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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Barre classes use weights.[/quote]

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”[/quote]

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this :D [/quote]

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts. [/quote]

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre?  It's such a turn-off.[/quote]

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights. [/quote]

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude.  They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done.  It's bizarre.[/quote]

I've been to Barre and have never felt this way. You sound dramatic.[/quote]

Exhibit A. (There's a PP upthread, in this quote block - you? - who is literally saying how entertaining it is to watch people struggle.  I've never encountered people laughing at newbies in other classes or sports.)[/quote]

I'm that pp, and I actually don't do Barre. I've done it before, but I prefer to strength train other ways.

It's not entertaining to see people struggle - but it IS entertaining to see prideful macho men chuckle at the "two pound pink sticks" and go heavier - only to see their pride crumble to dust before their eyes. THAT's fun. Not the struggle - but the demise of the pride.

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I made the comment about two pound weights and I am a woman who sometimes goes to barre classes.

No doubt some barre classes are challenging. However, I stand by my point that it's not weight lifting! [/quote]

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