ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A new year means a new opportunity to try new things, including a new workout.
Those who vow to get fit in 2023 have many fitness class options across the Lehigh Valley from which to choose.
- Barre3 and Rosie's Boot Camp, both in the Lehigh Valley, use group setting to keep people coming back
- Barre3 classes incorporate strength, cardio, and mindfulness
- Rosie's boot camp is high-intensity interval training
Two Lehigh Valley fitness trainers recently talked about their classes and how they can help people meet their fitness goals.
“We're designed to move. We're designed to move together, and we're designed to move forever," said Brittany Morse, owner of Barre3 in Bethlehem and Allentown, where she teaches classes incorporating strength, cardio and mindfulness.
"So within this Barre3 practice, we give you the tools so that we can do that, so that you can do that,” Morse said.
Morse described her program by saying, “you get functional movement, and tense movement moments to reset and reboot, so that you can move throughout the practice with a little more intensity and then options so that you can dial back for a second, regain composure and then move forward with more intention and more integrity within your practice.”
Morse, who said she has been into fitness since she was a child, said her class incorporated props, such as a ballet barre, core balls, sliders and resistance bands.
She said those joining can exercise at their own pace, so it’s an appropriate workout for people of all experience levels.
“It's designed as a group class," Morse said. "It's designed as group fitness, so there's that beautiful communal feel.”
“We're designed to move. We're designed to move together, and we're designed to move forever."Brittany Morse, owner of Barre3
Personal trainer Rosie Hulbert runs Rosie's boot camp, which is high-intensity interval training. She also said taking classes is a good way to stick to fitness goals.
“In my experience, people stick with exercise when they're in a group environment,” Hulbert said. “When they have the camaraderie of their friends waiting for them, they come with a group, they make friends when they're there.”
Hulbert, an Allentown fitness teacher, said she has explored ways to stay fit and healthy since she was a teen and continues to share her passion with her family and clients.
She said participants in her boot-camp-style classes range in age from teenagers — including her daughter and her friends — to people up into their 70s.
“We start with a warmup," Hulbert said. "I always show low-impact, higher-impact exercises. We'll do stations of weights and high-intensity cardiovascular fitness and weight training and a lot of fun and games."
“We have ropes, we have kettlebells, we have TRX, we have dumbbells. We have medicine balls, slam balls,” she added.
Hulbert teaches her group fitness classes at St. Luke's West End Human Performance Center.
