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The Best At Home Strength Workouts + Pilates Home Gym Accessories [Plus Our Fave Peloton Instructors + Fitness Focused Dog Moms From Instagram]

by D’Andria Seals

 

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You're cruising through another unpredictable year.  Career goals? Crushing them.  Home design and reorganization goals? Handled.  Puppy housebreaking and all around amazing dog mom awesomeness? Obvi!

Establishing a fitness routine to burn fat and build your strength? Meh…still working on it...this year...last year...every year.

No worries, girl I got you. Today I’m sharing my newest at-home strength training routine -- no personal trainer needed.  That’s right, no cardio today. Just your peloton app and great music. So let's get into what is sure to become your favorite Saturday morning obsession as I cover the best way to create your very own training program.   And yes, this low impact workout is effective and a lot of fun.

What Is Barre?

 

Barre is a low impact strength training workout which blends a delicate balance of dance (ballet), yoga and pilates.  All your fitness fan favorites can make an appearance in your barre classes — from free weights, to resistance bands and ankle weights. But at its core, the great thing about barre is all you need is a yoga mat, your body weight and little free time.  So you can tone and sculpt long lean muscles while burning deep tissue fat and improving flexibility just like your social media inspirational gym girlies.

Rather than focusing on heavy reps or explosive bursts of energy, barre focuses on small, incremental movements, lots of repetition and long positional holds to feel the burn. And trust me, you’re gonna burn.

What is barre and how effective of a home workout is it

Peloton Barre Strength Building Workouts

 

The nice thing about Peloton Barre workouts is they vary in intensity, length and flow.  Workouts can be as short as 10 minutes — which is great for stackable classes you can mix into your own customized routine — or quick hits when your short on time.

And whether you are feeling more zen, all the pop vibes or looking for a more tropical Caribbean flow, the Peloton Barre classes fit your mood.

Image of a black woman in a Pilates workout set taking a selfie while sitting in the floor next to her corgi. Wild flowers covering her face

Do Barre Workouts Really Work?

 

I’ve been experimenting with barre classes for about 4 weeks now and here are my observations so far:

1. You will need to do a moderate amount of weekly sessions to see a difference. 

It took incorporating at least 3 to 4 sessions a week before I really started to feel and see changes.


2. It’s fun yet challenging.


If you’re anything like me and not a former dancer, learning the correct form and positional holds is a bit of a challenge.  But my inner little girl instantly felt like I needed to pirouette across the floor when the instructor started calling out ballet positions.


3. You will definitely learn to activate your core and glutes.


That’s because once you get the form down you are literally engaging your core or your buns for the whole workout.





So if you are looking for a different low impact strength building workout to try this winter, I’d definitely recommend you give barre a try!

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Peloton Instructor And Instagram Fitness Focused Faves

 

Of course achieving weight loss, improved mental health and increased fitness levels needs more than just one workout.  Trying different things like weight training with the proper form, a spin on your peloton bike, a long run, or different types of classes all help to keep your fitness routine interesting and fun.  

So you keep your shake up your routine, here are some of my favorite dog mom fitness influencers tearing up my Instagram feed. These ladies are guaranteed to teach you a little thing or two while promoting a positive body image and motiving you with different teaching styles.  I've also included their Instagram bios so you can follow them for some serious motivation!

@allymisslove

My go-to Peloton Barre Instructor of choice is none other than Love Squad Founder and CEO, Ally Love.

 

 

@kendalltoole

Kendall Toole is a fellow dog mom and another favorite Peloton Instructor who always delivers. 

 


@nickyschmaderer_fit

Nicky Schmaderer is another fellow dog mom (and people mom lol) who’s home weightlifting gym and routine will leave you speechless. 

 

@headstandsandheels

Melanie Phillips is the original dog mom who actually made yoga with your dog totally a thing.  So skip all those "best yoga apps", grab your pup and put in some hard work (and a good laugh) with Melanie.


If you’re looking to incorporate some simple weights into your at-home Pilates routine, then check out my favorite Pilates accessories from Bala below.  Plus, Bala has even done a partnership with Maxbone to come up with fitness themed dog toys. Tap the photo below to shop both on my LTK Shop! 

 

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