Your recommendations for a barre

Re:Walk Blaster (Mrsprincess07)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:10:41 GMT

The slanted risers are a great purchase overall! I find them useful for many exercises and routines!

Re:Walk Blaster (Donna D)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:06:41 GMT

haircutter62

I am new here. My name is Marianne. I live in Boston. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can buy the Walk Blaster. It seems as though it is discontinued?? I'd appreciate any info....Thanks!

Hi Marianne,

Welcome to the forum!

Yes, the walkblaster was discontinued by the manufacturer. You might try the online auction place.

A more expensive alternative would be - if you own the full size club step, purchased the slanted risers from Collage. I purchased them last month and I am very pleased with the purchase. It takes the workouts up a notch from the walkblaster. Of course you don't have the colors, but it is a no-brainer to follow the workouts without the colors.

Walk Blaster (haircutter62)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:29:49 GMT

I am new here. My name is Marianne. I live in Boston. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can buy the Walk Blaster. It seems as though it is discontinued?? I'd appreciate any info....Thanks!

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (MissRachel)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:40:28 GMT

I have the 5-ft. barre from ABC Dance and love it!

Re:Bopper - have some good news to pass along (Bopper)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:08:17 GMT

Well girls, we don't live near each other so I guess this is a no. How kind of you to offer it to me. Right now what I am using is working but thank you so much.

Re:Bopper - have some good news to pass along (Slinks)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:25:38 GMT

that's nice of you Roni .. Bopper hope if you want it, that you live close by each other :-)

Re:Bopper - have some good news to pass along (Roni916)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:47:03 GMT

Hi Bopper :)

I don't want anything for it. It's free to a good home as long as someone picks it up from my place. It's way too big and heavy for shipping. I'm not sure how much it would cost to ship.

Yes, it does fold up and can be put out of the way.

Re:Bopper - have some good news to pass along (Bopper)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:33:30 GMT

Roni916

I'm in the Sacramento area and I'm looking to send my Fluidity Bar off to a nice new home. It was used only once and as much as I like the construction and design of the barre, I've realized that I'm never going to use it. I have two of the three videos that came with the barre and I will try and track down the third (I just moved to a new place and still have stuff in boxes).

Anyone interested?

Roni

Hey Roni

Thanks for the update on the barre. Right now I am using an adjustable coat rack that so far has worked fine. I am waiting to receive the 3 dvd in the set so I don't know if the coat rack will work for that one but right now it does work. How much did you want for it? Can it fold up and be put away also. Thanks for posting this, appreciate it.

Bopper

Re:Bopper - have some good news to pass along (Roni916)

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:59:29 GMT

I'm in the Sacramento area and I'm looking to send my Fluidity Bar off to a nice new home. It was used only once and as much as I like the construction and design of the barre, I've realized that I'm never going to use it. I have two of the three videos that came with the barre and I will try and track down the third (I just moved to a new place and still have stuff in boxes).

Anyone interested?

Roni

Re:Question for Laura - Your recommendations for a barre (Donna D)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:03:26 GMT

Laura,
Thank you very much for the time it took to respond and your detailed response.
Donna

Re:Question for Laura - Your recommendations for a barre (Laura)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:32:08 GMT

Donna D

Laura

I like my Fluidity barre A LOT (Great gift, Mom! Thanks again!) That said, it's kind of bulky. If you find a need to move it from room-to-room (which you don't anticipate), you'l find it doesn't corner well. And, due to it's one-side construction, you can't simply move to the other side of the barre for things (but you can pretty simply overcome this by facing it front and turning yourself to the side to workout).

Donna D~

I guess you are talking about my mention of needing to stand side or reposition the barre? I think this side-view may explain.

It the triangular support in front of the barre that means you can only work on one side of the barre.

So, Assume you TV is represented by this line __________________.

Now, suppose you want to mirror the instructor in, o say, element Ballet. Her barre is set up perpendicular to the tv, like this line:
l
l *
l **
l **
l *
l

Let those silly astericks repesenting the barre apparatus that prevents that other side from being workable. So, you cannot "mirror" and instructor who uses the barre in a position that is perpendicular to the television screen. Unless you are willing to move the barre, of course. And, um, it can scratch hardwoods if you scoot it without folding it (sad that I know!). You can of course, turn it paralell to the tv and simply forgo mirroring. Although, I rather like sideturned-bare, front-facing-me position for things like, say, Melissa Lowe's Ballet Workout.

Does that makes sense? What that what you are asking?

HTH,
L.

Bopper - have some good news to pass along (Donna D)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:28:55 GMT

Bopper

Ok I found a bar at ABCDance.com There is a 4 ft. and a 5ft. one. 119 and 139$

Both are adjustable in height. The 4 and 5 ft is the length of the barre. Anybody think these look good and do you think the 4 ft long one would be long enough!

Bopper,
I've been on a misison to find a good barre. I sent an email to one of the Bar Method branches - here is the reply -

From: I deleted the branch name
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:20 PM
To: Donna
Subject: Re: Woud you please be able to give me recommendations on purchasing a barre

Hi Donna,

Thanks for your email.

The Bar Method does not endorse the Health Mark barre. The company is actually using our logo without our permission, of which is legally being handled.

However, we do endorse barres by ABC Dance. Please see our website (http://www.barmethod.com/dvds/exercise-dvds.html) for information. Note the 10% off discount!

Hope this helps.

Warm regards,

Get 10% Off the same portable bar that Burr and her fellow performers use in these DVDs at
ABC Dance Supplies.

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (Laura)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:19:19 GMT

I gotta say the P57 barre looks nice, in pics at least. It looks pretty solid and it's adjustable. (I don't think the Cardio Barre is adjustable...and I was disappointed in the one Cardio Barre dvd I tried.) They showed it broken down into a bad, and someone pulling body weight against it.... Hmmm.... But, it's almost as much as my Fluidity barre would be new.

Still, if I were shopping for one, and if I DID NOT NEED TO BREAK IT DOWN TO STORE IT, I think that might be the one I bought.... The cardio barre doesn't look as stable, though it may be.

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (Donna D)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:09:08 GMT

Bopper

Bopper

Bopper

Stupid question but I can't figure out how to copy and post a link to another site on this site? I found a bar and wanted to post for you but can't figure it out. I will keep trying

Ok I found a bar at ABCDance.com There is a 4 ft. and a 5ft. one. 119 and 139$

Both are adjustable in height. The 4 and 5 ft is the length of the barre. Anybody think these look good and do you think the 4 ft long one would be long enough!

Hi Bopper,
I was hoping someone would respond to your question. This evening I am leaning towards the Cardio Barre. Let' s see what tomorrow brings.
Donna

Help - I can't make up my mind (Donna D)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:06:15 GMT

I'm still bar hopping - I mean barre shopping. I can't make up my mind!

The Cardio Barre does look interesting - it's only 13 pounds and is smaller in length.
http://www.cardiobarre.com/portableballetbarres_pro.html

The Health Mark I believe is around 36 pounds. I should probably think about the ability to move it from one room to another. I have 2 rooms downstairs where I exercise - as the family room can be either too hot or too cold at certain times of the year.

Why can't I make up my mind? For goodness sake, I probably wouldn't use it for more than 30 minutes a day. It's not like I want to be a ballerina when I grow up.

Question for Laura - Your recommendations for a barre (Donna D)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:24:01 GMT

Laura

I like my Fluidity barre A LOT (Great gift, Mom! Thanks again!) That said, it's kind of bulky. If you find a need to move it from room-to-room (which you don't anticipate), you'l find it doesn't corner well. And, due to it's one-side construction, you can't simply move to the other side of the barre for things (but you can pretty simply overcome this by facing it front and turning yourself to the side to workout).

Laura, quoting one of the reviews for the Health Mark Portable Barre below - is this what you were referring to ?
Thanks,
Donna D.

Also, the attachment holding the bar is under the bar so you get the full use of the entire top length of the bar, as opposed to some bars which have attachments on the sides or top.

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (Bopper)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:57:02 GMT

Ok Laura I think I see it. I wil try ok? Thanks so much

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (Laura)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:26:31 GMT

Bopper

Stupid question but I can't figure out how to copy and post a link to another site on this site? I found a bar and wanted to post for you but can't figure it out. I will keep trying

In your top tool bar (on your reply box), you will see a little icon that looks like a teenie globe or little green dot. Overlapping it is a teenie pic of a li'l chain link. Click there. You will get a box to cut and paste (from your browser's URL box) the addy. (You should also be able to just cut and paste the url into the message body if you prefer).

(The li'l globe with the broken chain link is for removing links.)

HTH,
L.

Donna~YW

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (Donna D)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:41:24 GMT

Thanks Laura for your detailed reply and everyone else. Still doing my homework on this one - right now I'm leaning towards the Health Mark Portable Ballet Barre.

Re:Your recommendations for a barre (Bopper)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:08:07 GMT

Bopper

Bopper

Stupid question but I can't figure out how to copy and post a link to another site on this site? I found a bar and wanted to post for you but can't figure it out. I will keep trying

Ok I found a bar at ABCDance.com There is a 4 ft. and a 5ft. one. 119 and 139$

Both are adjustable in height. The 4 and 5 ft is the length of the barre. Anybody think these look good and do you think the 4 ft long one would be long enough!