Somewhere in early 2000s boutique fitness studios began to explode. Rather than only gyms and non-profits such as the Y being at the forefront of fitness, specialized studios that catered to a specific exercise modality such as cycle or bootcamp or barre began showing up in larger cities and then eventually to suburbs and smaller downtowns in the quaint North Shore of Massachusetts.

Sometimes my schedule makes it such that I attend less barre and more strength or cardio classes. And then it shifts again and I am back to more barre….and holy crap!