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What You'll Get
Choose Between Two Options
- $52 for Five barre fitness classes ($95 value)
- $62 for One month of unlimited barre fitness classes ($175 value)
Building Muscle: Cells on the Move
Read on to learn exactly how fitness classes leave you with more muscle or better tone.
Bulky upper-body muscles might have hindered early humans who had to chase their prey across the plains, but it could help those who often had to climb trees to adjust their satellite dishes. That’s why the body builds muscle according mostly to use: do enough curls, and the biceps expand. As anyone who has experienced post-workout soreness could intuit, those curls are actually a form of controlled damage, making thousands of miniscule tears to the muscle tissue that beckon autoimmune cells to show up alongside testosterone and other hormones. The white blood cells help switch on satellite cells, which are similar to stem cells. Before they’re activated, satellite cells aren’t doing much—instead, they lie dormant around muscle fibers until they’re called into action to repair torn tissue.
This isn’t the only kind of cellular transformation at work in growing muscles. Long muscle cells, which contain several nuclei, can also begin to change type after a workout. Certain kinds of muscle fibers are equipped to handle brief bursts of effort but will quickly become tired if asked to do more intense work. These are the first to disappear as someone starts an exercise routine, as they’re converted into fibers with more endurance. This principle is so dramatic that a sports scientist can generally tell whether someone is a professional athlete or a professional mattress model by examining a minute sample of muscle tissue.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires 90 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Not valid for clients that have visited in the past 6 months. Limit 1 per person. Valid only for option purchased. Must activate one month unlimited option by expiration on your Groupon, expires 30 days from activation date. Reservation required; must schedule class online. All classes must be used by same person. Valid only at North Scottsdale location. 5-class option must be used entirely within 3 months of redemption. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Re-Barre Studio
The award-winning re-Barre Studio combines precise muscle sculpting and stretching with a ballet barre, resistance bands, weighted balls, and free weights. The re-Barre method produces long, lean, and dancer-like muscles with low-impact and fat-burning moves designed to efficiently build strength and flexibility. At this studio, students can take original re-Barre classes with certified instructors, as well as dance away calories in energetic Zumba classes. BUTI yoga is a mix of tribal dance, hip hop, HIIT & vinyasa yoga. Every session is different, highly focused, and works to keep bodies challenged while improving postures and helping to trim waistlines.