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VENICE Kim Hackett has devised a successful business around a fitness program that changed her life.

Its called BodyByBarre, Hackett said during a recent break between classes at her studio on Tamiami Trail South. The ballet barre is used in a fitness session that stresses balance and resistance.

The exercise was a plot point of the movie The Black Swan with Natalie Portman.

Hackett embraced the barre workout when she developed chronic heel and hip pain during her own workout regimen of long-distance running.

A friend recommended a barre class up in Sarasota, which combined dance exercises, strength training, cardio and Pilates. She was immediately hooked, quickly realizing barre was therapy uniquely tailored to her conditions.

When the Sarasota studio instructor balked at opening a location in Venice, she decided to obtain her certification from the International Ballet Barre Fitness Association and opened her own studio in November 2015.

I became the only one in a 20-mile radius who was teaching this method, she said. The attendance steadily grew through word of mouth and before I knew it, I had a business.

Originally from Chicago, Hackett has lived in Venice since 2003. BodyByBarre offers a variety of 55-minute fitness classes in such areas as barre, yoga, TRX training (which incorporates suspension straps to use gravity and ones own body weight to tone up, burn fat and stabilize the core), personal training, weight loss, and fitness for golfers.

Prices range from $16 for an individual barre/yoga class, $18 for an individual TRX session and $65 for a personal training session to $119 a month for unlimited classes and $350 for six personal training sessions.

We also offer a 20% discount during the summer, Hackett said. That extends into October.

She added what makes her fitness classes unique is their small size and special, individualized attention to clients needs.

Our motto is we keep you guessing and you keep your body guessing, Hackett said. Every single class is going to be different, as my instructors mix and match the pieces that go into successful workouts. Its a welcoming environment and my teaching staff is very special.

BodyByBarre is at 1952 Tamiami Trail South, in Venice. Class times range from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. most days. For more information, call 941-786-5955, log on to BodyByBarre.me or visit the Facebook page.

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