I love that the instructors know my name! I love that I feel safe and loved there!
The workout is amazing. I always leave feeling simultaneously energised and destroyed â evidence that it is doing its job perfectly. The classes are actually exactly what my body needed. Almost nothing about it is easy, and what a good thing that is. When you show up, you put in the work. After only a month of going, the results are already starting to show. I'll be struggling for a while yet, and that's okay. PB is the place to struggle, which also makes it the place to thrive. Thus far, I've done both Classic and Align. Classic is the core of the PB offering. It's pretty tough and that little ball is demonically deceptive. My muscles burn and shake and it's wonderful. Align is a bit more like a yoga / dance class (though not dancing), and is just great fun. Sundays have an amazingly relaxing yoga class that I'm finding myself looking forward to every week. I just love the instructors â unbounded positivity, ever encouraging, and so sweet, even when I'm flailing and falling behind. Even being one of the only gents there, I'm never made to feel self-conscious. The community could not be stronger. The ladies are so warm and welcoming, even to a big guy like me. Does that make me a Barre Bloke? Instead of all this, I suppose I could simply say "what's not to like?". I just want to say thank you to Emily, Hallie, Haydon, Jackie, and all the ladies of Pure Barre Summerville for what you're doing for me. I genuinely couldn't be more impressed.
I like being greeted and feeling welcomed when I walk in the door. Also, I value the instructors discreetly correcting my form and yet seeming to understand/accept when I have to pause..