The ballerina exercise that everyone should do –

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Even someone who has never been skilled on pointe shoes can sculpt a hard body, like a ballerina. “Fitness ballet is fun and doesn’t require prior knowledge”, says Betina Dantas, creator of the modality, which combines dance principles with gymnastic movements. O attitude en dedane works the leg muscles through quick, short and isometry stimuli. “As we do a high number of repetitions, the body is elongated and defined, instead of hypertrophying and swelling.”

BETINA TEACHES
Facing the bar, support your hands as far apart as possible and incline your spine a little. With the right leg semi-flexed and the foot on the half pointe, raise the left knee (a). Take your left leg back, forming a 90° angle with it – the toe towards the ceiling (b). Repeat 20 times with each leg and do the set two more times. If it’s easy, finish with very short movements (only the final part of the exercise).

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