Barry's For Days

Barry's NoHo Location Lobby

Treadmills for Days

Lobby Lockers

We’re back with a new post and we’re going to talk about our thoughts on Barry’s Bootcamp (“Barry’s”). It is probably one of the most popular and well-known boutique group fitness class in NYC.

Barry’s was founded in 1998 in LA by celebrity trainer, Barry Jay. Barry Jay partnered with John and Rachel Mumford to open the first Barry’s Bootcamp in West Hollywood and together they launch the boutique fitness studio revolution. In 2011, the first NYC studio opens in Chelsea, which sees the first Fuel Bar launch and first use of our signature Woodway treadmills. Now Barry's has expanded globally and has location in the UK, Norway and Dubai. 

Barry’s wants to push through the “I can’ts”, where you run faster, lift more, lean out, quiet down. The workout itself is designed for efficiency. The intervals and strength training combinations are proven to lean and tone your body. The programming carefully pairs opposing muscle groups to ensure your body has the perfect balanced workout, and proper time for recovery. Typically, there are two sessions of floor exercise and treadmill running. However, instructors have the liberty to construct the class in variety of style. For instance, there is “Dirty Thirty”, in which the class is bifurcated into one session of treadmill and one session of floor exercise and this past weekend, our class is structured as 4 rounds of floor exercise and 4 rounds of treadmill! It was one of the more unique and engaging Barry’s workout class we’ve ever been to.

With that, let’s get into the ratings of the day:

Motivation (3.8) – Our trainer for the session was Niv (at the Barry's NoHo location) and he decided to incorporate 4 rounds of treadmill and floor exercises each, in this session. Right off the bat, we knew this was going to be an uphill battle, but Niv kept a good tempo throughout the session, high energy. The only constructive feedback we had was given there were 4 cycles of treadmill and floor exercise, total of 8 rounds, we felt the pace of each round was little bit rushed and perhaps one less cycle or 3 cycles would be a better pace.  

Amenities (4.3) – In addition to the lobby lockers, fresh towels and well equipped restrooms you're probably used to at this point at the different classes, Barry's pride itself on its juices bar. The best part of the juice bar is your ability to pre-order your shake / juice, which means a beverage of your choosing will be ready for you at the counter once you finish your workout. And of course, we treated ourselves with our own post workout smoothies - treat ya self 2017 (shout out to Park and Recreation)!  

Intensity (4.5) – As you can probably imagine when we said we had total 8 rounds of floor and treadmill mix, it was going to be a tough workout, and it was. We started our workout at the treadmill and the intensity was ripe right from the gecko. We did enjoy the fast pace and high intensity through the workout, but as mentioned before, we did feel that the voluminous rounds undermined the workout just a bit. 

Overall (4.5) – In Barry's we trust. Overall, we thought we had a great workout, Niv was a very efficient instructor and we actually learned a few good moves when performing the floor exercises which we'll for sure utilize in our own workouts. Once again, the best part about Barry's is it's consistency; we've been to a good numbers of Barry's classes with various instructors and so far we have not been disappointed. 

Suggested Occasion – Barry’s is your typical high intensity interval workout, which we think it’s great for wide range of occasions (i.e. cardio, toning and detox from a night of treat ya self). While each class might specifically zero in on several body parts (i.e. our class featured mostly chest and back focused workouts), all classes will give you the opportunity to work on your whole body. Additionally, if you want to get a guarantee good workout without surprises, we think Barry's is great for that as all classes we've been to, the quality has been very consistent.

Class Location (NYC Only):

Chelsea

135 W. 20th St.

New York, NY10011

NoHo

419 Lafayette St

New York, NY10003

Park Ave South

107 East 27th St

New York, NY10016

Tribeca

1York St.

New York, NY10013

Upper East Side

1216 2^nd Ave.

New York, NY 10065

-L&L