. Here's our Barre Intensity barre instructor training blueprint for putting together your class choreography. 

Training Your Instructors: Here's How to Open a Barre Studio

Training Your Instructors: Here's How to Open a Barre Studio

Let's get right to it, opening a barre studio is hard work. Finding the right location, managing the build out, defining your brand, building a website and securing your team are just a few of the milestones before you open a barre studio. "If you build it they will come" is only true if you also market your product and have top notch barre instructors on the schedule. Since we're in the barre certification business, we know a thing or two on how to get your team ready for opening day. 

3 Modifications for Knee & Hip Pain - Wide V Knee Bends

3 Modifications for Knee & Hip Pain - Wide V Knee Bends

Wide V Knee Bend, or 2nd position Grand Pile, is a barre class staple regardless of the format. For many students and instructors alike, the expectation of perfect ballerina form can come at an unpleasant cost. While we may want our legs wide, knees bent deep, and feet turned out, our knees and our hips might need something different. 

Getting to Know Your Barre Instructor - Celeste Garcia

Getting to Know Your Barre Instructor - Celeste Garcia

Not only is Celeste a fabulous barre instructor, she currently manages the role of International Master Trainer for Barre Intensity. Her work on educating others in Barre Intensity and movement has brought her to the countries of Panama, Indonesia and soon to be Columbia.  If you've had the pleasure of attending a barre certification with Celeste or participating in one of her barre classes, you know mind, body and spirit is at the core of who she is. Spend some time getting to know Celeste as she answers a few of our fitness questions. 

Best Bicep Workout for Barre

Best Bicep Workout for Barre

Barre workouts are known for using light hand weights, typically 2 lbs., to fatigue the upper body. Getting to the point of "burn" for the shoulders and triceps is fairly simple, but the biceps, that's a whole different story.  Effectively working the biceps in the parameters of a barre workout requires knowledge and strategy. Take it to a whole new level by putting together these pieces. 

Online Barre Certification: Instructor Testimonial

Online Barre Certification: Instructor Testimonial

Wondering if our Barre Intensity Online Barre Certification program is all we're cracking it up to be? Recently Ellen Baker from Colorado not only completed the Barre Intensity Online Training program, but passed her video test out making her an official Barre Intensity certified instructor. We were so impressed with Ellen's barre teaching skills, we decided to ask her a few questions about her online barre instructor training experience. 

Barre Studio Spotlight: CORE Studio

Barre Studio Spotlight: CORE Studio

Last month we had the pleasure of conducting our barre instructor training & certification at CORE Studio in Daphne, Alabama.  We were graciously welcomed and hosted by Lindsay Rainey, Founder of CORE Studio, and are beyond proud to have the Barre Intensity technique taught on CORE's class schedule. See what lead Lindsay down the path of becoming a fitness studio owner, why she chose the Barre Intensity technique and what she looks for when hiring fitness instructors. 

Getting to Know Your Barre Instructor - Elyssa Sardy

Getting to Know Your Barre Instructor - Elyssa Sardy

The role of "barre instructor" is just one of the many titles Elyssa Sardy carries. To us at Barre Intensity, we have the pleasure of including the word "Master" to her name. If you've attended a Barre Intensity Barre Certification and had the pleasure of working with Elyssa, you know her passion and excitement for all things barre and fitness shines through. Spend some time getting to know Elyssa as she answers a few of our fitness questions, then join her for an upcoming barre instructor training. 

5 Reasons to Get Your Online Barre Certification

5 Reasons to Get Your Online Barre Certification

Online education is a thing of the present, not the future, and it doesn't have to be inferior to an "in classroom" experience. If you can earn your bachelor's degree online, we're confident in your ability to receive your barre certification online.  Here are 5 reasons to get your online barre certification. 

What's Covered In A Barre Instructor Training?

What's Covered In A Barre Instructor Training?

Thinking about becoming a barre instructor but hesitant? We get it, signing yourself up for hours worth of a barre certification without even knowing what the training will entail is unnerving. Let us take some of the edge off and share with you exactly what's covered during a Barre Intensity Barre Instructor Training weekend. 

The Deeper Benefits of a Barre Certification

The Deeper Benefits of a Barre Certification

As Master Trainers, we conduct our barre certification weekends with the hopes that the information we've shared is developed and applied by our trainees. Some trainees never end up teaching, some teach because it's their job, and others are so moved by the Barre Intensity barre instructor training program it ends up changing their lives for the better. This is the testimonial of Adrienne, a Barre Intensity trainee who set goals and attained them.  

Barre Training Guideline: 5 Tips for Effective Cuing

Barre Training Guideline: 5 Tips for Effective Cuing

As a barre instructor, there are many factors that can make or break your barre class, but at the top of the list are the words you say to keep your class flowing, educational, impactful and fun. We're sharing with you a bit of what we teach during our barre certification program, shhhhh don't tell, as we review our 5 step verbal cuing guide. Start applying these tips NOW to take your barre classes up a notch. 

Why a Weekend Barre Certification Is Enough

Why a Weekend Barre Certification Is Enough

Recently I read an article in The Huffington Post “Is Your Barre Class A Fake? Why It Matters and How To Tell”. The article addresses a handful of items, one of them being why a weekend of barre training isn’t enough. I’m here to tell you differently. 

The Barre Intensity barre instructor training consist of either a Two Day, 14 hour, or One Day, 10 hour, session. This is far from the 100 hour barre specific training course others in the industry recommend. As a fitness educator I cannot disagree with the fact that more time in a quality training is better than less – so why am I OK with conducting a weekend barre certification?  

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap

"Bridge" is a common position of the body executed in a barre fitness class to work the glute and hamstring muscles. Throughout our instructor training weekends we've received a handful of questions from trainees regarding optimal body alignment. We dug a bit deeper in to the top three questions and share our thoughts with you here. 

We're Not the Best

We're Not the Best

Our method aims to sculpt the body as a whole and burn a few calories while doing so,  we teach with alignment in mind, and our instructors strive to create an energetic environment that keeps our participants motivated to push harder. We are proud to share the Barre Intensity method because we know it works. But we’re not the best fitness program out there, and here’s why. 

5 Barre Certification Truths About Transitions

5 Barre Certification Truths About Transitions

For new instructors out of their barre certification, know that transitions are important, but don’t expect to perfect them just yet. It’s one of many skills of a group fitness instructor and not usually the first one on the list to be mastered. Truthfully, we’re not certain transitions are every fully mastered. If you have been teaching consistently for more than six months and have never thought about your transitions between each and every single move you execute, now is the time. 

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