We glided through this new workout.

There's no shortage of barre workout classes in New York (or bars, but that's a different article). But Beyond Barre, offered at select New York Sports Club locations, takes the workout to a new place. A place kind of like the surface of an ice hockey table.

We're talking about the GlideBoard, a super-slick surface that forces Beyond Barre students to activate tough-to-reach muscles in order to stay on their feet. We stopped by to try a class with one of the founders, professional dancer and Power Pilates instructor Michelle DuVall. Our experience:

• Board, not bored. Besides cardio intervals on the GlideBoard, class incorporates traditional (off-board) ballet-inspired barre workouts as well as a weighted arm series and abs exercises. You'll also get time with props such as balls and bands. 
• It's got legs. Sliding on the GlideBoard worked our inner thighs to the max, while doing leg sculpting exercises at the barre (read: mini squats galore) assured us our gams would be bikini season-ready.
• Bring it all together. While we wanted to hate DuVall during the workout (our legs and butts were feeling the burn), we couldn't help loving the way the barre-fusion class focuses on body alignment to create a long, lean physique.

Want to try the class but don't belong to NYSC? Vital Juicers can score a free pass--details here.

Slip n' slide.

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