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A barre instructor recommends these three standing exercises if you want to improve your posture and lower-body strength

Barre is a style of movement that can help you build strength, improve your posture and work on your mobility. It combines ...
WebMD

Ballet-Inspired Barre Classes

Pliés, relevés, and sauté jumps don’t just look graceful, the ballet moves also lengthen and strengthen muscles and burn calories. Ballet-inspired classes like Pure Barre, Bar Method, and Balletone ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

In Ballet West’s exercise class, Utahns discover their inner ballet dancer and forget about looking foolish

In Ballet West’s exercise class, Utahns discover their inner ballet dancer and forget about looking foolish Becoming a ballet student as an adult is: a) A good way to exercise. It improves posture and ...
The Atlantic

What Ballet Taught Me About My Body

Never before have humans lived such a disembodied existence. Many of us spend our days hunched over the computer, ignoring our body until our limbs go numb. As of 2011, only about 20 percent of ...