The Bar Method

Love Bar Method!
Love the instructors!
Love the owner!
Love the workouts!
This beautiful studio in Sugar House has it all: great location, great facilities, and great clients. I appreciate the variety of class times, class types (Bar Basics, Mixed Level, Level 2, and Bar Move), and instructor personalities.
I can’t say enough good things about The Bar Method and the wonderful changes it’s made in my body, attitude, and abilities.

I love this place.
I’ve been coming here for about two years now. Before discovering Bar Method, I didn’t really like going to gym that much and especially wasn’t that motivated to go by myself. Now, I love working out, and I’m perfectly fine going on my own. Why? Bar Method isn’t just a gym/​studio that you workout at, but it’s like your extended family/​friend. The staff and instructor are extremely friendly and caring. They try to get to know you if you’re opened to it. You’re not treated as just another member coming in and out.
A student, is only as good as the instructor/​instruction that they are given. The good thing about Bar Method compared to other Bar Studios is that the instructors are knowledgeable in their field. Not just in the exercise, but also in the anatomy of the body. They know how to modify exercises for those with injuries or present people with options if they want something harder or easier. This is why Bar Method is for everyone (male, female, pregnant, in shape or out shape). The instructors go through a training process which is not not just a few hours or days, but a couple of months, and they get evaluated not just once when they are trying to become an instructor but throughout their teaching career, so that you your instructor is up to date and not teaching non-​sense.
As for the studio, the first thing I noticed when I went to another studio and what made me appreciate Bar Method is that the floors are padded which is softer on your feet and knees. Another benefit compared to other studios, which is a plus for me because I’m short, is that they offer bars of different heights and raiser mats. You might not think this is a big deal, but it is a plus for people that are taller and shorter because it makes it more comfortable holding the bar in certain position. The riser mats help people like me engage certain muscles (abs, arms and etc.) that wouldn’t be possible if you were at another studio in certain exercises (round back) because you wouldn’t be able to push against the bar to engage and contract your abs. Instead, you’re just holding on with your arms straight which doesn’t give you the full benefit of the workout. They have other equipment as well to help with the exercise and to engage and stretch your muscles in different ways, such as weights, ball, strap and mini mats.
Now, for the exercise, I will say if you’re not a fan of routine or following instruction nor constructive criticism this isn’t the exercise for you. The instructor will either touch or instruct you to change your position to put you in the right form for the exercise. As for routine, no matter what studio in whatever state you attend their is a format that they follow in the sense that every class will have a warm up and have certain things they have to do within that warm up, there will be exercises that engage you thighs, bottoms abs and arms. Each class will have the same format in what is thought, but the exercises to engage these muscles will be different from class to class. With every class, you will be getting a full body workout. The difference between Bar Method and other forms of exercise is that their is a stretching component that is implemented into their exercise routine. This will help lengthen your muscles and engage it in a different way.
What you will feel? You’re going to look at the instructor and be like I can do this when she demonstrates the exercise, and then you get into position and do it and you’re like OMG my legs are shaking like crazy, my butt hurts or I cant hold this position. You know what? Dont think you’re the only one that feels like this cause everyone else feels your pain as well. You will be sore in places that you never think you could be sore in.
I can tell you that my body has change a lot since my first class. I made the mistake of taking classes back to back when I first started and I could not move the next day, and I had to have people roll me around in my office chair because I couldn’t sit for a long time then get up and walk. I do recommend some rest in between until your body gets use to the exercise. My body doesn’t just look toner, but it’s more flexible. When, I first moved here I went to Salt Lake Ballet and I can tell you that Bar Method has helped me get the majority, but not all of my flexibility back to almost when I was dancer in a safe and decently fast way compared to Salt Lake Ballet. I’m not saying that Bar Method will make you as flexible as a ballerina, but it will help with you flexibility.
If you have gotten through my long review, I’m assuming you’re interested in trying them out. Lucky for you, the first class is free so call them and get your ass to the first class and get ready to shake!