Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Plié Développé with Weights: The Full-Body Ballet Burn
Day 8 of my 12 Days of Ballet-Inspired Fitness! Today we're combining everything - lower body, upper body, balance, and coordination - into one powerful full-body movement.
What you'll need:
- Light hand weights (2-5 lbs recommended)
- OR water bottles, cans, or no weights to start
Key tips:
✓ Synchronize the movement: legs bend = arms lower, legs extend = arms lift
✓ Keep shoulders down when arms go overhead
✓ Control the développé—unfold the leg smoothly (knee up, then extend)
✓ Standing leg stays strong throughout
✓ Use light weights—this is HARD enough!
✓ Core engaged the entire time
✓ Breathe!
This is the ultimate full-body ballet exercise. You're working legs, arms, core, and balance all at once. By 30 seconds, you'll feel EVERYTHING burning. This is how dancers build total-body strength and coordination. 🔥
Which burns more—your legs or your shoulders? Let me know!
🩰 Follow for Day 9 tomorrow!
📺 Want the full 12-exercise workout? youtu.be/LJoP4yFTLOc
#BalletInspiredFitness #BalletWorkout #FullBodyWorkout #HandWeights #BalletTraining #DancerWorkout #BalletFitness
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💫 I'm Kathryn Morgan, former New York City Ballet soloist. This exercise combines everything we've learned this week into one powerful full-body movement!
Subscribe for daily ballet-inspired workouts that build real strength and coordination!
Plié Développé with Weights: The Full-Body Ballet Burn
Day 8 of my 12 Days of Ballet-Inspired Fitness! Today we're combining everything - lower body, upper body, balance, and coordination - into one powerful full-body movement.
What you'll need:
- Light hand weights (2-5 lbs recommended)
- OR water bottles, cans, or no weights to start
Key tips:
✓ Synchronize the movement: legs bend = arms lower, legs extend = arms lift
✓ Keep shoulders down when arms go overhead
✓ Control the développé—unfold the leg smoothly (knee up, then extend)
✓ Standing leg stays strong throughout
✓ Use light weights—this is HARD enough!
✓ Core engaged the entire time
✓ Breathe!
This is the ultimate full-body ballet exercise. You're working legs, arms, core, and balance all at once. By 30 seconds, you'll feel EVERYTHING burning. This is how dancers build total-body strength and coordination. 🔥
Which burns more—your legs or your shoulders? Let me know!
🩰 Follow for Day 9 tomorrow!
📺 Want the full 12-exercise workout? youtu.be/LJoP4yFTLOc
#BalletInspiredFitness #BalletWorkout #FullBodyWorkout #HandWeights #BalletTraining #DancerWorkout #BalletFitness
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💫 I'm Kathryn Morgan, former New York City Ballet soloist. This exercise combines everything we've learned this week into one powerful full-body movement!
Subscribe for daily ballet-inspired workouts that build real strength and coordination!
