NYC Ballet Workout: Fifty Stretches And Exercises Anyone Can Do For A Strong, Graceful, And Sculpted Body
by: Peter Martins
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Dancers get their beautiful bodies by dancing, right? Well,there's more to it than that. They also do specific exercises andstretches to build their strength and keep their magnificent physiquesinjury-free. This book offers 50 of those exercises, ranging fromroutine abdominal movements to "center exercises" (which developcoordination and stability) to advanced leg movements (which, ofcourse, give you legs like a dancer). The book even offers suggestionsfor music to play while you follow the training tips.
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New York City Ballet Workout is a revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop lean abs, firm buttocks, a contoured waist, sculpted legs, slim thighs, strong arms, perfect posture, flexbility you never thought possible--and grace and poice of a dancer. More than three hundred stunning step-by-step and other photographs throughout make this the most beautiful and easy-to-use exercise book ever created.This elegant book is unlike any exercise book ever published. Graced with more than 300 instructional exercise photographs and extraordinary duotone portraits of New York City Ballet dancers, The New York City Ballet Workout explores the company's philosophy of balancing art, life, and fitness.
By combining elements of New York City Ballet's balletic regimen with practical strength-building exercises, The New York City Ballet Workout can help people achieve a strong, graceful, and flexible body--one that displays the impeccable poise that is the trademark of New York City Ballet dancers.
Many exercises of The New York City Ballet Workout were once confined to the world's elite rehearsal studios. Now, as refined by Peter Martins and his company, these exercises have been designed as a comprehensive, holistic approach to the body that can be used by anyone from the out-of-shape to the serious athlete, to attain a lean, hard, beautiful body. From flexibility to endurance, this is a complete exercise program for men and women.
Dancers get their beautiful bodies by dancing, right? Well,there's more to it than that. They also do specific exercises andstretches to build their strength and keep their magnificent physiquesinjury-free. This book offers 50 of those exercises, ranging fromroutine abdominal movements to "center exercises" (which developcoordination and stability) to advanced leg movements (which, ofcourse, give you legs like a dancer). The book even offers suggestionsfor music to play while you follow the training tips.
Product Description:
New York City Ballet Workout is a revolutionary fitness program that will help you begin to develop lean abs, firm buttocks, a contoured waist, sculpted legs, slim thighs, strong arms, perfect posture, flexbility you never thought possible--and grace and poice of a dancer. More than three hundred stunning step-by-step and other photographs throughout make this the most beautiful and easy-to-use exercise book ever created.This elegant book is unlike any exercise book ever published. Graced with more than 300 instructional exercise photographs and extraordinary duotone portraits of New York City Ballet dancers, The New York City Ballet Workout explores the company's philosophy of balancing art, life, and fitness.
By combining elements of New York City Ballet's balletic regimen with practical strength-building exercises, The New York City Ballet Workout can help people achieve a strong, graceful, and flexible body--one that displays the impeccable poise that is the trademark of New York City Ballet dancers.
Many exercises of The New York City Ballet Workout were once confined to the world's elite rehearsal studios. Now, as refined by Peter Martins and his company, these exercises have been designed as a comprehensive, holistic approach to the body that can be used by anyone from the out-of-shape to the serious athlete, to attain a lean, hard, beautiful body. From flexibility to endurance, this is a complete exercise program for men and women.
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Rating: 
- Beats Boredom
I love picking up this book and doing the workouts when it comes to boredom. Great descriptions of the workouts!
Rating: - Excellent Book! Been Using It for 10 years!
I have been using exercises from this book for over ten years and it really works on top of cardio-based excercise, as i do such as swimming and fast walking in the hills. I am 42 and have essentially the same body as when I was 18 - though more toned. I attribute it to this book along with good diet and the cardio I have always done since I was a kid. I have been using the book from memory since I loaned it out many years ago, but just ordered a used copy so I can learn more exercises - I only learned ... Read More
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- same
i said The Same is becaser you are if you azre young thasn OK Great,But for older OLDER in ballet you need propanocil and the BEST WORKOUT which i is I What I Do NOW
Rating: - WOW!!
Need a great workout that you can do at home without the need for a DVD??This is it.If you follow it and push yourself then you will benefit from this amazing book.It is not about jumping around, it is about stretching and using your body for stability and resistance.I am a dancer and found this book wonderful, I made my husband try it and he was a little confused with the terminology and that he has never put his body in some of the exercise poses before!!
Rating: - "Excellent"
To everyone I wish could be more explicit but english is not my primary language. This book is Excellent.
- Beats BoredomI love picking up this book and doing the workouts when it comes to boredom. Great descriptions of the workouts!
- Excellent Book! Been Using It for 10 years!I have been using exercises from this book for over ten years and it really works on top of cardio-based excercise, as i do such as swimming and fast walking in the hills. I am 42 and have essentially the same body as when I was 18 - though more toned. I attribute it to this book along with good diet and the cardio I have always done since I was a kid. I have been using the book from memory since I loaned it out many years ago, but just ordered a used copy so I can learn more exercises - I only learned ... Read More
- samei said The Same is becaser you are if you azre young thasn OK Great,But for older OLDER in ballet you need propanocil and the BEST WORKOUT which i is I What I Do NOW
- WOW!!Need a great workout that you can do at home without the need for a DVD??This is it.If you follow it and push yourself then you will benefit from this amazing book.It is not about jumping around, it is about stretching and using your body for stability and resistance.I am a dancer and found this book wonderful, I made my husband try it and he was a little confused with the terminology and that he has never put his body in some of the exercise poses before!!
- "Excellent"To everyone I wish could be more explicit but english is not my primary language. This book is Excellent.
