5 Best Ballerina Leg Exercises

Mary Helen’s five must have moves for Ballerina Legs! Layer them into your next Ballet Beautiful workout for serious burn, tone and elongation.

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About Mary Helen Bowers:

Mary Helen Bowers is one of the most sought after names in fitness. A former ballerina with the New York City Ballet, Mary Helen’s signature Ballet Beautiful Method is inspired by ballet and designed to give anyone a dancer’s toned, elongated and powerful physique. Sought out by A-list celebrities, supermodels and people around the world, Ballet Beautiful is the go-to regime for anyone seeking a targeted and highly effective workout with transformative results. Dance experience is not required.

Mary Helen personally trained Natalie Portman for her Academy Award
winning role in Black Swan, bringing ballet and ballet fitness into the forefront of pop culture as never before. Embraced by thousands of members in over 100 countries worldwide, the Ballet Beautiful method shares Mary Helen’s expertise as a fitness trainer, dancer and innovator in the world of wellness and health.
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[liquid_curage]

I've been doing these for a few years several times a week (sometimes i stop but then bounce back. I'm not a ballerina). I nearly died the first time i did it, but now i am so glad i kept practicing as these workouts really changed the way i view my body.

[erikaglenn]

When you think you're going to do youtube workouts instead of Ballet Beautiful, but nothing's as good as Ballet Beautiful! 😅I don't think anyone else combines relaxing and graceful with a difficult workout like this! I love it so much!

[franz]

a delicate yet strong beauty, I 've been doing these excersises since I was 19, I am now 30 with a teenage shape lol Thnx Mary for these wonderful workouts

[betty]

0:23 Arabesque Lifts on The Mat
1:16 Arabesque Extensions
1:53 Attitude Lifts in Parallel
2:41 Rainbow Lifts
3:38 Tap & Cross Extensions

[azcrazybull]

You are very graceful, and STRONG! I am a Krav Maga practitioner and one of my instructors said ballet produces some of the strongest people in the world. Congrats on your achievements 👏👏👏

[ariadestily]

I love ballet so much! You are so adorable, cute and beautiful.

[maryokeefe]

Love this and as well, the music selection is sublime.

[boweng]

Bc of COVID I stopped ballet and now I am not the same so I am trying to be ballet strong again hope this works❤️💕❤️

[NagoyaJoe]

Absolutely wonderful instructional video! Thank you so much for sharing! Love from Japan.

[bestcommentuwilleverseeiny]

And you can't die. That's rule number one. Imagine if someone threw a ballet dancer off a bridge? They'd drill a pathway right through the water with those legs.

[septemberquest]

New subscriber....this is very helpful...I always loved ballet and was always interested in the vital exercises that go into it...thank you ...I will always be tuning in...bless you !!!🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️🤸‍♂️💃

[septemberquest]

Thank you for this instructional display...I will incorporate this with my yoga and weight training..and stretching of

[allies.]

Thank you :)
I'm having a pretty hard time here in Austrian winter, not getting my chronic nerve pain (right arm and leg) under control. Meds make me too tired for a serious workout. I wish there was some sort of "medical" program which goes step by step, like the Lotte Berk Method, .Callanetics but with varying intensity / duration... I found these helpful in the 90s for my mild scoliosis and I think they all are based on ballet.
The regular programs are too hard for me rn and I'm so afraid that I won't make it out of this. The pain is unbearable most days. I can't go very much higher with the opioid dosage.
Please, please help...

[moonlightg]

Please upload the swan arms exercise again! I loved it but cant find it anywhere now 😔

[sashahera]

Very useful for ballet ... thank youuuu 🌷🤩💙💕😻

[spottedbybarbie]

Been doing bb since last 2 years may i ask if eventhoufh i position my legs in parallel it seems to open a bit into an arabesque position

[ima-]

Can you make more stretches videos, perhaps like a stretches routine? 😍

[kettydaisy]

This is helpful to slim the glutes? I do not want to build muscles, and how many times a week? Thank you!

[alanblazek]

Happy Easter! Thank u for sharing. Going to try this today.

[andie]

so i had been doing exercises i remembered from my childhood ballet classes during quarentine; and i've been doing these same exercises, but instead of the sets you are giving, i'm doing 3 sets of 25! is that pushing too hard? do i have to tone it down?