Chicago - Gold Coast

1 East Delaware Street, Suite 208
Chicago, IL 60611
3125739150

About the STUDIO

The Bar Method Chicago - Gold Coast is a boutique fitness studio offering barre classes for students of all levels. The signature method uses your own body weight, the ballet barre and a few props to create a transformative workout that results in long, lean sculpted muscles. Not only does it reshape your entire body, but it allows you to channel your inner strength and leave class feeling strong, confident and poised. Highly-trained instructors customize the exercises to ensure they are safe and effective for any age and every body, including modifications for pregnant women and students with injuries. Our staff and community are here to support you from the moment you walk through the door.

We are located in the heart of the Gold Coast neighborhood at State and Delaware, close to shopping, restaurants and universities. There is plentiful metered street parking nearby in addition to many public parking garages. The Red Line is just two blocks south at Chicago Ave.

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Catherine James teaches in four Chicago-area Bar Method studios and leads all teacher training and development for The Bar Method Chicago. She has her B.S. from Vanderbilt University and her M.S.W. from Tulane University. Catherine has always been an athlete and avid exerciser. She often says that it was only The Bar Method that could break her of her habit of running 8 miles a day. Catherine is thrilled to have helped bring The Bar Method to Chicago in 2008 and is thankful for the thriving Bar Method Chicago community.

Lis Settimi teaches in four Chicago-area Bar Method studios and leads studio operations and marketing for The Bar Method Chicago. She received her B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University and her M.B.A from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Lis spent her time cycling or running before discovering The Bar Method. She has always wanted her work to empower women and is thrilled to have helped bring the Bar Method to Chicago in 2008.

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Reservations & Waitlist

While walk-ins are welcome, class sizes are limited and can be sold out. We highly recommend reserving classes online or The Bar Method app in order to guarantee your spot in class.
Classes fill up, but spaces will open up as clients reschedule. If you’d like to attend a class that is full, please put yourself on the waitlist. As soon as a spot opens up in class, you will receive either an email or text notification. If you move into the class off the waitlist, you are in the class and all late cancel/no show policies apply. If you can no longer attend the class, remove yourself from the waitlist or cancel more than 60 minutes in advance. If you are already registered for a class, you will not move off the waitlist into another class.
When you arrive at the studio, please check-in at the front desk. Reservations will be honored only up to the start of class.

Cancellations & No-shows

If you cannot attend class, cancel your class online, on The Bar Method app, or call the studio at least 60 minutes before the class to avoid being charged for a no-show.
If you are using a class package, a no-show or cancellation after the above cutoff window results in a loss of that class. If you are using a membership package, you will be charged $20.

Late Arrival to Class

First time students may not enter a class late. Arriving 10 minutes early is highly recommended.
Returning students may enter up to, but not after, 5 minutes into class.
Upon entering class, lift your knees 40 times to warm up before joining in.

Class Attire

Please wear exercise pants that cover the knees (or wear compression/bike shorts under above-knee shorts), a top that cover the midriff, and socks that cover the entire foot.
Students may bring their own socks from home, or purchase Bar Method socks with sticky grips at the studio.

Studio Etiquette

Please do not bring glass or uncapped drinks into the exercise studios. Capped water bottles are allowed.
Please do not bring cell phones into the exercise studio. Lockers are provided with keys and we ask that you leave your phone in a locker along with the rest of your belongings.
Please do not chew gum in the exercise studio.
We provide towels without charge.
Disruptive students may be asked to leave. Please be respectful of fellow students and your instructor.

Pregnant Clients

Pregnant clients must provide the front desk with a note from their doctor allowing them to take strengthening and stretching classes.

Age Restrictions

No clients are admitted before they reach 13 years of age.
Clients under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Illness & Injuries

Please notify front desk staff and instructors of any illness or injury that may impact your ability to exercise. In some cases, a doctor’s note may be required to allow you to take class.
If you have a cold or anything else that may be contagious we ask that you do not attend class.

Refund Policy

All sales on Bar Method classes are final.
Retail items may be returned within 24 hours of purchase, unworn, with tags still on.