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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 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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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.

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Barre Certification: Post Training Support

Barre Certification: Post Training Support

Now that you've completed our barre training workshop, you have a beautiful manual, a head full of great information and a look at what make us Barre Intensity, but how do you apply these great tools to your next class?

Through the help of our online video resource, Barre Now, we’re able to offer all Barre Intensity trainees FREE post barre training support covering: alignment, transitions, exercise refinement and even full classes. These video resources reinforce the information learned during the Barre Intensity barre certification weekend training and better prepare you to teach your first, or next, barre class.

Is a Barre Training Course Important?

Is a Barre Training Course Important?

If you're looking to take a barre training course and wonder, is it important in order to secure a job as a barre instructor? Read on. We're asking the questions and bringing you the answers, suggestions, and requirements from studio owners, managers, and hiring directors all over.

How Much Does a Barre Instructor Make?

How Much Does a Barre Instructor Make?

You might be in search of a side hustle or even a full-time role as a leader for one of the most popular workout trends, but how much does a barre instructor make?  We’ve combed a few cities and states to find out the average pay of barre instructors today to help determine if a barre certification is right for you.

Barre Intensity Difference: Trained vs. Certified

Barre Intensity Difference: Trained vs. Certified

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.

Beating the Burnout: 5 Barre Training Tips

Beating the Burnout: 5 Barre Training Tips

It's that time of year when we all start to reflect, set goals and recharge for the new year ahead. But how do you avoid that burnout as we finish the year out? We are giving you five barre training tips to help you keep refreshed as you refocus your barre instructor training for the new year ahead.

Barre Training Tips: Concentric, Eccentric and Isometric Contractions

Barre Training Tips: Concentric, Eccentric and Isometric Contractions

Since we as barre instructors are also considered movement specialists, we want to let you in on some of those movements, how they work, why they burn and how to connect a little deeper with your barre training.

Today we explain concentric, eccentric and isometric muscle contractions, what they mean and where you can find them in your barre class exercises.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

What Makes Barre Intensity So Intense?

What Makes Barre Intensity So Intense?

The word is in our name and our tagline “Barre Intensity. Intense Shape. Intense You.” But come on, how do you make a low impact barre class so intense? We’re happy to share with you our secrets.

 

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

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

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. 

Themed Classes

Themed Classes

80's, 90's, Boy Bands, Pop Divas, Holidays. Themed classes provide us instructors an opportunity to teach the same class in a fresh way. But when we want to take our variety to more than just our dress code, playlist and choreography, where do we turn? 

Kickin' It

Kickin' It

We love to kick. So much so that we’ve coined it the “Barre Intensity kick”. It’s one of the most effective low impact movements to elevate the heart rate. But do you know all of the benefits to kickin' it up a notch?

 

Mirroring With Mirrors

Mirroring With Mirrors

“How can it be that I have been teaching group fitness for 8 years and have never mastered the technique of mirroring?” This is what I say to myself as I am about to take the stage at a conference, in a mirror-less ballroom, and teach a Barre Intensity class.

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