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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS DON’T WORK. HERE’S WHAT DOES.
First, the bad news: The success rate of New Year’s resolutions is dismal. According to a study from the University of Scranton, about 92 percent of people who set a resolution will fail.
Now, the good news: Joining barre3 is essentially the opposite of a resolution.
Let’s break it down. A resolution is a goal that’s attached to a future ideal—something that’s not true in the present moment but that you imagine for yourself down the road. Because of this, resolutions are abstract—fuzzy approximations of ideas that can never fully crystallize because they exist just beyond reality, always a little off in the distance. By forcing us to put all our emphasis and energy toward the future, resolutions don’t allow us to exist in the present—and that’s a problem, since real change can only come from shifting our present-moment awareness and actions.
That’s why, at barre3, we take a radically different approach. Rather than striving for an imagined future ideal, the challenge is designed to help us tap into our present truth. Instead of an emphasis on how we want to look later, we focus on how we feel right now.
The shift sounds simple—and in some ways it is—but it is also profound. When we tap into how we’re feeling in the present moment, we learn to listen to our bodies and honor what they need. We don’t exercise to “fix” ourselves; we exercise to nourish our bodies. Suddenly, exercise stops being a punishment—something we force ourselves to do in order to live up to an ideal—and starts being a source of joy. And like anything that brings us joy, we seek it out again and again.
Present-moment awareness. Finding joy in movement. Discovering our inherent strength. We’ll take those over a sure-to-fail resolution any day.
Experience the difference when you sign up for a 15-day free trial of barre3 online. Want to move with your local barre3 community? Find your studio and sign up for a livestream or in-studio class!
First, the bad news: The success rate of New Year’s resolutions is dismal. According to a study from the University of Scranton, about 92 percent of people who set a resolution will fail.
Now, the good news: Joining barre3 is essentially the opposite of a resolution.
Let’s break it down. A resolution is a goal that’s attached to a future ideal—something that’s not true in the present moment but that you imagine for yourself down the road. Because of this, resolutions are abstract—fuzzy approximations of ideas that can never fully crystallize because they exist just beyond reality, always a little off in the distance. By forcing us to put all our emphasis and energy toward the future, resolutions don’t allow us to exist in the present—and that’s a problem, since real change can only come from shifting our present-moment awareness and actions.
That’s why, at barre3, we take a radically different approach. Rather than striving for an imagined future ideal, the challenge is designed to help us tap into our present truth. Instead of an emphasis on how we want to look later, we focus on how we feel right now.
The shift sounds simple—and in some ways it is—but it is also profound. When we tap into how we’re feeling in the present moment, we learn to listen to our bodies and honor what they need. We don’t exercise to “fix” ourselves; we exercise to nourish our bodies. Suddenly, exercise stops being a punishment—something we force ourselves to do in order to live up to an ideal—and starts being a source of joy. And like anything that brings us joy, we seek it out again and again.
Present-moment awareness. Finding joy in movement. Discovering our inherent strength. We’ll take those over a sure-to-fail resolution any day.
Experience the difference when you sign up for a 15-day free trial of barre3 online. Want to move with your local barre3 community? Find your studio and sign up for a livestream or in-studio class!
