904 NW Hoyt Street | Portland | OR | 97209|503.954.3811
portland@barmethod.com
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STUDIO NEWS
FEATURED ITEMS
NEW MOM'S SPECIAL!!
3 Months of Unlimited Classes for $450
If you're a new mom in the last 6 months, the new mom special is
the perfect way to jump start you back into shape.
The Bar Method is great for targeting all the right areas and
getting you one efficient hour of time for you.
Call the studio or drop in to purchase!
2011 FITNESS CHALLENGE RESULTS
SEE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS FROM THE 2011 FITNESS CHALLENGE
32 COMPLETED CONTESTANTS | 3 MONTHS | 3.8 AVERAGE CLASSES PER WEEK | 149 INCHES LOST
1 WINNER
JULIE SHAW
51 CLASSES | 4 CLASSES/WEEK | 7.75 INCHES LOS | 15 POUNDS LOST | 7% BODY FAT LOST
ONE BAR METHOD BODY GAINED (Click here for pictures)
“I am extremely proud of the 15 pounds that I have lost. Seven percent body fat is gone! I shop for smaller sizes now and have incorporated some new sexy styles into my wardrobe just because I can. I feel comfortable and confident in my own body. I love being surprised with compliments from friends, family & most of all my husband.
"…I believe that my biggest triumph is that I did not let life’s surprises get in the way of my commitment to challenging myself physically.
"….The power was in the push to try each little step. If I had skipped the opportunity to try, then I would have lost the chance to experience amazing surprises that have made me smile about who I have grown to be today.”
QUOTES FROM A FEW OF OUR INSPIRING 2011 CHALLENGERS
"I feel calmer, toner and more aware of my body and what it needs to be healthy."
"I have seen physical transformation (I've gone down 2 pant sizes), but there are other changes that have been even more rewarding. I feel like I have created a habit with Bar Method that I will stick with for a long time, but I also feel like I've created a better life - I go to be earlier, I cook healthy meals and generally, I have a sunnier outlook."
"Bar Method has definitely changed my body since I started the fitness challenge. Not only have I discovered muscles I haven't felt before, but I see them too! I see the difference in a lot of pictures, especially in my arms! I'm not the only one taking notice either, my husband refers to my seat now as my "Bar butt"."
"My weight has definitely redistributed. I've slimmed down in most areas, and clothes fit me better, including a pair of jeans I hadn't worn in years!"
"I didn't just find a great workout; I discovered a passion that is surrounded by awe-inspiring strong individuals."
SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE 2010 FALL FITNESS CHALLENGE
CURRENT CLASS SCHEDULE
Schedule subject to change, click here to see the most current class schedule
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MON |
TUES |
WED |
THURS |
FRI |
SAT |
SUN |
| 6:00 AM |
Mixed |
Mixed |
Mixed |
Mixed |
Mixed |
- |
- |
| Level 2 |
| 7:15 AM |
- |
Mixed |
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Mixed |
- |
- |
- |
8:15 AM |
Mixed* |
|
Mixed* |
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Mixed* |
Mixed |
- |
Level 2 |
- |
| 9:00 AM |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mixed |
| 9:30 AM |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed |
- |
| Level 2* |
Level 2 |
- |
| 10:15 AM |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mixed |
| 10:45 AM |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
- |
| Level 1* |
- |
| 11:30 AM |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Mixed |
| 12:15 PM |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
- |
- |
| 4:30 PM |
Mixed* |
- |
Mixed* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 5:30 PM |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
- |
- |
| 6:45 PM |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
Mixed* |
- |
- |
- |
Mixed = All levels welcome
Level 2 = Advanced class; pre-approval required
Level 1 = The same Bar Method class at a slower pace and with special attention given to set up. Sign up now!
* = All classes marked with the (*) indicate the childcare is available at WeVillage during that time.
Click here to sign up!
RESERVATIONS
Reservations
While walk-ins are welcome, we highly recommend reserving classes online in order to guarantee your spot in class. In order to reserve online you must have positive class credits (note: class packages can be purchased online). When you arrive at the studio, please check-in at the front desk so we know you have arrived and can ensure you have an enjoyable experience. Click here to schedule a class!
Cancellations
You may cancel your class reservation up to 4 hours prior to the start of class with no charge. All cancellations must be made online unless you absolutely cannot get to a computer to do so.
Late Cancellation Penalties
Clients with class packs will lose one class credit.
Client on one of our New Client 30 Day Unlimited or other Monthly packages will be charged $15 per late cancel.
Make your online reservation now!
WAITLIST INFORMATION
Classes fill up quickly, but spaces often open up regularly as clients schedules. If you'd like to attend a class that is full, please put yourself on the waitlist. As soon as a spot opens up in class, you will receive an email notification. Please reply to the email immediately whether you can attend or not. You may call the studio at any time prior to the start of class to check your waitlist status if you do not have automatic email access. If you are unsure i you are off the waitlist, please us a call (503.954.3811). Your spot in class is not guaranteed until you confirm.
Here is how you can confirm your spot online:
1. Log into your account
2. Click on My Info
3. Click on My Schedule
4. My Schedule will list all the classes you are currently in as well as classes you have been added to from the waitlist
5. Click on the "Class Level" (ie, Mixed, Level 2) for the class that you can confirm
6. In the Notes box within Visit Details, you can write "Confirmed". Then click Update.
7. This will notify us that you are coming to class adn we will mark you as confirmed.
Reminder: Being bumped off the waitlist into class means you are IN CLASS and therefore responsible for confirming or cancelling your spot. If you get into class from the waitlist with more than 60 minutes prior to class start; do not show up for class and have not canceled your reservation before class, your spot may be given away and you will be charged. If you get into class from the waitlist and are already scheduled for another class, you will need to cancel your reservation for your other class online or by calling us; if you do not cancel, you will be charged for class. If you are moved off the waitlist less than 60 minutes before the start of class you will not be charged.
We enforce this policy in hopes that you will remember to give wait listed clients a chance to take your spot. Don't you want everyone to get their Bar Method in?
Thank you for helping everyone get their tuck on!
There are now several ways for you to see if you have moved from the waitlist and into class:
1. Check to see if you are in a class by logging into your class schedule. If you are in class it will read (From Wait List-Unconfirmed). This means you ARE in class and responsible for confimring or cancelling your spot.
2. If you are still on the waitlist, you will see a [Wait List] link in the upper right corner of your schedule. To remove yourself from the wait list, click this link and select "cancel" to the right of the waitlisted class.
3. Look for an e-mail notification saying you have been added from the waitlist.
4. You now also have the option to get a text message delivered straight to your cell phone to alert you that you have gotten into class! All we need is the name of your cell phone provider. Please update your profile with us at the front desk on your next visit. Please note, activating the text update option is for all MindBody communications (e.g. waitlist confirmations, purchase receipts, etc.)
WAITLIST POP QUIZ: Test your Bar Method waitlist knowledge!
1. If I POP off the waitlist for a 12:15pm class at 10:30am, will I get charged a late cancel fee or class if I do not attend? Yes, because you were added to the class more than one hour prior to the start of class.
2. If I POP off the waitlist for a 9:30am class at 8:32am, will I get charged a late cancel fee or class if I do not attend? No, because you were added to the class less than an hour prior to the start of class and we don't feel this is adequate enough time for your to attend.
3. If I am on the waitlist for both the 8:00am class and 11:00 class on Saturday morning and I POP off the waitlist for the 8:00am class, do I need to cancel the 11:00am reservation? Yes, the system does not cancel other waitlist positions or reservations when you attend an earlier class that same day.
2012 PRICING
| CLASS PACKAGE |
PRICING |
PER CLASS |
1 Class |
$22.00 |
$22.00 |
| 5 Classes |
$90.00 |
$18.00 |
| 10 Classes |
$175.00 |
$17.50 |
| 20 Classes |
$335.00 |
$16.75 |
| 30 Classes |
$450.00 |
$15.00 |
30 Day Unlimited
New Client Special |
$100.00 |
$8.34 = 3 classes per week
$6.25 = 4 classes per week
$5.00 = 5 classes per week |
30 Day Unlimited |
$200.00 |
$16.66 = 3 classes per week
$12.50 = 4 classes per week
$10.00 = 5 classes per week |
Monthly Unlimited*
(3 month commitment minimum) |
$190.00 /month |
$15.83 = 3 classes per week
$11.86 = 4 classes per week
$9.50 = 5 classes per week |
Monthly Unlimited*
(6 month commitment minimum) |
$175.00 /month |
$14.58 = 3 classes per week
$10.94 = 4 classes per week
$8.75 = 5 classes per week |
All purchases are non-refundable after 7 days and redeemable only at the Bar method Portland
30-day unlimited packages expire 30 days after activation
Class packages expire one year after purchase and are not transferable
*3 and 6 month unlimited packages:
Cannot be held or frozen.
We require 1 month's notice if you wish to terminate the contract at the end of the term.
Otherwise, these packages renew automatically at the end of their term.
Inquire at the front desk or via phone about our incentives after completion of a New Client Special!
Click here to purchase a package!
NEW CLIENTS
The $100 New Client Special is the best way to experience the benefits of The Bar Method. Come 12 times in your first month and see for yourself what The Bar Method can do for you while spending less than $10 per class! This package is for exclusive use at The Bar Method Portland location and is limited to one purchase per client. (please note: if you purchase/take more than 5 single classes you are no longer considered a new client and therefore are not eligible to purchase this package.)
We love The Bar Method workout and want you to as well! This introductory offer is a fabulous opportunity to become familiar with the workout, start to feel the benefits and see the results…at a smashing price!
How to sign up?
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Arrive 10-15 minutes early so you are on-time to class (you will not be allowed to join your first class after it begins). Bring socks (that cover your whole foot, including your toes), workout pants (below the knee) and top (that covers your midriff and pant waistband). Please note, gum and cell phones are not allowed in class.
New Client Policy:
New clients must arrive 15 minutes prior* to class to complete the new client paperwork. You will receive a brief tour of the facility from one of our Client Experience Specialists, have a few minutes to enjoy the amenities, as well as hang from the stall bar before class.
* For safety compliance, new clients who arrive after class has commenced will not be permitted to participate and will have to reschedule their first class.
If you have a heart condition, epilepsy, lupus, or severe sciatica, we require a doctors note that allows you to take stretching and strengthening classes on your first visit.
CHILDCARE PARTNER - WE VILLAGE
The Bar Method is pleased to present WeVillage, the Pearl District’s only licensed drop-and-go child care facility, as our exclusive day-care partner! Located only two blocks from the studio at 424 NW 11th Street, WeVillage is a local, community-oriented service that intertwines fun with education, in a happy and safe environment for your little one.
Our partnership will provide Bar Method clients with 1 hour and 15 minutes of childcare for $6, while attending a single Bar Method class. This arrangement accounts for taking the one-hour long workout class and a 15-minute grace period to make the trip between the two locations. Should clients need or want to extend their child’s visit at WeVillage beyond the 1 hour and 15 minutes, either before or after attending a Bar Method class, they will be charged the standard WeVillage rates (see WeVillage standard rates). Why not take advantage of this service and extend your “me-time”? Workout, go shopping, get your nails done and enjoy a latte…we won’t tell!
Upon checking-in at WeVillage with your child, you will receive a validation card, which in turn is presented at check-in at The Bar Method. The front desk staff will fill out the name of client, class time attended, and officially sign off on the validation card before the end of class. Clients will then take their validated card back to WeVillage and redeem their 1 hour and 15 minutes of childcare for $6 per child.
We highly recommend that our clients make a reservation for their child at WeVillage. All reservations, payments, cancellations and refunds related to child care services will be handled by the WeVillage team.
Check the most current WeVillage Hours of Service
Make an onlineReservation at WeVillage
Please call 503.935.5590 or e-mail: info@wevillage.com.
AGES:
WeVillage can take children between 2-12 years of age.
Coming soon, WeVillage will be expanding to younger ages!!!
STUDIO POLICIES
Late Arrivals
If this is your first Bar Method class, please arrive 10-15 minutes early as there is no admittance for first-timers once class has started. First timers will need to complete the new client form and hang from the stall bar prior to class.
Returning students may enter up to 10 minutes after class has started, but please note that your spot may be taken for standby clients if you arrive late. Late-comers must lift their knees 40 times prior to joining class. If class has been in session for more than 10 minutes, returning students will not be permitted to join. We strictly adhere to this policy for the safety of our clients.
Attire
Exercise pants to the knee or below (compression shorts must be worn underneath if pants are loose fitting), tops that cover midriff and waistband of pants, and socks that cover the entire foot. Socks must be on PRIOR to entering the studio and must stay covering the entire foot throughout class.
Cell phone are not allowed in the exercise studios during class.
Please do not chew gum in the studio during class.
Drinks other than water are not permitted in the studio. Water must be capped and in a container that is not glass.
The minimum age requirement is 14 years old. Clients between the ages of 14-18 must be accompanied by adult.
Health Conditions
If you have a heart condition, epilepsy, lupus, or severe sciatica, we require a doctors note that allows you to take stretching and strengthening classes on your first visit.
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR PREGNANT CLIENTS
New and continuing pregnant clients must provide a doctor's note that allows permission to take strengthening and stretching classes. We also have a form you can send to your doctor. Please inform your teacher you are pregnant prior to class time.
Pregnant clients new to the Bar Method must have previously taken a "bar-based" class or the at home Bar Method Pregnancy DVD a minimum of 5 times.
We have adopted several modifications that allow the exercises to be performed comfortably throughout the pregnancy. For more information about the Bar Method and pregnancy, click here!
FACILITY
With The Bar Method you will get a tough workout and feel like you had a lengthening massage all in one 60-minute class! After class we hope you stay to relax and enjoy your state of bliss of our spa-like atmosphere. The Bar Method Portland has two exercise studios, a spacious locker room, three showers suited for both men and women, and a welcoming reception area. Towels and hair-dryers are provided. Join us, your "me-time" is waiting. Click here to schedule a class!
FIND US
904 NW Hoyt Street | Portland | OR | 97209
Located on the corner of NW 9th Street and NW Hoyt Street
503.954.3811 | portland@barmethod.com
Transit
One block from the streetcar line going north, stop at 10th and NW Glisan
One block from the 17-Holgate/NW 21st Trimet Bus line going west, stop at NW Glisan and 10th
Driving
Click the map to customize driving directions from your location to our studio!
HISTORY
Burr Leonard, a former journalist, has been practicing and improving on the exercises that now make up The Bar Method exercise system since 1991. The Bar Method is based on the technique of Lotte Berk, a German ballerina, who after injuring her back got the idea of combining her ballet bar routines with her rehabilitative therapy to form a comprehensive exercise system. Burr had been an avid Lotte Berk Method student since 1981 and had been teaching since 1991 when she was The Lotte Berk Method's sole licensee.
Burr spent a year studying and teaching The Lotte Berk Method at the Manhattan studio, before opening a Lotte Berk exercise studio in Connecticut in 1991. Immediately, Burr noticed that some of her clients’ knees, backs and shoulders were not responding well to the exercises and sought the help of a physical therapist. Under his guidance she reworked the sculpting exercises so that they would target students’ muscles without impacting their joints. It was then that she noticed that as the positions became safer, they also became harder.
At the end of their ten-year license term, her version of The Lotte Berk Method had become so unlike their licensor’s that she made the decision not to renew. In 2001, she founded The Bar Method, sold the Connecticut studios and opened the flagship Bar Method exercise studio in San Francisco. For more than a decade The Bar Method Exercise Studio has continued to work closely with physical therapists to modify and evolve its workout to keep the exercises intense but safe and effective.
Denise Burchard and Meghann Markham are thrilled to bring The Bar Method to Portland. Both women never considered themselves “exercise class-type people” until discovering the benefits of The Bar Method. They found that The Bar Method helped them strengthen their bodies, stabilize their joints, and attain a long, lean, slimmer look without bulking up or aggravating previous injuries.
Through The Bar Method Portland Denise and Meghan look forward to bringing similar benefits to their clients and creating a community of friendship and fitness in the Pearl.
