Cardio Barre – Brentwood

Staff is friendly and helpful. Studio is clean and I love the floor to ceiling windows. A great way to get toned and escape from the stress of life for 60 minutes! Do yourself a favor, and check it out.

Through Class Pass, I have tried multiple cardio barre locations (Santa Monica, Hollywood, Brentwood) and this one is my favorite by far! I have taken a few instructors but Shelby is my favorite– not only do I feel like I’m getting a great workout, but she is super encouraging and helpful. I always take night classes and have had no problem finding parking right outside on the street, as the meters don’t run past 6. Night classes at this studio are never as packed as Santa Monica and I like it because whoever is instructing is able to pay attention to everyone in the class and help when needed. And I love that the class is fast paced and upbeat! I am usually solely a spin person, but Cardio Barre is pretty awesome too.

I love cardio barre and probably one of my favorite workouts. I have never been so toned in my life! I bought a Groupon for 10 classes. I tried out a few instructors and loved Sumner! I tried to schedule my schedule around her schedule! She was incredibly friendly and helpful and super fit. I loved the way she taught the class and how she interacted with us. I thought she really paid attention to each member of the class and corrected form as necessary.
When I took the classes on the weekends, they were really full and the instructor never went around to help anyone. I highly recommend a weekday class when perhaps they aren’t as full.
Our workout was an all over body workout, but we would focus on one muscle group until completely exhausted and then switch! Light weights are also incorporated for arms, and always ended the class with abs and of course, a cool down. Don’t forget to bring a full length body towel for floor exercises. I think they even sell them at the studio, in case you forget. I would usually wear grip socks or studio wraps. This flooring is carpet.
The studio is nice and small. I thought the front desk staff was friendly. They sell some merch and water. There are two restrooms. The parking is okay. I usually found metered parking but would sometimes have to circle around a few times.
I really enjoy this workout but can be really expensive. I’m not sure if Sumner is still there, but she totally made this experience for me! She might hop around to other studios.

Staff is markedly unfriendly and class speeds through almost too quickly — there is little to no emphasis on form. Music is also the same every class… its like a bad episode of groundhogs day. I recommend other companies for the bar workout.

Love Cardio Barre! I took a beginner class and it kicked my butt. I like that they incorporate more cardio than other barre classes — the movements are more dynamic. I come from a dance background so it did help to know ballet terminology. I recommend talking to the teacher beforehand if you’re new to the class.

I took a class and absolutely loved it! My instructor was amazing and the girls on the front desk were lovely too. What I like about Cardio Barre is that it is a good strength workout, but you work up a good sweat too. I am feeling sore today which means it was an effective workout!

If you want to bounce that quarter off your ass, take this class! Hey, I’m a poet and I didn’t know it. :)
It’s very fast-​paced and I honestly love it because I get bored easily with other barre classes. (Not to knock the other gyms but this one fits my personality). Not only are my legs, butt, hamstrings, calves burn but my arms too! They incorporate light hand weights to get a full body workout. Not a fan of the ab portion with all the twisting and side bends, but that’s just me.
The instructors know what they’re doing and they’ve got the body to prove it! I particularly don’t like out of shape instructors (sorry, LA fitness).
Restroom and cubbies at your disposal. A large parking lot for a small fee. Lots of good eats nearby to feed your ravenous self.
Go ahead and enjoy, you inner ballerina, you.

I soooooooo LOVE this studio and the workout! Starts wth Convenient validated parking across the street. Love Lisa the owner of the studio who is absolutely lovely and keeps the studio immaculate. I have been going to the studio since it has opened over a year now and continue to LOVE it! All the instructors are fun and the classes are a total workout you move fast, The class studio is large with a picturesque window. I am so thrilled that they opened up in Brentwood we needed a Cardio Barre Studio.
If you are looking for a great fun workout in a beautiful studio with a wonderful staff Cardio Brentwood is the Spot for you!

I have been attending Cardio Barre classes for the last year at this location and absolutely love it! I am simply addicted. The facility is spacious and clean and the teachers and staff are upbeat and helpful.
The work out is very efficient as it targets every muscle group in an hour time frame with an emphasis on low impact cardio. As a former dancer, I love this workout as the music makes it fun and you move quickly through the routines so you aren’t focused on the positions that are more challenging. The teachers continue to push me to the next level and I love the results I have seen from taking 2 – 3 classes weekly. I highly recommend Cardio Barre Brentwood!

I cam in with a Groupon and was so excited to try this place out. I started coming and then got sick so missed a few weeks. When I went back (after sitting in traffic trying to get there for 30 min) I was told that my package expired but I had 4 classes left. I never knew that there was an expiration, no one at Cardio Barre told me anytime I was in there or said FYI you have 4 classes left that expire on this date. The Groupon does say it expires but come on i read that when I bought the thing. After the girl told me that I owed $ 18 for the class I asked if they could make an exception since i just drove all the way over and she said no.
Such bad customer service because had she said yes I would have stayed for the class bought another package and probably put up a great review thanking them.
Instead I would never come here again, there are to many other barre studios around to choose form.
Plus, what’s up with a barre studio that doesn’t have a drinking fountain? either buy a bottle of water or get water from the bathroom tap.

I came to the studio as a full paying client. no groupon or other promotion.
I was fairly reluctant to patronize the Brentwood studio since I did Richard’s (Giorla)
class at the flagship studio in Studio City for over a year.
I was really pleased with the class, and particularly liked the instructor, Jessica.
She was very knowledgable and motivating.
It’s a great workout. Especially for people who want to address their legs and behinds.
I am planning on doing her class again… She has a great energy and style.
If you’re looking for a quick, succinct, complete workout. and happen to like ballet. this is your game.

I have gone to various locations… tried a beginner class. Going to try an advanced class and re-​review.

I bought the 10 class groupon here, and I already wish it were for 100! Even though I’m not super in shape and only did ballet for a few years as a kid, the environment and instructors make you feel so comfortable. It’s an amazing workout and incredibly fun! The schedule is perfect for me to come after work and on the weekend. I have taken Ericka’s class twice and she is so attentive to each and every student. She makes sure your technique is right (or for me that I’m on the right leg, haha) and is very welcoming. I highly recommend this studio for anyone interested in a fun, rigorous workout with great instructors.

I came in here with a Groupon and a desire to do something with my evenings besides losing several of them a week to Netflix demons. And this place did not disappoint.
The Brentwood studio, besides being pretty convenient to me, was one of the few places that offered classes that started later than 7pm. For a city obsessed with fitness and for crazy new ways to get a workout, there is a surprising lack of studios (barre, spin, etc.) that have beginner’s classes after work hours.
And this beginner’s class is no BS. Sumner, who was awesome and motivating, led a class that absolutely wrecked me, in the best way. I was super bummed when my 10 classes were up because this is definitely a great way to get my sweat on. I’ll need to make my way back here eventually, or maybe just sample some of the other studios in the franchise in SM or BH. To see how they stack up.
I won’t lie though. Going to such a specialized place to work out immediately makes me realize how far I have assimilated into Los Angeles.

I bought a Groupon for 10 classes on a whim because I’ve always wanted to try another barre workout. I still have this childhood dream of being a ballerina. :)
I tried to call a few times to ask whether I need to RSVP online for my Groupon or not and unfortunately they never answered their phone ;(but I tweeted them and got an answer very quickly! So I guess they prefer e-​mail/​internet communication. That’s fine with me!
I went today at 6:30AM to try it out. Meters are free. I met the receptionist and the teacher Sumner when I entered and they were very friendly & welcoming. I’ve been to other fitness places where the receptionists are snobby, but I felt completely at ease here. I got a little keyring sized membercard that they scan, but if you forget it they can just use your name.
The studio was clean and modern – and smelled great (a big plus and a rarity!)
Initially I was a little lost in the class, but just followed another girl who was obviously a regular. I can totally see that if someone has no ballet background they would be COMPLETELY lost in the beginner class but I think that’s why they have the Intro class on Saturday mornings. I decided to try a regular class to see if I could keep up – and I could, mostly. It was the perfect amount of fun, intensity and well… I just love ballet inspired workouts!
TIPS
— bring a big beach towel & water bottle
— it’s recommended to not wear socks so you can have a better grip of the floor (the other girls just wore flip flops)
— validated parking and free meters at night
Can’t wait to go back: D

I didn’t really like this place. I bought a Groupon for 10 classes here, but didn’t do enough research (or any research at all). I read «Cardio Barre Brentwood» and expected it to be in fake Brentwood where a bunch of other stuff is, like CorePower Yoga or Pure Barre. I thought in the worst case, it would be in crowded Brentwood, which would be along San Vicente between 26^th and Barrington somewhere. I was so wrong! I hated the location because it’s so far out of the way for normal people who don’t live in Brentwood.
The first class I went to was rough. It was a beginner class one day at 5:30pm. I had to go to the bathroom, which there’s just one or two of, so I had to wait. By the time I got to use the bathroom and go to class, I was a couple minutes late, so the available spots were limited. I’m really short (5’1″), so I need to use a lower bar, but I wasn’t sure which ones were lower and the space availability was very limited. I also have no dance experience, so I really need to be able to see the instructor. The only spaces available were along the front (long mirror) by the window, so whenever I had to face the window, I couldn’t see anyone else, which means I had no idea what to do.
The beginner class moves really quickly. If you don’t already know the moves and names of those moves, you won’t have any idea what the instructor is asking you to do without watching someone else do it for a few counts, at which point that exercise is half or mostly over. The other thing I thought was weird was that I was maybe one of two girls under 5’4″ and the only non-​caucasian in the almost full class. It felt very non-​LA to me. Since the class was pretty full, the instructor didn’t give anyone any personalized attention either.
My first experience here really turned me off from the studio and I knew that the beginner class was too fast paced for me until I could learn the terminology. The only intro class offered is on Saturday at 11:30am. I redeemed my groupon in early summer and had a lot of my weekends planned for out of town trips during the summer, so I couldn’t attend an intro class until sometime in August. I obviously wasn’t about to throw myself into another beginner class with my level of coordination. The caveat is that my 10 classes expired in that 2^nd week of August, maybe only a week after I attended my 2^nd class at the studio.
I asked to get my expiration date extended since I was going out of town for a couple weeks, during which my classes were expiring. The receptionists were friendly, but not really that helpful. One of them said that the most she could do is extend it 1 week, which wouldn’t have helped me at all. She said I could email the studio to ask for a 2 week extension, which is a little better, but still not that helpful. She said she would extend the expiration by 1 week right then on the spot and after I email the studio, they would possibly extend it further. When I got home and checked my account, that first 1 week extension she was supposed to put in already was not there. It never showed up.
I did email the studio and get a response about extending the expiration, but they never actually did that either. I followed up over email about it because I didn’t want to make the trip to the studio and get turned away, and they didn’t respond until a few days before the promised extension ended, and they said they would do it when I get in the studio, which made me wonder why they didn’t do that in the first place. So I decided to go to another intro class, and when I showed up, I told the receptionist that I had emailed the studio and they had agreed to change my expiration date. She said she would extend it to two weeks from that day that I went, which is different than what it said in the email (which would have only extended it maybe 5 days from the day I went because it was a set date). She was nice, but if I had known, I would have gone at a time that my schedule was more flexible in the two week window.
Unfortunately I knew I wouldn’t be able to attend again in that two week window, so I only used 3 out of my 10 classes before the extension ended. The intro classes were decent, the group is much smaller and it moves more slowly. I got a better workout out of the intro classes than the beginner class since I wasn’t able to follow the beginner class at all. I would have asked for another extension, but my experience here had been so rough that I didn’t even want to go through the trouble of sending another email and waiting for an unclear response.
The other thing to note is that there is no water fountain or water cooler here. There is tap water in the bathroom (which you’ll have to get in line for) and bottles for sale. I always assumed it was common courtesy to have a water cooler so people can refill their bottles at any exercise studio, especially one at this price point.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!!!
Even though Cardio Barre is a major brand and their classes are excellent, if you buy classes at one location, they are NOT VALID at another location. I found this out the hard way…
Look, the classes are expensive and they are totally worth it. However I live exactly equidistant from the Brentwood and Beverly Hills locations. I have over 10 classes left on my account and I figured I would give the Brentwood location a try. I got there and while I was checking in and telling the gals there that I was excited to try a new location, they immediately grabbed a clipboard and said that nothing that I did at the Beverly Hills location applies to them. I would need to sign a new waiver and pay for even more classes. NO THANKS. So I immediately hauled out of there and darted across town to try and make the Beverly Hills class.
WTH is the point of paying big bucks for a major brand where the moment you go to the
website it says «select your location» if the money you spend at Cardio Barre only applies to one spot??? I understand that they have separate owners within the franchise, but thats like saying getting a gift card at Subway (also a franchise w different owners) is only valid in that one location, which it isn’t.
All that being said, I made it to the Beverly Hills location literally with 2 min to spare (that’s cutting it too close for these type of classes) and had a great class with Aqua which calmed me down and got the stress out. The BH location is also better because they have plenty of parking including meters with a 90 min time limit (as opposed to Brentwood which has 60 min meters and the class is 60 min).
The only good takeaway I got from this experience is that IF you were to want to go to diff locations, you can buy the living social type deals at each location because you are considered a new student at each one. As for me? I will be using the rest of my living social package at the BH location and then will be happily continuing at LA DANCEFIT because they treat their customers so much better and have far superior classes.
…So now you know.

Great workout. Easy-​ish parking (park in lot across the street for free before 5:00, meter street parking after 5:00). Nice studio.
I just used a 10 class Groupon… mainly took
Adam’s 4pm class on Mondays and Wednesdays. He is fabulous! His instruction is clear and easy to follow. He offers the right kind of help for beginners trying to get the technique down. I also love how he refers to his students as «dancers.» :-)

I’m new to this location, I used to go to the studio city location, but I moved. The facility is amazing. It’s clean and in a great neighborhood. I love my instructors. They are all so good, and with my job I need to keep in tip top shape! I think my body is getting more sculpted by each time I go and I’m addicted! Did I mention I don’t even like working out! And I just love this…

So far i’ve been to three classes at this location (beverly hills is is my home studio).
PLUS
–free parking (2 hour validation in brentwood lot during the day) and free meter at night
–lovely studio, very open, super modern, and very clean
–good variety of classes that are scheduled throughout the week
–Ericka is great. I haven’t tried the other instructors but she doesn’t let you go easy, definitely will push you hard.
Cons
–not the friendliest or most knowledgable staff
(not always inviting and don’t seem too happy to answer your questions)
–doesn’t help you link up with perkville etc.
About the actual class
–Cardio barre is a ballet inspired, quick pace, low impact workout class
–You go through a series of movements that target your thighs, calves, posture, abs, and arms.
–There is a pattern to all of the different moves. Initially you will be lost… but follow the person next to you and over time you’ll catch on.
–there isn’t too much direction during class, but feel free to ask the instructors after class if you were unclear on a certain movement.
–You will get sweaty and your heart will will get pumping. So just keep going and work at your own pace.
–the workout definitely lengthens your body and you will notice yourself building leaner muscle.
Tips:
–bring a big towel. you’ll be doing a lot of floor work and you and probably don’t want to just lie down on the carpet
–no socks required
–bring your own water