I am noway felxible and im 14 i am doing ballet so i need felxibility so what can i do?

Question

like what kind of warm ups and stuff

ballet class starts in 3 weeks aswell

Answer 1

ballet keeps you flexible and it will help you to be more flexible now what you have to do is when your doing a stretching you have to overcome the pain and when youre stretching just keep breathing so that it will be more easy for you thats all

Answer 2

stretch everyday whenever you can (like during ad breaks when you watch TV or spare time or something), if you do this then you'll notice an improvment after the first day. hold the stretch longer each time. stretch every part of your body.

Do it, it worked for me

Answer 3

Do lots of stretching exercises every day for half an hour like sitting down with your legs stretched out as far away as you can and put your head down for as long as possible. It will help you with your splits as well.

Answer 4

Hold the splits (or as far down as you can go) for 15 minutes on each side while you watch t.v in the evening. Or stand against a wall and have someone lift you leg and push it back towards the wall. I did that until my foot touched the wall.

Answer 5

Look on wikihow for stretches and stuff like the splits. Do whenever you can. Make sure you do one of each stretch every day but prefrably more. If you now some-body who is doing ballet (or even better joining the same ballet as you) you could stretch together so it'll be less boring. Yoga is aslo good. You could either go to a class, buy a book or do tutorials off the internat. Good Luck with everything and i'm sure you'll be great at ballet.

Answer 6

To become flexible you have to be determined. The best times to stretch are:

1. come early to class and stretch.

2. while watching tv or reading.

3. after you get out of the shower because your muscles are still warm.

Good stretching ideas:

1. Do lunges

2. The 'frog' stretch

3. Splits

4. Bend over against a wall and try to touch the wall with your nose

5. sit on the floor with your legs out infront of you and put your nose to your knees

6. sit in second and try to get your stomach to the floor

GOOD LUCK x*x

Answer 7

you mean you're starting ballet at 14?

i'm 14 and i just started ballet a month ago. i'm in primary grade. embarrassing, yes. but it is ok.

i'm not flexible too i'm kinda stiff, to be exact. but hey that doesn't matter! your teacher will help you get it. we're doing these for warm ups in ballet:

splits. try to open your legs as wide as possible but stop when your body tells you to, you don't want to get hurt even before you start.

baskets. you lie flat on the floor on your tummy, and you reach back and hold you ankles and try to curve upwards as much as possible.

dolphins. you lie flat on your stomach again. and you try to tip your head backward and push your knees and legs up and touch your head with it.

bridge. you'll have to look up on youtube for this one. it's hard to explain.

frog. you lie on your stomach again, but you curve your legs inwards like a frog, and you support your upper body up with your hands.

touching toes bounces. sit straight with your legs in front of you. legs flat on the ground. point your toes and keep touching, bounce up high and down again.

butterfly. oyu'll have to sit cross legged, and then detach your legs and join you soles to gether in front of you you flap your thighs. and then sit straight and try to kiss the floor in front of you. try to get your feet as close to you as possible. this will help your splits.

table. you stand straight, bend your waist and try to keep you upper body straight as well, then bend down, towards the floor, try to touch the floor.

open legs, finger walks. sit on the floor, open you legs wide in front of you as much as possible. the move your hands forwards, keep your legs straight and v-shaped. and try to touch your whole arm to the floor, this is not easy. then you try to push yourself up and swing your legs to the back, and close.

back bend. you need someone to help you with this. you can hold on to something like the kitchen counter or the balcony then you bend backwards as much as possible. slowly, let go of one of your hands and let it touch the floor, support yourself. after that, let go of your the other hand and let it down touch to the floor, again. you end up in a bridge position. you might need to lay a few blankets on the floor because when you get down, you slip down slowly, you don't want to bang your head on the floor. get a friend t o help you with this. ask him or her to hold your back.

well, i know you will learn enought in class. but his will just help you a lil. i understand how you feel about your body's flexibility, but trust me, you're gonna be ok. you can email me if you like.

*sorry this is kinda long, but it is worth reading. if you can't do it, don't, i don wan you to hurt yourself.