The best Barre Centers in Barcelona, ​​Madrid and at home!

Just like fashion and beauty trends, the world of fitness changes, evolves and reinvents itself through new disciplines that, thanks to the celebrity world and social media,

This is the case of barre, a sport that has revolutionized the fitness universe and that, apparently, many of our celebrities and influencers already practice. The reasons? Many more than you think since, in short, it manages to strengthen the body in a comprehensive way and, above all, with fairly quick visible results.

Through a fusion of exercises from disciplines such as yoga, ballet and pilates, barre promises to become not only a trendy sport, but also a cult discipline for fitness lovers and those who want to get started.

Be Barre Barcelona (@bebarrebarcelona): this was the first barre studio to open in our country. This centre incorporates the concept of boutique fitness from a special and well-kept space, a feature that, together with its professionals, make Be Barre Barcelona a unique centre.

Barrefit BCN: a barre centre in Barcelona headed by Sidonie Geis - who left her office job to teach classes and share the benefits of this discipline that helped her get in shape and avoid back pain - has a highly recommended Instagram account for doing barre at home. There are 40-minute classes to be done on a bar or chair and quick sessions to get in shape quickly.

DiR: Ballet Fit classes offer 55 minutes of exercise that combines classical ballet technique with elements of toning, postural rebalancing and range of motion. It is a project created by Gloria Morales, a professional dancer, which is based on the technique of ballet learning and fuses it with elements of fitness training.

Lorna Gil Studio: Perfect Ballet Body sessions are designed for those who want to achieve a dancer's body.

This is how we dance: sessions that are characterized by helping us gain muscle tone in a short time, prevent osteoporosis or burn between 300 and 500 calories. All the work is based on classical ballet technique: rotations, openings, extensions... and the class progresses under a nomenclature and structure typical of a dance session.

Vertical Fitness: you will discover the techniques used to stretch and tone the muscles, sculpt the torso and lift the buttocks by performing dance-inspired movements. It is a 50-minute session of medium intensity and in a centre that is an oasis of urban fitness: Vertical Fitness is the reinvention of mixed Arsenal.

Arsenal Femenino: You can go to the 'Total Barre' class if you are looking to train and gain strength, flexibility, tone and stability to the rhythm of the music. The goal is to achieve a dancer's physique, strengthening your legs and core by moving like a dancer.

Virgin Active Heron City: The ‘Barre’ sessions at Virgin Active Heron City are 50-minute workouts that fuse dance, pilates and yoga techniques to tone the entire body. The classes offer a perfect combination of strength and flexibility and use the classical dance bar to add a cardiovascular element.