Bro Takes Barre Class, Finds Out It's Really Hard

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David Covucci, Brooklyn bro and editor of BroBible, realized it'd be a hoot to try Pure Barre in an effort to do something slightly more challenging than yoga to get in shape. We've seen men flop around to "women's" workouts before, but he really gets into it, taking on the voice of jokingly-not-joking bro who struggles with things like flexibility and not drinking for long enough to do abwork on his beer gut (his words). Conclusion? It's hard.

I felt just as used, abused and denigrated [as a stripper]. Except no one tossed money at me. Not at all. In fact, I lost money. The class was $35. Thirty-five dollars. That's completely nuts. You're telling me, if I'm a woman—in addition to the dresses and shoes and undergarments and makeup products I have to buy to be a quote unquote accepted member of regular society—I also need to pay these kind of bucks to have the kind of body us men want?

Fuck that.

I give Pure Barre 8/10 misogyny points.