It's a damp and dreary Monday lunchtime when Jen Brown, the founder of beloved barre platform Meet You At The Barre, bounds in to our local cafe for this interview. And bounds really is the right word: while she regales me with tales of her stressful morning (and, to be fair, her life is hectic - four children, a dog and a six-figure business will do that), she exudes the kind of energy most of us can only dream of.
At 47, Brown is one of the most popular and recognisable online fitness trainers in the UK right now. From humble beginnings teaching barre for beginners to a few hundred local mums almost six years ago, her platform now attracts thousands of visitors each year, coming for the Barre workouts but staying for the community that she credits with being a lifeline for midlife women.
