At Bar Method, owner and instructor Kate Arnold likes when your legs shake like jelly. In fact, she encourages it. “Great shaking!” she says to students from her microphone as she scans the room of 20 ...

Meghan Prout, right, works her arms during a mixed-level barre class at The Bar Method studio in Moiliili. A ballet barre and mirrors wrap around two sides of the 1,000-square-foot studio. Stacks of ...

When I was 4, my mom showed up at preschool pickup with pink tights and a leotard and told me I was taking ballet. I put my leg braces on over the tights and went to class. I loved everything about ...

The Bar Method is a way of stretching and working your muscles to reshape and tone your entire body. The tiny isometric movements will provide big results if you're a regular in these classes. Truly, ...

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