So, it all started with this Nike ad I found in SELF Magazine a couple years back. I pulled it out from the magazine and had it taped various places around my apartment – the fridge, my bedroom wall, the bathroom... FINALLY, after two years and a move across the country, I'm going to get my best bum ever!!
I'm on Day 7 of project: Best Bum Ever, and I'm already feeling the transformation! It's fantastic. Here's the combo:
In the morning, I do the following two combos I found on Pinterest. Be ready for your biscuits to burn!
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| Do this one first! It will make the next combo work even better! |
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| Check out www.30dayfitnesschallenges.com for more great fitness challenges! I'm going to try the plank one next! |
Because all these exercises are pulsing, staccato-like exercises, a good stretch after will help relieve some of the burn.
As a dancer, with a focus on ballet, I like my legs muscular, but lean; the buff and bulky look is not for me. To combat these pulsing stretches, I do a plié combination in the evening. This keeps up my twice-a-day exercise routine, but stretches out those tight muscles to get my beautiful, lean, pre-baby ballerina legs back!
NOTE: If the below is too confusing and too much work, just do the morning exercise again in the evening!
The plié combo consists of:
2 demi-pliés – 1 count of 8, 1 grande plié – 1 count of 8, and 1 élevé – 6 counts, 2 counts to prep for the next set – as one set.
Do each set twice for each position – 1st, 2nd, 4th (once right, once left), 5th (once right, once left).
Hold a passé élevé for two counts of 8 on each side after finishing the 5th position plié combo.
I hope you can feel the burn with me and get your best bum ever!!
Amber
For instructional videos on how to do these ballet stretches, see below.
The 5 Ballet Positions
Demi-plié
Grande plié
Rélevé
Passé
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