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Old 07-11-12, 10:47 AM  
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Not to totally change the content of this post( sorry) How many times a week do you a do barre workouts to see results w/out doing them too many times a week and having negative results? Does that make sense? I feel for my body if I do them too often- it has a reverse effect on my body.
I know what you mean about the "negative results" from overdoing barre. I have tried pretty much every type of barre rotation I can think of and for me the best was 4x per week. My basic plan was: 2 days barre (1 hour, full body) / 1 day cardio or fusion workout or dance class (basically fluid, large range of movement workouts) / repeat / 1 day rest.

And in response to the OP, I have never found that my protein intake influenced the results I achieved from barre workouts. I eat a well-balanced diet with no protein powder or "enhancers".
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Old 07-11-12, 01:20 PM  
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For me I ate regularly but healthy. Never used any protein powders. The only protein/fiber thing I could eat are those fiber one goodies and other foods rich in it.

As for the Barre themed workouts.

I say 2-3 times a week I do it for. 20-30 minutes with conjunction to other workouts I do. Therefore I get good results but dont overkill with so much working out.

The results were more so muscles leaned in certain parts like my calves, obliques, and arms. Even if its a little definition, its still a result to me
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Old 07-11-12, 03:24 PM  
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I think 3 maybe 4 times a week is good for me. Though when I use the Ballet Body upper and lower, I was doing 5 or 6 days but that was split. I don't really even like to do the same type of cardio more than 3-4 times a week though. (Mainly simply because I like variety, but I also think it helps ensure different muscles are being used and minimizes overuse).

Sort of on the original topic, it seems that most people I heard of with great results from barre and barre-ish workouts have a pretty healthy or clean diet or work on it at the same time so that is probably a big part of it (whether protein is supplemented or not). Though this is really true of all exercise genres.
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Old 07-12-12, 11:01 PM  
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Not to totally change the content of this post( sorry) How many times a week do you a do barre workouts to see results w/out doing them too many times a week and having negative results? Does that make sense? I feel for my body if I do them too often- it has a reverse effect on my body.
I aimed to do it 3x/week, but usually only got i 2x/week. I was doing Callanetics, and I found that it made me *very* sore, and I needed the recovery time. That being said, I noticed an a visual improvement after every session.
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