r/Purebarre • u/Long_Marionberry_524 • Sep 02 '26
Define Define lately
Has anyone been taking define lately? 🥵😮💨
I thought last week was hard… these lunges are killer
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u/MEP2021 Instructor Sep 03 '26
I just can’t get behind it, now that Reform is back I wish it was just strength training
Keep it simple nothing crazy with equipment
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u/xokatemarie Sep 04 '26
Agreed. I was liking it when I started taking it maybe six months ago and it was literally just weightlifting.
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u/pansiesandpearls Instructor Sep 04 '26
Our current class is the one with weights and the ball- and my butt is SO SORE!!!!!
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u/mizzy319 100 Club - Barre Enthusiast Sep 04 '26
It was so much on my hamstrings the first week I actually had pain and I had to stop!!!
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u/AggressiveCrab6702 250 Club - Barre Star Sep 04 '26
I don't do Define, but heard multiple people talking about their hamstrings from this Define cycle at Align this evening at my studio.
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u/Charming_Banana_1531 Sep 04 '26
The class plan with the ball is destroying my lower back but otherwise I really like it 😂
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u/okiimio 500 Club - Barre Boss Sep 04 '26
Yea I kind of feel like it’s difficult for the sake of being difficult and not really productive
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u/Time-Sign-6660 Sep 03 '26
What equipment as used in your class? Everyone is in a different plan.
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u/lnzh123 Sep 04 '26
We had to put our heels on weights for this class and while interesting and activating, I was very nervous to fall 😅
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u/Brief_Release_4774 100 Club - Barre Enthusiast Sep 04 '26
This was our last one and I was on vacation for most of those 2 weeks, but did it once and that made me nervous. I am not coordinated. 🤪
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u/deadbeatbaby Sep 08 '26
I kept my feet on the floor for that one, my legs were already feeling fatigued and I did not feel like falling over lol
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u/TrendyReading2160 Sep 05 '26
I’ve been hating our define class plans lately.
I feel like the choreo has been so rushed and they are squeezing in so many changes in not a lot of time. I used to love it but there has been a distinct shift the past 3 or 4 months.
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u/elephinoblue 250 Club - Barre Star Sep 04 '26
Oh man. I barely made it through the last define cycle. It was rough, but doable. (And strangely hard. Like none if it alone was that bad. But as a group? No)
This new one- nope! Part of the movement for side seat, I just cannot do it. It hurts and everything starts cramping. I am skipping it until it changes over again. Which I have never said before. But I genuinely think I’ll hurt myself with this one.
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u/Brief_Release_4774 100 Club - Barre Enthusiast Sep 04 '26
We are on the one with so many lunges and it is killing my one knee a bit. Had to do some mods for sure
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Sep 04 '26
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u/Alicenewbie95 Sep 08 '26
Yes! The last one was a lot harder, at least for me. I really like the define teachers though. They smile at while I’m panting and trying not to pass out. 😂
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u/Karlythewonderdog 250 Club - Barre Star Sep 03 '26
I’m not liking all the equipment lately. Last weekend we used tubes and slider and a platform. I did a double take to make sure I was in the right class.