.edithzimmerman initially tried the Bar Method to humor a friend. Now, she goes to a barre class three times a week. But does it work?
Photo: Joan Baron/Getty Images/Science Source I’d been going to the Bar Method religiously for two years when a few weeks ago, right before class started while we were all zoning out in the lobby, another woman turned to me and said, quietly, “I have a question: Do you think this stuff works?” My eyes went wide.
I’d initially signed up for the class to humor a friend who’d read in a book that going would give you a better butt. She ended up dropping out, but by the time I signed up for a real membership after the one-month introduction, I was going because I enjoyed it. The teachers were surprisingly nice, and if I kept it up, I figured it would make me “hot by summer.
In response to the woman asking me if I thought it “worked,” I said something about how it seems objectively great for flexibility, if not so much for aerobic strain. Also that it’s “worked for me,” and that it really does help you get stronger mentally. She said something like, “Yeah…” And then she whispered, “But then, I look around, and — you know?”Ultimately, I think it does work, on flashy but also less flashy levels.
I also like how the movements seem easy but unfold over time. For instance, it feels like I’ve only recently begun to understand what a plank really is. Or like the “seat” exercises took a while to click for me, but now I love gripping my butt and doing little pointed-toe leg lifts .
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