Challenging at times, so I found myself slowing down to catch balance and form and working through self-talk to allow modifications of pace (Marnie encourages changes whenever needed as much as needed in this class and that is helpful to counter thoughts of it somehow not being enough if it's slightly different). I loved the sassy one leg wrap around to the chair and back again. I felt sweaty, worked, and stretched with class. Feet on chair is such a challenge for me to keep chair from sliding, and it works my hamstrings like no other. A super effective way to spend 45 minutes!

Reading comments and class description in advance was helpful. After class I feel like a strong badass, but during class I was working through some self-talk of doubt. I use 10s or 12s for heavier weights these days, and I challenged myself to stick with the 12s the whole time today: challenge for real! But I did it. I rely on doing power sculpt classes in front of a mirror to keep checking alignment. While definitely working upper body and upper trunk, this class gets lower body as well. I am so grateful knowing any M/BODY class will not waste my time and will work my whole body from inside (heart health, deep breathing for my lungs, circulation) and muscular groups throughout.  

Ohhh this new series of a "Stacked" Signature was so much fun! I enjoyed adding in various equipment, weight level options, etc. I used two 10 lb. hand weights as my heavier ones and probably could have moved up to 12s as we use both at first and then use one heavier one. For the lighter weights I used two 5 lbs and that felt good at first but by the time we were down on the mat with the ball behind us in the crunch series with arms I was fighting for those reps! Doable but challenging. I enjoyed ball under feet and behind our back down on the mat. Leg lifts in all fours tabletop is one of my favorite moves and I enjoyed all of the choreography and combos within this class. As Marnie says we are not staying in one position for too long, so nothing is too burdened but my oh my are we getting a beautiful full body workout here! Adding to Favorites :)

Happy Birthday Lindsey J! Happy belated birthday Lisa! Happy wedding day Faith and anniversary Molly G!

Monique what a WONDERFUL full body, no equipment, class! 30 minutes of cardio activation, jump options, one leg focus at a time, standing to curtsy lunge choreography to some plank dancing and back again. Such an effective and active 30 minutes of my day- thank you! I also love the meditation and appreciate Becca asked about it and Sarah typed out. That actually helped me decide to revisit this particular class today.

Glider classes result in me feeling like I can kick down a door later, if I had to, once my leg muscles are no longer jelly. Glider classes make me feel so strong! Yet they require my muscular and brain strength to work through it, so I don't often seek these classes out. 20 minutes is so darn accessible so please give it a try when you are in a space to tune inward. As Marnie says, have a lot of physical space around you (a giant circle of light and strength around you, think the length of a completely stretched out leg 360 degrees around you). I used my 5 lb. hand weights but originally picked up my 3 lbs and decided to try heavier knowing I can switch to lighter if needed. I received two vaccines in one arm two days ago and yet shaking things out with two barre sweat classes yesterday helped me pick up weights today and engage in some plank choreography. The burn in muscles is loud and the sweat glistening is real, all in 20 minutes, I love that for me and for us! I appreciated the closing meditation about trust as well (same Kady!). Future me: when in plank it's ok to have palms on the ground rather than propped on handweights if that feels better, we aren't lifting arms in plank positioning.

This quickie was over before I wanted it to be (and I had done another class immediately before this one). No equipment beyond a barre and all standing. Enjoyed hearing about the study of strong leg muscles correlated with maintaining stronger cognitive abilities as we "grow up" shared before class started.

Definitely brought the sweat for me! All standing with some back angle knee to the ground behind us before it lifts in front of us to the side, but otherwise all forms of wide second, parallel, in and out of relevé, and we change sides at the barre (or move the barre if applicable). Moments of cardio lift options (I was sweaty before the optional bounces and jumps but that added to it). Beautiful closing message. I used ankle weights and that probably added to my sweat, too, because whew they were felt!