One of my favorite parts about barre is that it is focused on majority lower body work. The isometric movements over time really carve out and shape your legs in ways that I haven’t experienced with other workouts. We all want great legs and a killer butt right?! There are tons of benefits from barre, but I want to share my top 3 favorite barre booty moves!

Pretzel

Pretzel is an incredible move to target your center and outer glutes. We can do pretzel standing, sitting, or on our hands and knees. To get into position when standing, we first place our feet into a narrow V. Next, cross one ankle behind the other with a pointed toe and tuck your hips under your body to engage the core. Finally, squeeze from your glutes to lift that back leg up behind you until you feel the catch throughout your seat. From there, we can work in a million different ways to burn and build that barre booty!

90

This move is simple and extremely effective! It not only targets the lower ledge of the glutes, but also down through your hamstrings. Again, this can be done in multiple positions depending on what works best for you. To start standing, you will place your feet directly below you about hip distance apart with toes pointing forward. Next, extend one leg straight back behind you and tuck your hips again for that core engagement and spine alignment. Finally, curl your heel up towards your seat until you find that 90 degree bend in you knee. Whether we’re lifting, curling, or circling this move will fire up and firm up your hamstrings and ledge of your butt!

Fonda

If you want to talk about a love/hate relationship, it’s me and this move. Fonda is named fondly after Jane Fonda and it is a killer! No matter whether we’re on our feet or lying on our side, this move will carve out those hips and outside of the glute like you won’t believe! From standing, you’ll place those feet directly below you, hip distance apart, and toes facing forward. Next, we’ll extend one leg directly out to the side in line with the hip. Finally, tucking our hips for muscle engagement we will squeeze through the hip and outer glute to lift that leg until we find the catch in the hip. It doesn’t take long to reach fatigue in this move, and you’ll never forget this burn!

What are your favorite barre booty moves? If you’re interesting in trying your FIRST CLASS FREE with Neighborhood Barre, follow this link to find your closest studio!