Badass Ballerina

Grace, grit, determination and dedication…become the featured ballet performer on the stage of life! Join the troupe and work through flowing dance sequences and extreme core work utilizing mini weighted medicine balls as resistance. Traditional ballet conditioning moves fused with Pilates and fitness exercise blend to develop the badass ballerina. Steal the lead in the show as you work through hardcore segments designed to bring out the inner dancer in everyone. 

Why Try Badass Ballerina?  

Turn every plie into a powerhouse move in this dynamic conditioning class that uses medicine balls tu-tu condition your core like never before. Become a badass prima ballerina with powerful pirouettes and other ballet-inspired movement patterns that will grow your grit and determination. Your abs will be yelling Encore! 

What Is Badass Ballerina Like?  

Warm up on the mat with mobility, flexibility and core work and strong floor barre exercises to prepare the ankles, knees and hips for standing work. Next, following the structure of traditional ballet class, you develop strength and mobility in standing ballet work, then progress to an easy-to-follow choreographed sequence that stems from various ballet, dance and fitness techniques and positions. Working with mini weighted medicine balls will take the upper body and core training experience to another level. 

Who Are Badass Ballerina Classes Best For?  

All levels of fitness are welcome in this fun-filled ballet inspired class! The choreography is simple to learn and fun to perform while you develop lean, strong muscles!  

Is Badass Ballerina a Good Workout?    

Badass Ballerina is an incredible workout to improve your strength, flexibility, range of motion and neuroplasticity. 

• Strength. Not only is Badass Ballerina a great sculptor of legs and core, but the isometric contractions needed for expressive arms, in addition to the resistance of the Soft Touch Medicine Balls, creates strength in the arms as well. 

• Flexibility and Range of Motion. The emphasis on length and reach throughout the body in Badass Ballerina improves posture, and the stretching elements before and after the main body of work help maintain that length outside of the class. 

• Neuroplasticity. Learning a variety of dance combinations asks the brain to learn patterns differently, which creates new neural pathways in the brain. This creates other venues for the brain to follow, allowing the brain to respond more quickly 

How Difficult is Badass Ballerina?  

4/10. Anyone and everyone can take Badass Ballerina! New gym goers as well as experienced dancers will love the community and creativity of dance-based exercise.  

How Long Is Badass Ballerina?  

Plie, pirouette and chasse for 30 minutes of ballet dancer badassery! 

What Should I Wear to Badass Ballerina?  

Come ready to dance. Typically, people wear sweat wicking clothing that will offer ample coverage and will stay put and allow you to move with ease throughout the range of motion of exercises.  Badass Ballerina is performed barefoot! 

What do I need to Bring?  

Hydrate my friend, make sure you have plenty of water with you.  Be sure to pack a towel—this is sweaty work! Most importantly, bring along a great attitude and smile to share.  

What Types of Strength and Dance Classes Are Available?  

Ab-Celerator. 

Take your core workout in a whole new direction, utilizing the innovative Resistance Runner in AB-CELERATOR! Get ready for a sizzling six-pack in this all-out core challenge that will strengthen your entire midsection while getting your heart rate up with dynamic ab-centric rounds of work!  

Absolution. 

AB-solutely, this is the perfect core strengthening solution: concentrated ab-centric exercises paired with deep restorative stretching.    

BADASS BALLERINA. 

Grace, grit, determination and dedication…become the featured ballet performer on the stage of life! Join the troupe and work through flowing dance sequences and extreme core work utilizing mini weighted medicine balls as resistance. Traditional ballet conditioning moves fused with Pilates and fitness exercise blend to develop the badass ballet dancer within. Steal the lead in the show as you work through hardcore segments designed to bring out the inner dancer in everyone.  

Band Camp.

Get ready to hear the music of your legs, glutes, and core in Band Camp, where flat bands become the instruments to sculpt your lower body into one lean, muscular powerhouse. Learn the patterns in Band Camp Basics, then advance to the Band Camp Booster level to orchestrate your muscles into a fat-burning ensemble.  

BARRE ASSETS.

Drawing its inspiration from ballet, this class will help you to get a ballet-ready body. Employing exercises to shape and elongate all your major muscle groups, you’ll be tutu ready in no time. It may look like ballet training, but it is much more. Barre Assets is a uniquely challenging, non-impact fitness class that delivers major results to tone and shape the body. Barre Assets mixes elements of Pilates, dance, ballet and functional training choreographed to music designed to motivate and inspire

Barre Bootcamp.

Become a lean, mean ballet dancer in this fusion class. Inspired by ballet and strength training, this high intensity barre class targets your arms, core, thighs, and booty to help you create a long, lean dancer’s body. Get ready to feel the barre burn.  

Barbell Bound.

Bound for time? Bound for results? You’re bound to raise the bar in this singular workout that combines two types of strength training. Lift your way through barbell sets alternated with bound rounds and burnout sets utilizing heavy resistance bands to produce a grueling workout that will leave you unbelievably strong, focused and barbell bound  

Dance to HIIT.

Hit the dance floor in this unique class that features high energy cardio dance combinations mixed with a touch of strength and core. Move, groove and shake your way to a total body workout. Listen to the latest hits and get ready to Dance to HIIT.

Retro Robics. 

It’s a blast from the past! Work up a sweat with a touch of nostalgia in this heart-pumping, traditional aerobics class. This time around, legwarmers are optional!

So You Think You Can’t Dance.

Bring back the magic of dancing with this cardio dance class, combining easy-to-follow moves, which results in a fun finale! This nonstop format will have you dancing and grooving to feel-good music while breaking a sweat and having fun! Think you CAN’T dance? Think again! Soon you’ll dance like nobody’s watching!

The Ultimate Dance Party.

It’s party time in this class! Let the music move you as you learn easy to follow dance combinations that are designed to elevate your heart rate and burn some serious calories. Once you’ve mastered the combos, prepare for a little friendly competition as you face off with your classmates in a team vs team dance off.

ZUMBA.

Fuse hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a high energy, calorie blasting, total body dance-based workout designed to tone your body from head to toe.   

Belly, Butt & Thighs Bootcamp.

Focus on your lower half in this belly-busting, booty shaping, two-part intensive class that features a series of exercise combinations that target, you guessed it – your belly, butt, and thighs.   

Bodyweb with TRX.

Hang from the durable TRX® ropes to push, pull, lift and lower your body through Spiderman moves for a total body suspension workout that also super-strengthens your core.    

Chisel.

This upper and lower body strength-based class utilizes heavier weights to provide a total body workout with balance, core and strength segment and chisel your muscles.   

Slammed. 

Focus on Strength, Length, Agility and Mobility and get SLAMMED in this hard-hitting high intensity class utilizing Hyperwear sand bells. You’ll slam, push, pull and drag your sand bell through a series of hardcore heavy hitting exercises designed to chisel your body and slam you into shape.  

Top It Off. 

Shape and sculpt every muscle in your upper body in this two-part, heart-pumping workout. Using weights and isometric exercises, you’ll work through a series of sweat inducing exercises to tone and chisel your arms, shoulders, chest, and back.   

Find a Badass Ballerina class at a Crunch Near You  

Can’t wait to take your everyday fitness routine to the next level? BADASS BALLERINA  is the right class for you! Search here to find the class at a location near you!

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