You said "how are your arms feeling?" and I responded out loud "dead" and then you said "probably dead." I laughed out loud. Thank you for the great burn and the encouraging words throughout. I love your workouts
Maria, I wanted to thank you. I do one of your videos almost daily for the past few months and they have helped me tremendously through these difficult times. We are the same age and yet are lives are so different, and with these videos I can have a small taste of yours, so thank you very much, keep being sweet and inspiring.
I just finished doing this workout and love it sooo much! To be honest, the back exercises are very difficult for me but it simply shows that I have to work much harder on my back muscles. Oh and yeah, my arms are also dead right now 😅 It was amazing and I will do this regularly. Thank you, Maria 🙏❤
OMG! Marie looks like a 92 pound angel but ohhhhh my Godddddd she is as tough as nails!!! Her classes look soooo easy but they are crazy hard. She is AMAZING!!!! Thank you, Maria!!!
This burned but it was also absolute heaven for my weak, tight and irritated bicep tendons. It gave them the release they needed, and some strength, and this also helped increase my shoulder control and mobility/active flexibility. To top it off these exercises also helped me gain more active flexibility and control in my upper back area. It's really helped my posture, daily comfort and my contortion training. I love your work and your routines. X
Maria your workouts are everything! You are so encouraging and motivational in every single one of your videos, you have no idea how much this means to many people during these difficult times. Thank you for everything ❤
I’m currently on summer break but spending the holidays working (9-7) with only one day off a week when i have a ballet private. As I’m so busy with work I’ve been finding it hard to find time to workout and stretch. I’ve been waking up at 6:30 each day to fit in 2 of your fitness workouts and then a stretch and I feel so much better now that I’m working out again. I’m 16 years old and don’t want to dance as a career but want to continue for fun. Thank you so much for your amazing videos and for inspiring other dancers like me!
Thank you Maria it’s a really beneficial arms and back mini workout. Your approach is also very friendly and relaxed..I’ll use it as part of my daily workout during lockdown.
I’m enjoying these so much. I like them when they are 20 minutes or less because I can fit them in when possible . You are very approachable. So good. Thank you! Keep going!!
I was looking for tonnig my flappy arms without making my shoulder bigger until I found your video. These exercises are really effective for tonning the triceps. Since your workout content is ballet inspired, I'll show your channel to my mom who used to be a ballerina in her early adulthood.
An absolute burner in the best way possible! I did it with wrist weights as well. Thank you so much for your videos Maria - helping me through our third lockdown here in London x
totally glad I found this . I saw the Nutcracker last night and that inspired me to seek "ballet arm strength videos" 20 year yoga practice and injured my neck last dec ( 2022) . Been a slow come back with body strength. TY for all you do. Can't wait to do it again and explore more of your videos.
I love these workouts even though they can be tough. The arm circles kill me the most so sometimes I start in the middle of the video to do those first before my arms are tired. With the other exercises I can push through the pain, but with arm circles when I'm tired, my arms just die - it isn't painful I just can't lift them anymore! I agree with you that back muscles are so, so important. I used to do weight machines in the gym for my back, but since I stopped going, I wasn't sure how to work them at home. I would like to request a video for ankle strength and stability if you can. Mine are so flexible that I tend to trip a lot and who better than a ballerina to help us balance better? Thank you.
Hi Maria , l started dancing ballet two years ago. Your videos help me so much , I love it , upperback and arms help me to have arms very strong . You are wonderfull, thank you very much .
Thank you so very much for this video! I am probably not your usual commenter, but I want to say you are so very correct in your feeling that the back strength is important for us all, not just ballet dancers! I am a woman in my mid 60s now, and I am in the process of regaining strength from my earlier years, which started to go in my early 60s. From the time I was in my late teens I have done yoga and ballet type work, Adding Pilates along the way. I am not nor have I ever been a professional dancer, but I was able to keep a good strength overall with my exercises through the years. But we reach a certain age and muscle starts to go almost overnight and we must work diligently but extremely carefully to regain it. I as well as many of my age group have Osteo problems and I must be careful in my exercises. But your videos work so well! No I cannot always follow you exactly and through the arm circles I did have to relax for about a second and a half and then I was able to finish it with good form. I don’t go up as high as you with my back extensions, but I am engaging my muscles and I am seeing benefit. Please continue these videos, as they help so many others, perhaps even more than you realize. Of course you realize the importance of keeping proper strength, but for many of us it’s hard to find things that will truly rebuild strength at our age. I can’t thank you enough! Any and all videos you would like to make I will look forward to viewing and following to the best of my ability. Yes I have to modify them sometimes but it’s very easy to see how the modification would take place so that I can do them and still gain the benefit. Your manner of delivery with Videos is very straightforward, easy to follow, and very enjoyable and encouraging.
this looks so simple but hurt af😂 never thought it would burn my arms so much in the first 2min. im doing strength training more than 3yrs but this video was like hell. ( in a good way)😂😂😂
Just starting out.... My arm's are burning, been working the arms, will invest in a mat for the back routines,overall enjoying the workout, thank you for your tuition.
I probablt didnt push as hard as i could have bevause this was the last of a few Workouts i did and i had to stop in middle of the last one but i love it so much!! Defo adding it to my routines
I've just started learning the Hungarian variation from Raymonda (which you did beautifully!) so this routine is exactly what I need! Thank you for the wonderful content, as always!
Thank you Maria! Loved it! Arms and back are my least favorite but it’s of the utmost importance because our heads are always looking down most of the day
You are so beautiful with such a giving, loving personality!! I LOVE all of your workout videos and really like the arm ones because no one else offers this! Strong, beautiful, graceful ballet arms!
Thank you, Maria, this short workout was amazing! I don't have the time today for a long workout (which I also enjoy) but this was perfect to tell my body not to slack...
thank you so much for teachingme how to open up my shoulders and chest. I have broken foot and cant do much exercise and also my posture got so bad from lack of walking and huncheing over cruthces. I started getting pinched nerve in neck but when i do this i feel so much better, and i can breather better since it opens up diaphram, lovely:) -Sarah from NJ, USA
I have very thin and weak arms. I was only able to do the first 2 exercises 😅 Hoping this will give me some strength before I do resistance training. Very nice for correcting posture too! Thank you!
This group of exercises gives such good results. And there are no weight used. I like this very much and wish to thank you for your contribution towards a body of grace and beauty.
My arms were burning but I am doing ballet based exercises each day. I have been doing it for 4 days now and I have did the first two for 2 days in a row where it was 5 minutes, the third day was yesterday and I was doing ballet foot exercises, and today I found your video for my arms and my back.
I've watched countless fitness expert videos showing how to "blast" back fat, and honey this is the best one ever from a slim ballet dancer lol not a muscle bound expect 😂.
I say that you're an amazing company to do wokout exercises ballet at home. I'm in Brazil, fiscally really far from you, but you're really present to me. Thanks for your videos, for your choice being a ballet lovers!
Omg she wants to kill us with smile and "simple" workout. That's so much better than workouts with weight for me. I had to fight with my head and muscles 💪😅
No time for gym. No personal time with 2 little children and no help. This is very challenging yet, I can already feel will be affective. Hopefully will be stronger and will drop some extra in time for summer. Thank you
