A sturdy chair chair (£249) and hardback book are favourite household items that Maria Eleftheriou, head of barre at Psycle, likes to use for at-home barre classes. "A chair helps with ensuring correct alignment and gives a helping, supportive hand when those legs start to shake. It also enables you to try more fun and creative choreography," she said.
A hardback book also has many uses, according to Maria. "Stand on it to push the barre burn, squeeze your inner thighs around it, tricep drop into it, the list goes on. The book acts as a block to ramp up the heat in your barre workout and advance any position."