World-famous Rancho La Puerta fitness resort and destination spa announces the debut of a new partnership with The Bar Method starting February 20, 2010. The Bar Method, a one-hour targeted body sculpting workout, shapes the body by carving muscles, lifting seats, toning abs, and defining arms. In general, it creates greater and elongated muscle mass. Named "Best Workout" in every major city where it operates, The Bar Method leads the new genre of ballet bar exercise systems sweeping America today.

Bar Method devotees will now be able to enjoy a week of daily Bar Method classes as well as the full slate of ongoing Ranch fitness activities such as hiking, yoga, Pilates, HydroFit, and circuit training. Burr Leonard, Founder of The Bar Method, along with Bar Method Chicago exercise studio co-owner Catherine Wendel, will lead workshops during this inaugural week. The Bar Method has garnered much praise: The New York Times wrote, "Bar Method workouts are so effective that the term 'bar butt' has entered the local dialect;" EXTRA called it, "The best of the best when it comes to star workouts;" The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The Bar is the new Pilates;" and Glamour magazine dubbed it, "The Hollywood exercise trend of the moment." People magazine's 2008 cover article on an amazingly fit Drew Barrymore explained,
"Barrymore has become a devout follower of the ballet-influenced Bar Method..."

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