Pilates Online Workshop - Barre

Barre combines Pilates principles with work at the bar – many small movements, precise alignment, high repetition counts. The Pilates Online Workshop Barre introduces you to this class format: an opening video explains the tools, the foot positions, possible class formats and the history of Barre training, after which you work your way into the practice through the manual and the training videos.

What you will learn

• What makes Barre what it is: tools, foot positions and the history of Barre training
• Possible class formats for Barre lessons
• Pilates Stand Alignment as the basis for every exercise at the bar
• The Pilates Stand as the starting position
• Do and Don’t for Barre classes and standing classes
• Fundamentals training in the first training video
• Footwork with different exercise variations
• Stretches, Hamstrings and leg exercises
• Variations for the abductors and the back
• Combinations: deepening and assembling what has been shown – plus a Masterclass as an example of how a class is built

Who the workshop is for

For Pilates instructors who want to offer Barre as a format of its own or to build individual Barre sequences into their classes. The workshop first sorts out the basics – which tools you need, which foot positions there are, what a class format can look like – and then supplies the exercises to go with them. Even if you have so far taught mainly on the mat and want to extend your work on your feet, you will find a structured way in here.

How the workshop runs

• After registering you receive your login details for the learning platform with all the materials and videos.
• Introductory video: Barre, the tools, the foot positions, possible class formats and the history of the training.
• Self-study: you read through the manual for the Pilates Workshop Barre.
• Training videos: five videos lead from the fundamentals training through footwork, stretches and leg exercises to abductor and back variations and finally to combinations. Practise the practical parts as often as you can.
• Masterclass: an example of how you build a Barre class.
• Questions: at any time by email to info@update-akademie.ch.
• Completion: fill in the feedback form, after which you receive your workshop confirmation.

The workshop is online and not tied to any dates. You set your own pace, and the content stays available to you after you finish.

Where it leads next

Alignment on your feet is explored further in the Pilates Online Workshop Standing Pilates – it works with the same Pilates Stand Alignment and adds exercise sequences of its own. The full training is Pilates Instructor; for structuring and cueing a group class there is Group Fitness Fundamentals. All the short formats are listed in the overview of group fitness workshops.