4 Ballet Moves For A Beautiful Body

gentle SAFE stretching before a workout is lovely...but, holy crap, the second an average non-dancer tries to do the first stretch with THAT photo as a reference guide, they're going to get a pulled hamstring or two
heck, I'm a professional modern dancer and I wouldn't even attempt that stretch until I was thoroughly warm

i loved ballet. i was very fit back in the day unfortunatly the only thing i have to show for all the work are bad hips. thanks for that..i still love you though..:)

Zodiac - don't be an a---- . Nunya, I loved your comment!

I have a ballet work out video. Some of those moves had me panting.

Oh, and those moves look like pilates moves!!

I know people who've been dancing since they were children, and they've got the best bodies out of anyone I know. They're not bulky, but they're definitely not sticks; they're pretty much perfect. They don't starve themselves, but they work out (dancing and otherwise) all the time. I should take a page out of their books, haha.

Also, for all of you out there who think ballet is a sissy thing... it's got the athletic demands of the most difficult sports out there (especially strength and endurance), and the brain demands of any study (especially creativity and memorization).

Zodiac-
Not all ballerinas have eating disorders! The reason we are thin has more to do with that we excercise and eat healthy than with anorexia and bulimia. Keep your rude, judgemental, and stupid comments to yourself! I'm totally with Classy.

Ballet dancers are fit because of hard intensive dancing day in and day out, not because of 4 extremely generalized work out moves.

When I was in ballet I was doing 2 hours of it a day, on top of taking an hour of lyrical and an hour of jazz, and that was just at the studio. I would go home and do about another hour and a half of work as well. 5 1/2 hours of working out and yeah, I'm pretty sure you'll be in good shape. lol

And let's cut out the anorexia references. You can't do that much work if you're not eating.

Mkitten1 dear, Ballet precedes Pilates by about 300 years.

The first one she wrote about is also good for helping you get your splits. The others I will have to try. I actually just started ballet and I'm 33, so if anyone wants to try ballet but thinks there are too old...no such thing.

Where do you think the concept of pilates came from? Ballet!! And if anybody thinks that a serious dancer throws up their food they have obviously never taken a ballet class. It's an extremely demanding art form and you couldn't possibly get through it without the proper nutrition and energy source.

If you want to look like a ballet dancer, one must eat sensibly, 3 small portions of food a day!
One should also eat your vegetables, and you can snack on fruit during the day! You need to have lots of energy to be a good dancer!

People are going to wreck their backs and wrists doing the exercises as illustrated. The model is doing quite a bit of dumping into her low back in #3 and dumping into the carpal tunnel area in #3 and #4. Not bad concepts, but I would proceed with caution. Very few people can pull off #1 without some help from a strap or theraband around the top foot. These are NOT therapeutic or safe for the average Jane, but maybe fun for hyperactive gals in their early 20's who already have some dance background.

Well Zodiac, with obesity at over 45% in this country I imagine that's an accurate assessment.

Zodiac the problem about throwing up after you eat is: stomach acids that eat the enamel away on your teeth, broken blood vessels, chipmunk cheeks a tell tale sign of bulimics, heart problems, possible heart attacks, shortened life, infertility, throat issues (such as ulcers), throw off the swallowing reflex, constantly occupied by thoughts of food, etc.

If you should over indulge try eating some salad and fruit for the next two meals and walk for a mile or so and you will get back to feeling good about your self. Oh and going to church or temple may help getting centered. Hope that you try it and pass it on. Merry Christmas and Happy Advent ( the time that we anticipate with joyful eagerness the coming of the lord).

It's not a common misconception. Eating disorders are rampant in the dance community. Mothers, watch your daughters. This is a statement based on first-hand experience. If you're feeling defensive about the connection between eating disorders and the ballet community, step back, breathe, and focus on what's REALLY bothering you. You may be in denial.

I used to take ballet as a child and even the child version was very hard and demanding. For what its worth I work out and eat less than 1300 calories a day and am still what most people would consider 'fat'. Body shape is more about genetics, personal metabolism and health (I have a thyroid condition that makes it very hard for me to even maintain my weight, let alone lose it). Even as a child and teen doing ballet, tap and jazz dancing, running and taking high school athletics I have never been thin or 'fit'.

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Ballet is very difficult and a tough workout. I read some of the comments and I think people who are not dancers, don't understand the demands of a class, in particular ballet. It is extremely hard work! If you dance more than three times a week for over an hour, it is only natural for you to have a sleek body. I dance flamenco and several years ago, I took up to three hours of technique and dance. At times, up to four times a week. I ate. I ate anything and everything as was very thin.

Danced all my life.... Although my last performance was 5 years ago. I loved every minute of it. It takes perseverance, dedication, self -discipline, sweat, sore muscles, bruises on your body where bruises shouldn't be, blisters on your feet that could bring down elephants, and LOVE. I was in great shape and ate just fine. The work is so grueling that now at only 35, I have so many issues with every joint in my body... DON'T CARE! wouldn't trade it in for the world!