New Bar Method Exercise Studios:

NYC-Soho, NY — Opening in early 2010.

Marina Del Rey, CA — Opening in early 2010.

Palo Alto, CA — Opening in late Fall in the Town & Country Village.

Bernardsville, NJ — Coming soon to the Bernardsville Centre.

Englewood, NJ — Opening in early 2010.

Portland, OR — The first Bar Method studio in Oregon will be opening in early 2010.

Newport Beach, CA — Opened Dec. 1, 2009 Newport Coast & Orange County.

Chicago-Loop, IL — Opened in October, 2009.

Pasadena, CA — Opened August 22 in Old Town Pasadena.

Redmond, WA — The Bar Method opened in Seattle-Eastside on July 22nd.

Boulder, CO — The first Bar Method Studio in Colorado opened July 6th in Boulder.

 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 29, 2009 -- The rapidly expanding number of The Bar Method Exercise Studios has now reached a critical mark providing half a million student visits annually in its 22 studios to a signature clientele of fit, urban women. Founder Burr Leonard expects another 10 facilities, most of them franchises, to open in 2009 and early 2010. The exercise studios are located in and around San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Now, The Bar Method Media Company has released two new Exercise DVDs, "Change Your Body" and "Accelerated Workout." Designed to create the lean, highly defined body of a dancer, Bar Method Founder Burr Leonard guides the viewer through a series of precise, targeted, fat burning exercises that can be done using the back of sturdy chair (no ballet barre required). The highly effective and challenging body sculpting results in flat abs, elongated toned legs, and lifted buttocks.

About The Bar Method: The Bar Method goes beyond Pilates and Yoga in offering a healthy heart, flexibility, and a strong core. It also sculpts the body including carved muscles, lifted seats, flatter abs, highly defined arms, and in general, not only greater but elongated muscle mass. Linking muscle mass to good health and longevity, especially in its propensity to fight cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, has become one of today's key fitness trends just as The Bar Method becomes a significant player on the national stage. Known as one of LA's premiere celebrity workouts, stars who have attended include Drew Barrymore, Eve, Tori Spelling, Alicia Silverstone, the Olsen twins, Zooey Deschanel, Kyra Sedgewick, Julia Ormond, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Born in 1947, Burr Leonard is the founder of the Bar Method. She became a Lotte Berk Method student in 1981, opened a Lotte Berk franchise in 1991, and established The Bar Method, along with partner Carl Diehl, in 2001. She now oversees the opening of Bar Method studios around the country, produces Bar Method DVDs, and writes about fitness.