Ready to sculpt those coveted Bari legs? In our Bari Moves for Killer Legs series, we’ll break down the moves that make the lower body magic happen. Meet the Uneven Lunge.

uneven lunge
This move is a standard lunge, trampoline style.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Step to the left side of the trampoline and face left. Place your right foot behind you on the trampoline, and reach your arms to the ceiling.
2. Simultaneously bend your knees to come to a lunge position. Your left knee should be on top of your left heel with your weight in that same heel. Your hips are tucked underneath you, and your core is engaged. You’ll most likely feel a stretch in your right hip flexor. (You’ve gotta love a little stretch when there’s a whole lot of burn about to happen.)
3. Push off the left heel to engage your glute and hamstrings and straighten both legs.

why the uneven lunge?
“Why not?” is the real question. Having your back leg on a raised surface will help you stretch your hip flexor while also working the opposite leg, so you’ll feel stretching and strengthening happening all in one exercise. The unstable surface of the trampoline forces you to engage your core on a deeper level while balancing mostly on the left leg.

nailed it?
Try moving from the bottom of the lunge to a balance with the back leg extended behind you.

Want more Bari moves for killer legs? Catch up on our past moves: running on the trampoline, trampoline squat, dynamic balancer and step up balance.

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Congratulations to our winning bari march madness teams! Let’s all cheers (with green juice, obviously) to each studio’s hard-working, sweat-drenched winners:

bari tribeca: #webariharderthanyouparty +#micromanagers (our first ever tie!)

bari newport beach: #webariharderthanyouparty

bari summit: #micromanagers

If you won, you received an email with your top secret (and super awesome, if we do say so ourselves) (sur)prize — we hope you love it!

To the rest of our incredibly hard-working teams, your sweat game was on point. And you still win because we all know the best sweat challenge prize is a #baribody.

We’re not through with you, sweat-loving Tribe! There’s still work to be done before summer comes around (we’re less than two months away from Memorial Day Weekend!), so check out the full details on our summer prep program, bari peel, and sign up!

It’s undeniable — spring is here and we’ve got to make some changes. It’s time to gut our closets, cut our hair and open the windows because we’re ready for a fresh start. We’re ready to shed that winter skin and step into the sun. We’re ready to baripeel.

Enter: a tried-and-true six week program to transform your body in time for summer (beach days, Summer Fridays and happy hours while there’s still daylight — we’re ready for ya!). Six weeks is all it takes to get your body energized, toned, and sculpted for summer — and thankfully we’re just in the nick of time. Our baripeel program puts you on track to shed whatever is holding you back so you can step into your best #baribody on the first day of summer. (Or the unofficial-but-more-important first day of summer, Memorial Day Weekend.)

Imagine what you can achieve with a program designed to deliver results on a deadline?

Here are some of the baripeel tools you’ll have at your disposal:

• A program designed to teach you how to define, strengthen, and slim down every part of your body starting with your heart health, working through your core and back, and even paying particular attention to how to sculpt your legs, butt, and arms.
• A team of experts who know what you need and tell you exactly how to get it.
• Two weeks of real food detoxing — we’ll be starting and ending baripeel with 5 day detoxes. We promise it will be delicious and leave you feeling lighter and more energized than ever.
• A way to identify and track your goals so you know when you’ve reached them.
• A bari experience to rock your world – new sequences, master classes, bari’s expert trainers bringing you a cardio and sculpting experience like never before.
• Advice on how to get the most out of your heart rate and calorie burn.
• Nutrition advice so you can you break your bad habits with the one-two punch of knowledge and excitement.
• The mind-body connection that’s necessary to keep you motivated and engaged.

baripeel has everything you need for a workout program to succeed — the only thing you have to do is sign up, show up and dive in.

Here’s how it works when you sign up:

• You’ll receive weekly prescriptions with program details, including sweat goals, nutrition advice and mind-body motivation.
• You’ll schedule two measurement sessions (at the beginning and end of the program; included in your peel participation fee).
• You’ll need to make sure you’re on the right class and privé package or membership so that you can follow your weekly workout prescriptions (which will have you sweating between 4 to 7 times per week).
• You’ll get access to exclusive baripeel perks, including special rates for master classes, private training, Bari coaching and nutrition throughout the baripeel program.

Check out the baripeel page to get all the program details and sign up.

Last week, we challenged Barry’s Bootcamp to sweat it forward and stand up to cancer by bouncing it out at bari. They lived to tell the tale (ahem, #nailedit), and all proceeds from the event were donated to Stand Up To Cancer. Check out The Sweat Life’s promo for a look into our bari + Barry’s bounce class, along with the inspiration behind the Sweat It Forward initiative!

Our favorite week of the challenge? The last week. Why? It brings out the fire in you, Tribe. We already know how amazing you are — but in the last week of any challenge, you take it up a notch. You know your why, set your sights on finishing strong and getting ‘er done.

If you want a few extra secrets on how to take the March Madness cake amazing prize, check it out:

• double up: If you’re already sweating, why stop? Doubling up builds on all the amazing sweat you’ve already thrown down over the past three weeks. And an object in motion stays in motion, so ya got physics on your side.

• don’t hold back: Let loose. Have fun. Dance your ass off, literally. If you were ever gonna nail your workouts, now’s the time. When you know a sequence, nail it. When you don’t know a sequence, nail it anyway. Push yourself to lay it all on the line.

• use your team: It’s a team challenge for a reason! Build each other up this week, schedule a team date at the end of the week to reward yourself for all the tallies you’ve put up on that wall and say thanks to every single person on your team for how they contributed to a greater sense of the bari community.

• check yo’self: With measurements. Prizes are great, but results are the bomb.com. Schedule an Rx consult so you can tally up your results just like you did with your classes.

• surprise yourself: Don’t assume it’s over until it’s over. Have one more burst in you for an extra class or two? Go for it! Sometimes we don’t even realize how much stronger we’ve gotten until we test ourselves, so this week try something new. Get in a morning class or a weekend class or a new kind of class. Let yourself be surprised by the strength you’ve built up over the past few weeks.

You’ve been nailing every day of #barimarchmadness. You’ve been tallying up and sweating like a boss. So as the initial adrenaline rush of starting a new challenge starts to give way to Life with a capital L, what’s a #baribody to do? The answer: Play smart.

It’s no time to give up or phone it in. The third week of every challenge we’ve done is historically the hardest. Why? Because Life, people. Because babysitters cancel and March is unexpectedly snowy sometimes and Daylight Freaking Savings. So many excuses creep up even as the end is in sight. But if you’re clever (and we know you are), taking the third week to start playing smart makes sure that the toughest week becomes the most fun. Winning isn’t about carelessly throwing your workouts away, it’s about owning them and opening yourself up to experience the rest of March Madness in a whole new way. Here’s how:

• give yourself a check in, Rx style: You’ve been working out for two weeks straight. Cash in on those new stats by booking an Rx with a bari coach and getting a new two week prescription to carry you through the end of the challenge.

• focus on your corrections in class: If your trainer gives you an adjustment, try to make it as fast as possible. Figure out how it changes your movements. Where does it feel different? How does it make it easier or harder? Remember those internal sensations and see if you can recreate them for yourself on the second side and in every class.

• know when to push and when to rest: You know by now that the only way your body can really work at its fullest potential is to make sure it’s being nourished and taking the rest it needs. Be smart about this third week, get 7 to 8 hours of Zzzzs, drink lots of water, sprinkle some meditation into your days. When you rest more, you can push more.

• take class like the champ: You don’t have to be perfect to be a champ, you just have to know what to do. And lucky you, here’s a mini-curation of our favorite tips to burn more calories, make plank your bitch, reduce cellulite, actually engage your abs and get rid of that last inch once and for all.

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Check out Alexandra’s latest post for Glowing Co. on how to empower yourself to work out at any age.

“I was invited to a health discussion by Brown University recently and a person in the audience asked the panelists about workouts for people over 50. The panelists didn’t really know how to answer and bypassed her question by addressing something sort-of-but-not-really related. The person in the audience reiterated her concern: “Right, maybe my question wasn’t clear. What I mean to say is it’s hard for us to do most of the workouts recommended in magazines these days. What do you suggest people over 50 do?” Again, no answer.

She got me thinking. I’ve only gone through a few generational cycles of my own, but I’ve been fortunate to sweat alongside many bari tribers in many stages of their own lives. And I’ve realized: there’s always a major obstacle that stands in the way of choosing a healthy body. Whether you’re 18 or 65, it’s never easy, and there are always very legitimate excuses. However, there’s always, always, always a reason to connect with your soul and treat your body well. The key is acknowledging what’s working against you and feeling empowered to push through in a way that feels good.”

Click here to read the full article.

You already know that at bari we’re obsessed with plans. We don’t like leaving things up in the air. We know what we want, and we go after it. There is major power in strategizing. It takes the guesswork out of achieving your goals. It makes it easy to see where you’re headed and how to get there. It puts the power back in your hands.

Now that you have your team rallied, it’s time to strategize. The goal is simple: the group with the most tallies wins. So here’s a list of strategies to put the power into your own hands (and more tallies on the wall) and drive your team into the lead:

—have your team book their classes for march now: Is one of your teammates away one week this month? Knowing your sweat schedules ahead of time will help you strategize for those random weeks off. You double up this week, they double up the next. It’s the power of the group sweat, people. No tally left behind.

—get yourself a coach: Having a coach ensures accountability. Having your group working toward the same goal is ultra powerful, so why not capitalize on that energy and focus on some of your own goals? A bari coach will give you an Rx, help you work around a tough schedule and give you concrete and attainable weekly goals to achieve. Email your studio for more information + to get started with coaching.

—take class with a purpose: Don’t just show up to class, nail it. Every time. Check in with yourself and get serious about laying it all out there every time you step into the studio. Need some intentions to get you started? Check these out and notice how every class gets a little easier and little more fulfilling.

—give yourself a weekly reward: Maybe it’s binging on House of Cards, heading over to the bari trainer not-so-hidden massage mecca for a post-class rubdown or getting a brand new strappy bra. Whatever makes you happy, give yourself some time to enjoy it at the end of your week. Giving yourself a you-centric reward will make every daily drop of sweat that much sweeter.