Full Body Strength & Conditioning
Advanced: Ballet squat pulses & weighted lateral arm extension demonstration
8s
Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Ballet squat
Variation: Pulses, lateral arm extension
Purpose: Work on building strength in your turnout position with this ballet squat. Pulses help tone the muscle by causing them to do short contract and relax cycles. Holding hand weights out to the side adds an upper body strength and stability portion to this exercise
Focus: Adductors, glutes, quads, pelvic floor, hamstrings, shoulder abduction, lateral deltoids
Direction: N/A
Equipment: Hand weights
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