Author: neighborhoodbarre

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – the holidays! It’s time spent together with your closest loved ones, and celebrating new and time-tested traditions together. We absolutely love getting to know you inside and outside the studios. So today we wanted to share some of our personal stories, about what makes our holidays […]

It’s usually many of our client’s inner fantasy, and a popular topic of water fountain gossip pre/post class – what’s it like to own a barre studio? It doesn’t have to be a pipe dream – you can harness your passion for fitness and go for it yourself! If you’ve been curious about doing the […]

One of our favorite ways we hear of clients incorporating barre into their lifestyle is through cross-training. Cross-training is when you train in more than one sport, or workout, to improve performance in your main sport. Some of the most popular athletes we see in our studios that cross-train are runners. If you love to […]

Break out the bronze, pottery, lace, and linens! We’re celebrating 8 years of NEIGHBORHOOD barre taking over the barre scene! We sat down with the head barre babe, founder Katy Richardson, and chatted about her journey to opening NEIGHBORHOOD barre – which all started with a college injury. Did you know Katy moved to Knoxville […]

50 million people in the U.S. are living with autoimmune disease – and 75% of them are women. Autoimmune disease really throws your body for a loop. Your cells are literally attacking your own body. Your inflammation is sky high. What’s usually good for you—like things that are deemed healthy activities and nutritious foods for […]

Remember when you first started class? You were so motivated! You bought new workout clothes, woke up early, and regularly attended class each week. You were looking and feeling great! But we all fall off the fitness wagon from time-to-time. Or maybe you are a habitual exerciser and you are sitting pretty in your routine, […]

Are you paying attention in class – like teacher’s pet worthy attention? Pop quiz: if your instructor said “repeat that back to me” at any given moment during the workout – could you? The average human being has an attention span of just eight seconds. That means you can get distracted up to 85 times […]

Summer is slowing down, and the arrival of fall means more people are ready to get back into, or start, a routine. With more new clients than usual heading through the studio doors this  month, we want to make sure you are prepared and feel confident to conquer your first Neighborhood Barre class with flying […]

There are a lot of misconceptions about what your “working zone” is when exercising – and what is the best zone to work in for optimal results. We’re breaking down the 4 zones today, including what it feels like when exercising by zone, so you can conquer your work out and recalibrate your fitness routine. […]

In spite of the well documented benefits of exercising, only 5% of adults in the U.S. exercise the prescribed 30 minutes a day, reports the CDC. And in the summertime, that number drops down to 0.5%! Kidding about that last part. But seriously, we thought mid-way through the year would be the perfect time to […]