The Baking Ballerina

Hi, everyone! Today I want to go over some great exercises with resistance bands. Now, you can purchase these at Walmart or online. They are a great way to gain ankle strength if you are starting pointe or just want to try them out. 😊

1.  Take your band and put it on the ball of your foot, to where it is covering your toes. Then, pointe your toes and flex. Let's do this 15x on each foot.

2.  Take your band a tie it a little below your knees.

Pull your knees in and out. Do that 10x.

3. Wrap the band around your ankle. Stand in Arabesque, hold it tightly, and pulse up and down. Try to reach your leg as high as it can go!

         

  I hope you enjoyed this post. Are you feeling the burn yet? We have started to use resistance bands before barre in class. I can tell you I feel very sore in the morning.  Please comment with any question or thought you have. 💜😊

This post will also be under my Ballet page!)