Shape up with the Bar Method
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The time is here for New Years Resolutions. No more excuses. This shall be the year of the body. My youngest is two and a half, so I can no longer attribute all my wiggles and jiggles to, I just had a baby. Im no longer nursing either, and my children sleep through the night - usually. It is time to start consistently working out.
The Bar Method in West Hollywood is my new favorite regimen. The Bar Method feels like a cross between yoga, ballet and palates. The workout is vigorous, and I sometimes feel like I am going to fall over working muscles that I forgot I had. The class works out the entire body, starting with weights and push-ups for the arms, then bar work for the legs and behind, followed by an intense abdominal series.
There are no big machines, which I like. Instead you use your bodys own weight for resistance to tone and shape. I always found the gym depressing running on a treadmill going nowhere. After I complete a bar method work out, I feel stronger inside and out. I have more energy and I feel like my posture is better. The one hour workout is incredibly efficient. I find it manageable to squeeze into my busy day. I go to the West Hollywood location, but there is one in West Los Angeles, too. They show before and after photos of people who have been practicing the method consistently on their web sight, and the results are astounding.
The Bar Method also has a new moms package. Up to nine months after having your baby you can buy two months of unlimited classes and get the 3rd month free! If youre well beyond nine months as I am, your first month of unlimited classes is only $100.00. After that you can pay for a series. The more classes you buy the more affordable they are.
For a while after the kids were born, I felt my body wasnt my own, not only from producing the children, but literally feeding them. If its time for you to work on getting your body back, try The Bar Method.
The Bar Method
8416 W Third Street
West Hollywood, CA 90048
(323) 651 2226
Lee Rose Emery freelance writer, and mom, lives in the Hollywood Hills with her husband and two kids. Lee grew up on the East Coast where she feels LA is given a very bum wrap. She is thrilled to be the LA City Guide Editor, and able to highlight some of the many wonderful things LA has to offer Modern Moms and their families.
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