Xtend Barre® Bikini Barre-Camp

NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you really ready for that bikini? No need to fret about flab. Xtend Barre® Workout (www.xtendbarreworkout.com; @Xtend_Barre), a pilates-and-dance amplied barre program with over 70 locations in the US and beyond, has released an "Xpress Xtend Barre Bikini Barre-Camp" to get you lean, chiseled and confident just in time for swimsuit season. 

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"Skip the crash diets and cardio-overload," explains Andrea Rogers, founder of Xtend Barre Workout and host of best-selling workout DVD, "Xtend Barre: Lean and Chiseled" ($16.99, available on Amazon.com). "Incorporate a daily routine at the barre -- or using a chair at home -- that will help you get lean without making yourself miserable. We've put together our favorite micro-targeted moves so you can bare your body on any beach."

UNDERARM FLAB? Nix the Unsightly Underarms with Bent-Over Boxing

Stand with feet hips width apart, weights in each hand. Hinge forward at hips, bending knees slightly.  Reach Right arm forward palm facing down as you extend Left arm backward, palm facing up. Pulse arms upward 3 times, swing arms with control to switch alternating sides. 8-16 reps on each side.

JELLY BELLY?

Cinch the Waist with Side Reach

Open legs to a wide second position, natural turn out; plie. Hold 1 arm to side of body in a 90 degree bend. Reach arm up and over the head, staying in frontal plane, bring elbow to the hip, cinching the waistband as you return. 16 reps then alternate sides.

LOVEHANDLES?  Melt Love Handles with Barre Pretzel

MOVE: Sit on the floor with one leg bent in front of body and one leg bent behind. The front leg should have shins parallel to the front, the back leg has knee in line with hip or further behind. Hands are placed on floor surrounding front knee.

Knee Lifts: Keeping toes on floor lift the back knee up, lower back to floor. Repeat 8 reps.

Leg Lifts: Lift and lower the entire back leg off floor. Repeat 8 reps.

Knee Pulse Back: Keeping back leg in the air, press the knee back, engaging seat muscles deeper. Work to keep leg parallel to floor. Repeat 8 reps.

Combo: Combine leg lift and knee back series. Lift and lower the leg (but keep it still in the air) then pulse it back and forward. Repeat 8 reps.

Straight Leg Lifts Side: Extend back leg straight to the side. Trying not to lean, lower and lift the leg. Repeat 8 reps. This is advanced!

SAGGY BUTT?  Lift Your Gluts with Back Tendu Lifts

Face barre with feet in first position. Demi plie, keep heels on the floor. Place weight onto one foot and extend the other leg into a back attitude (bent knee rotated away from body). Keep supporting leg bent and hips forward. Softly bend the working leg and quickly press into extension. Keep the movement small, never bending the knee fully, but always extending the leg fully. 16 reps. 

Keep the leg extended (between back and side of body) lower/lift the leg with a pointed toe. 16 reps, then hold leg in air and pulse up. 16 reps. Try with flexed foot for a challenge.

LEGS:

Lengthen with Lunge Battement Kicks

Plie one leg as you extend the other arm and leg in opposition. Straighten the supporting leg as you kick the leg up to a forward battement (big kick). Repeat 8 slow/ repeat series with 8 reps at tempo.

Add a releve on supporting leg as you bring battement the other. (Advanced) 8 slow/8 tempo.

For photographs of these exercises or to book an appearance or interview with Andrea Rogers or an Xtend Barre expert, please contact HALO PR at [email protected] or 646-415-8675.

About Xtend Barre® and Andrea Rogers

The Xtend Barre® Workout has been sought after by national top Pilates instructors, dancers and leading fitness experts, and now has quickly expanded to over 70 locations around the world, including studios in the US, Australia, Dubai, Paris, London, Brazil, Canada and more. Andrea Rogers, the creator and founder of Xtend Barre, boasts an extensive career as a professional dancer and choreographer. Having shared the stage with numerous celebrities, Andrea traveled the country with several professional dance companies, including her role as a principal dancer for Walt Disney World Co. Andrea aligned her passion for dance and Pilates in 2006 when she cultivated Xtend Barre, Pilates and dance Amplified. Her creative combination of traditional Pilates methods and ballet basics sculpts bodies into lean, strong, 'dancer-like' physiques, helping people of all fitness levels. Andrea holds various credentials including: Pilates Method Alliance member, America Council on Exercise Certified Group Fitness Instructor, Member of IDEA Health & Fitness Association and Classical Pilates instructor.  She has appeared on programs such as on ABC News, CNN, NBC, and has been featured in Shape, Pilates Style, Fitness, OK!, and Marie Claire Magazines.

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