Fitness Tip of the Day: Something Different Saturday - Barre Workout

Ballet dancers have such incredibly fit bodies.  Their muscles are long and lean.  Pilates is great for core strength and a barre workout is great for the legs.

You don't have to have a ballet bar to do this workout, you can use a high backed chair instead.  There is no warm up or cool down provided.  

Couple of notes: 

--Do regular pushups (don't try to hook your legs on the chair), you could, however, place your feet on the seat of the chair--keep in mind this is much harder.

--When doing the ab work, sit on the chair and hold onto the sides of the chair.  Move your legs the same way as they do in the video.

--When they do the pull ups, do tricep dips instead.

--Lastly when they are laying on their backs, place your legs on the seat of the chair.

Ultimate 20 minute Barre Workout