Fitness Pole Dancing
If you like to stretch before class, some warm up is absolutely necessary. Some loose leg and arm swings, and easy bending forward and sideways is a good way to start. Deep breathing while you do this adds to the warm up.
If you feel stiff from sitting at a desk, or driving, walk on the spot for one minute. Lift your feet and pump your arms a little, this gets lots of muscle and joints moving.
Stretch very easily before class. You can get serious about it after the barre, or after the class.
The end of the class is an ideal time to stretch. If it is not possible because the next class is starting, and you cannot find another place in the studio to stretch, wear leg warmers home. Sometimes you’ll feel warmed up for quite a while after class. You can stretch at home immediately or take a hot bath then stretch. Soaking with epsom salts or sea salt is healthy for the muscles. The minerals help draw the acids out of your tissues.
Active stretching is where you stretch your own muscles. If you’re sitting in second position, you can hang over each leg, and then hang forward. Stretching over each leg is going to stretch your hamstrings, and all the muscles, ligaments and tendons around your pelvis and hips. You can lean out sideways keeping your torso stretched long to stretch the hip joint area. Then you can do a side bend over the same leg, and you’ll feel the stretch in the hamstring and the opposite hip and side of your torso. If you’re stretching to the right, be sure to keep the left hip on the floor, and the left leg stretched.
Deep breathing provides enough movement to apply pressure to the stretch, you do not need to bounce.
If you can reach your feet in a second position stretch, you can pull yourself over the leg, hold the position for a minute or more, easing back if you start to feel real pain.
Passive stretching is when someone else stretches you. Stretching with a partner is not recommended until you are very advanced. A physiotherapist can stretch you properly, but if you avoid injury, you won’t need that.
Stretching causes discomfort. Before you get to the point of pain, you are already stretching. You don’t need to push to the point where you see lights before your eyes. Stretch every day and be patient, and stretch safely. If you avoid injury to your soft tissues you will dance in ballet shoes and pointe shoes for many years.
Dianne M. Buxton trained at The National Ballet School of Canada, The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and Toronto Dance Theater. Click here for free articles on how to get exactly the right fit in ballet shoes and pointe shoes, The Perfect Pointe Book, The Ballet Bible, details about ballet technique, dance books, and full body workouts.
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