Pure Barre, Ann Arbor

I like this studio over similar places because of their excellent customer service

I wasn't too pleased about the fact the 5-class credit expires on the same date as the Groupon as that isn't done by other Groupon businesses. I'm happy the classes are popular but a bit miffed that there's only space for one class at each time slot especially in the evenings and the off-hour start times, understandable as you need to clean between classes, but it conflicts with my bi-weekly 7 p.m. kickboxing class. I have really enjoyed my 3 classes but this leaves me the with only option of a 6:30 am class that still means I arrive late for work. Perhaps they'll get popular enough for you to expand again. Until then I unfortunately won't be able to be a long-term customer.

I would not recommend Pure Barre for women my age -- around 50. The vast majority of women were much younger (with one exception an older woman who had been a professional dancer). I am in good shape and attend other barre classes where I am not left feeling as utterly incompetent as I did when doing this work out. If they want to a appeal to a slightly older set, they might want to offer more adjustements or offer a beginners class. Since the classes fill up, though, I doubt they will find this necessary. By the way.... I am fine with pure barre getting this feedback, but I don't want it published with my name attached.

Wow. It was the hardest workout I've ever done. If this is what dancers do regularly, I now understand how they're able to hold their legs so high on all those arabesques! I'm not much of an "exerciser." But even though it was an extremely challenging workout for me, I'm looking forward to coming back. I know I will get the results I want from this workout.