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Health<br />
Meet you at<br />
Written by Sammi Nice<br />
Meet Karen and Rosie<br />
from iambarre...<br />
I’m always more than willing to attend any<br />
fitness classes or hear of a new craze, so I<br />
was really excited to be introduced to Karen<br />
and Rosie from iambarre. I danced for many<br />
years when I was younger, so I was hoping<br />
it would all come back to me. I can’t say<br />
this was the case... it was much harder than<br />
I remembered, but thankfully I was in safe<br />
hands!<br />
iambarre, formerly Lotte Berk Cambridge,<br />
run a comprehensive timetable of classes<br />
to suit all levels and ages from beginners to<br />
the more advanced. The classes are all low<br />
impact, but high intensity and are designed<br />
to give you a lean-looking physique similar<br />
to that of a dancer. Classes take the ‘barre’<br />
elements of traditional ballet training and<br />
incorporate these into a 60-minute session<br />
of resistance work, core stability and intense<br />
targeted routines.<br />
“We have such a wide range of ages who<br />
come along to our classes. The youngest is<br />
15 but we also have ladies in their 70s! It’s<br />
great to see how far they’ve come and what<br />
they can do now!” Karen told me.<br />
“We have something for everyone and most<br />
people have no previous ballet or dance<br />
experience.”<br />
Rosie Cameron & Karen Taylor<br />
There was a great buzz between the closeknit<br />
class and I have to say ‘hats off’ to the<br />
ladies, who all held the intense and deep<br />
burning movements for a lot longer than I<br />
could! They raved about the classes and said<br />
how great it was for all-over muscle tone<br />
and definition and I can certainly see why.<br />
Since opening, Karen has found the demand<br />
for her classes overwhelming. She now<br />
teaches over 20 classes a week, all of which<br />
get booked up far in advance. In order to<br />
be able to satisfy demand, Karen and Rosie<br />
are looking to expand their team. Karen is<br />
looking for a couple of new recruits that she<br />
can train in the ‘iambarre’ method to help<br />
manage and teach some additional classes<br />
each week. “It would be great to have<br />
someone join us who has previous dance<br />
experience and a good grounding in ballet<br />
techniques. A yoga or pilates teacher would<br />
also work, but then again, so would a keen<br />
exerciser. If they are as passionate about<br />
dance and fitness as we are, that would be<br />
perfect! We have a wonderful, loyal and<br />
hardworking existing client base.”<br />
ESSE<br />
30 Station Road,<br />
Melbourn, Cambridge<br />
Tel: 07841363022<br />
www.iambarre.co.uk<br />
If you feel this is something you’d like to<br />
find out more about, please get in touch<br />
with Karen on 07841363022 or email<br />
karen@iambarre.com.<br />
<strong>Velvet</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> | Apr <strong>2016</strong> 71
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