Working out at home can feel impossible sometimes. Whether it’s school pick up, overdue deadlines or a million meetings on the calendar, getting a quality workout in like Physique 57 can be a challenge, or perhaps you love our Interval Overload, barre-based workout and its incredible results, but you don’t leave near a Physique 57 studio. Whatever the reason, we’re bringing the barre to you with our Video On Demand series.
Get our signature studio workout from home with over 300 videos and six different workout programs spanning 10, 15, 30, 45 and 57 minutes. Pick and choose from our top fitness instructors, target a specific part of your body and expand your Physique 57 repertoire without ever having to leave the house.
But before you start pulsing and squeezing, you may be wondering just how on earth you can transform your living room into a space equipped to handle the Physique 57 realness. Read on as we break down how to get an awesome workout from the comfort of home. In fact, home workouts can be almost just as effective as regular workouts when done properly.
Create Your “Barre Spot”:
Most – but not all – Physique 57 videos incorporate the use of a “barre.” And, if you’re like most people, you probably don’t have a classic Physique 57 barre installed in your living room. But you’re in luck because just about anything can be a barre if it’s of significant weight and the right height to get into that flat back chair pose. One tip is to move a heavy chair and see if it can withstand your weight as you pull back on it. If not, consider adding some weight to its seat, like a stack of cookbooks, a cast iron pan or whatever you have laying around. If it still won’t work, move over to a couch. If all else fails, it might actually be time for that barre install, or opt for a video that doesn’t incorporate barre work, like our classic Mat 57 series or a more focused workout that targets the arms, abs and glutes.
Invest in Heavy (and Light) Weights:
Whether you’re a Physique 57 beginner or total pro, working out with weights increases the intensity of any workout. Fortunately, hand weights are relatively small and easy to store, so you can break them out during Signature’s opening arm exercises, or use them throughout Mat classes as well as Barre-Meets-Mat. Some classes swap out heavy and light weights depending on the movement, so you may want to double down and have three pound and five-to-ten pound weights on-hand.
The beautiful thing about Physique 57 is that 99% of the workout involves using your own body weight as resistance, however there’s always room for more weight, especially in those hard-to-reach triceps and biceps.
Keep Those Grippy Socks Handy:
One of the benefits of doing a Physique 57 Video On Demand is that you can literally work out in your pajamas and no one will notice. But, in an effort to stay in poses longer and feel confident and sturdy in your footing, we advise that you continue to wear the same grippy socks you would normally utilize in the studio. Even if you’re on a hardwood floor or carpeting, the last thing you want to do is slip around while pulsing in the middle of your round back chair.
Find Your Ball:
The Physique 57 ball is one of the most important accessories of any class, whether Signature, Mat 57 or shorter, more targeted body blasts. We use it throughout thigh work, in our glute sections as well as throughout various core series. Not only does it help transform your body but it transcends the average pose into something so much deeper. While you may not have one of our round balls at home, see what may work as a substitute. A softer soccer ball will work, or even a blow up beach ball. Worst comes to worst, try to squish up a throw pillow or blanket to add a bit of support during abs where the ball world normally be. And, as long as you can throw something between those thighs during waterski pose, you should be good to go. Your muscles won’t even know the difference.
