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The Bar Method: Your Ticket to a Dancer's Body

PopSugar SF — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:21:09 PDT

Prepare to fall in love with this full-body workout that not only makes you feel great but will get you into great shape. The Bar Method - with locations scattered around the Bay Area - combines isometric exercise, dancers' workouts, and intervals, specially designed to give you the long, lean body of a dancer. Have we sold you yet?

The Dailey Method: The Answer to Your Workout Prayers

PopSugar SF — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:35:39 PDT

Looking to get lean? The Dailey Method (2399 Greenwich St., 415-345-9992; 121 Spear St., 415-882-7404) is your ticket to a sexy, slender new you! The secret is the cardio-meets-strength-training-meets-stretching session, which combines elements of Pilates, yoga, and ballet for a difficult but worthwhile workout. The results are long, lean, strong muscles - the likes of a ballet dancer.

Pop 5: SF's Best Full-Body Fitness Classes

Nancy Einhart — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:29:51 PDT

Looking for a way to get fit? How about five ways? Last week we asked for your suggestions for the best fitness classes in SF, and you came back with some fabulous full-body workouts. All the classes on this week's Pop 5 will give you a well-rounded workout from head to toe in just one session - done and done.

TRX Training Center (1650 Pacific Ave., 415-655-4747, pictured above) The name sounds intense, and it is, but in a really fun way. TRX lets you suspend your fitness boredom with a wide range of classes - including body blast, circuit training, and stretching - that utilize straps of parachute webbing and your own body weight.
The Bar Method (3 Embarcadero Center, Lobby Level, 415-956-0446; 3333 Fillmore St., 415-441-6333) Even if you never dreamed of being a ballerina, it's hard not to get obsessed with The Bar Method, which combines isometric exercise, dancers' workouts, and intervals in one not-so-easy workout. Says Angelica, "You feel limber and sore all over after every class - in the best way."

See what else made the list.

What's Your Favorite Fitness Class in SF?

Julia Millay Walsh — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:29:06 PDT

In our newly minted Pop 5 column, every week we're asking you for local faves on everything from florists to sustainable style. This week, since we're all thinking about how to work off the calories from our favorite margaritas and the bowls of guacamole we're eating on Cinco de Mayo, I want to know how you get your butt into gear. When it comes to getting a hard-earned svelt bod, everyone has a favorite workout - except those skinny, high-metabolism vixens I love to hate. So what's your exercise style? Are you a Bar Method loyalist? Have you joined the Anti-Gravity Yoga bandwagon at Crunch? Addicted to the spinning classes at Equinox? Are you a regular at the TRX Training Center? Tell me: what's your favorite fitness class in SF? Tweet me and/or leave a comment below.

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