Two years ago, I stumbled into a ribbon-cutting for The Barre Code in Plano and met Julie Godfrey… my friend Jess and I quickly fell in love with the variety of classes, the amazing trainers and everyone we’ve met at the studio. They do an awesome Barre Class (of course!), Brawl (Kickboxing), HITT (super hard and intense mix of cardio and strength), TBC (cardio and strength), Barredio (Dance Class) and Restore (mix of strength and stretching). All of the instructors are insanely fit, have amazing and kind hearts and are full of words of encouragement. I love the challenges they host quarterly to help jump-start each season. Even though I travel and have missed a few, one of the three-week challenges, I lost 3.5 inches around my body (Maggie lost 3.75 and gained 1.25 in muscles in different places) and it was the kind of victory I needed to keep working. I’m not always as dedicated to studio classes because I also love kayaking, yoga, and playing racquetball… but this year, before I hit the beach, I talked my friend Maggie into doing a self-imposed challenge of our own: 25 classes in 3 weeks. After only 10 workouts, I already feel different, stronger and have really enjoyed the time to take care of myself. So all that to say, I LOVE the Barre Code, especially when they’re kicking my booty into gear.
From time to time I photograph some events and portraits for Julie and her team. I wanted to share a few of my favorites from our fitness portrait session for the Plano Barre Code studio. We developed a theme of “Under Construction” because at the Barre Code, we’re always a work in progress… we’re never “an after,” “We live to evolve. To exceed our own extraordinary expectations,” and the city of Plano is growing so much and has just transformed through all of the recent construction to bring in so many new companies to this amazing city. We photographed the session in some of the construction areas at the new Legacy West, an exciting and growing addition to the Shops at Legacy.
