Barre workout isn’t something new or out of the blues. It has been the fitness secrets of some individuals and the super fit dancer and model Michael Jackson, Jnr.
Michael Jackson Jnr. is always looking fit! Despite not having the biggest arm muscles you may have seen (judging by his physique), he is strong enough to go on and on without stopping.
He isn’t really an everyday gym kind of guy. He owes his fitness level to yoga, relatively little gym time, ballet and lots of Barre Workouts.
According to Alvin Ailey, his dance group choreographer, “After several months of traveling and different performances, Jackson is always seen hitting away with his barre workouts. He is strict with it.”
To perform barre workouts, you need to have access to a barre studio or an in-house barre. If you do not have access to any of that, you can make do with the back of a chair except that it is quite risky because you may sustain injuries when the chair comes crashing from having to bear your body weight.
Jackson did let us in on his barre workout movements and here you’re about to read how it is done.
Firstly, warm up.
Doing some full-body rolls would surely warm you up. Place both hands on the bar and stand with your feet together. Lift your heels one at a time and then alternate it. Roll your head in 360° simultaneously. Hold onto the barre with both hands and bend your upper body backward (it is called the camber). Continue this way until you feel warmed up and free.