
“We want people to leave feeling longer, leaner and stronger,” Vadasz says.

Using the ballet barre, resistance bands and weighted balls, the studio offers a combination of exercises for muscle sculpting, cardio training, core conditioning and deep stretching, with an emphasis on posture and alignment. Our instructors do a lot of modifications and moves from basic to advanced so anyone can join in.” “You could be someone who is new to working out or someone who has done a lot of fitness training and you can still get a tonne out of the workout. “The signature Barreworks Mixed Level class is for all levels,” Vadasz says, adding participants don’t need to have a background in ballet or dance. Prior to opening Barreworks on Queen Street W., Bonder developed workouts that incorporated the barre in collaboration with his brother in law, a professional dancer and professor at Ryerson University, as well as with certified fitness and yoga instructors.Īfter 11 successful months downtown and many requests for another location, this month the studio expanded to the midtown area on Yonge Street at Briar Hill Avenue.

“They were looking for something in Toronto and realized there was absolutely nothing like this.” “These classes were popping up all the time and they tried them and just fell in love with them,” says Barreworks communications director Sandra Vadasz. 6971While in New York and Los Angeles, Paul Bonder and his wife partook in fitness classes based around a ballet barre.
