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Everybody is talking about CARDIO BARRE® - California's hottest workout that combines barre work and light weights with continual fat burning motion.

Los Angeles Times, Start-up lessons learned the hard way August 22, 2010 By Sharon Bernstein/ Photo: Anne Cusack Richard Giorla is known among his employees at the Studio City fitness company Cardio Barre for being involved in every detail of the business. But it wasn't always that way. Giorla's first venture into owning a business - a North Hollywood coffee shop - was marred because he didn't realize how vital it is to be ...

Los Angeles Times, Thinking big during the downturn January 13, 2009 By David Pearson Richard Giorla is betting that people will still want to be healthy and active during a deepening recession. His Cardio Barre studios offer a workout that combines a ballet warmup with aerobic exercise, focusing on routines that minimize injury risk. Participants work out at a ballet barre, performing moves like those used by dancers to ...

Valley Magazine, Best of The Valley '08 March/April 2008 Discover some of the coolest hot spots in 818-land in "Valley Magazine's" annual roundup of the Valley's best - by Rubin Carson, Janice Wald Henderson, and Rob Levine. Best Workout Class. Rather than joining a jolting aerobic class, spinning to nowhere or slower-moving workout like yoga, fitness seekers are trying CARDIO BARRE® in Studio City. The class ...

Fit Magazine, Raising the Barre May 2006 The ballet barre makes a hot comeback as the fitness tool of choice for balance, slimming, strength, great posture, and grace - not to mention a great butt. Who says you have to be a dancer to have a "dancer's body"? According to Richard Giorla, author of the new fitness book, Raise the Barre (HarperCollins 2006), "Anyone can learn, at their own pace, the ...

The Weekly Valley Advantage, Health & Beauty April 20, 2006 CARDIO-BARRE: The Hottest Exercise Sweeping the Country After bringing his talent from New York City to Los Angeles, from the big screen to the small screen and even to the stage, dancer/choreographer Richard Giorla, has used his over 20 years of experience and classical training to create Cardio Barre, one of today's hottest new fitness workouts right ...

Valley Scene Magazine, Cardio Barre March 3-16, 2006, by Angela Glacobbe After bringing his talent from New York City to Los Angeles, from the big screen to the small screen and even to the stage, dancer/choreographer Richard Giorla, has used his over 20 years of experience and classical training to create Cardio Barre, one of today's hottest new fitness workouts right here in Studio City. Touted by celebrities and athletes as ...