Barre workouts are a totally different thing than the dance aerobics routines Simone and Anna do. Their methods are comprised of a toning/muscular structure component (for which you could substitute barre) plus dance aerobics cardio. You could sub in Zumba, Leslie Sansone, etc. for the cardio. You could also just modify the dance routines to be low impact. Or Tracy Anderson (the queen of the genre) has some beginner DVDs that are low impact. I like her Cardio Dance for Beginners DVD which has 4, 15-minute segments.
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