Comments on: Deep muscle burn at Pure Barre

By: Kelly @ The Fit Skool

Kelly @ The Fit Skool — Fri, 30 May 2014 20:20:52 +0000

Britney, congrats on your pregnancy!! That is great that you are still exercising. It helped with my pregnancy sooo much!
I continued core work throughout my pregnancy, but I used an incline on a step box to do most of my ab exercises in the gym. For planks I held my hips a bit higher and also towards the end of my pregnancy I dropped to my knees for pushups/planks. There are certain exercises that I would start to do and if they were uncomfortable I would stop and do something else. The best advice I can give you is to listen to your body.

Also for Pure Barre, you can always stick the red ball behind your lower back when you do the core work from the seated position. That helps take some of the stress of your core!

I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions, I would be happy to help!

By: britney

britney — Wed, 28 May 2014 19:53:10 +0000

Actually I did not realize you alread had your baby until i dug deeper into your blog, still any insight will be helpful since you are a fitness instructor. I’m worried about getting diastasis recti.

By: britney

britney — Wed, 28 May 2014 19:47:47 +0000

I am in my 27th week of pregnancy & am obsessed with Pure Barre. What are you doing for ab modifications? I was given a print out but feel that I need to modify during the plank section, and at the end of class I sometimes lay there during the abs but feel that something else can be done its its place. Just checking around to see what others are doing.

Thanks!

By: Kelly @ The Fit Skool

Kelly @ The Fit Skool — Thu, 15 May 2014 13:42:45 +0000

Barre classes are awesome. They are totally different then the workouts that I do and I’ve seen so much strength improvements in my core with just 4 classes! I would try out a DVD it’s a good change of workouts

By: Polly @ Tasty Food Project

Polly @ Tasty Food Project — Thu, 15 May 2014 00:13:24 +0000

I’ve never been to a barre class before but I’ve heard so many great things about it! The barre studios near me are so expensive so I think I will try some barre videos on youtube before going to an actual studio.