A workout from my past

A long time ago...when I was a young lassie... I took acrobatics. It was a dance class but with tumbling- back flips, hand springs, cartwheels, etc. It was essentiality the floor routine portion of gymnastics. I took class 2 days each week for a number of years. I don't even remember how long I was in acrobatics anymore, but it was a long time.

Every class, we did the same warm-up. For some reason, yesterday I started thinking about that warm-up and my mind pieced it all together. Although back then it was my warm-up, I decided today I would do that as my workout.

I won't give every little detail, but it starts with pointing your toes in all different directions, then doing a bunch of plies (first and second positions), then doing a gazillion kicks. And the kicks aren't like kickboxing style kicks; they're more dance-like with your toes pointed, legs straight right as it leaves the ground, etc.

I ended up doing 50 front kicks with each leg, 50 back kicks with each leg, and 50 side kicks with each leg. I used my squat bar as a ballet bar! My husband will be so disappointed! :P

I must say that it did wonders for my hips! Wow! I could hear them popping and feel them stretching (in a good way). I absolutely loved how open my hips felt afterwards. And it was a great workout to do just after doing my back squats because my legs feel much looser now.

I found a bunch of videos on youtube of dance classes warming up and boy did it bring back memories! Some of the rooms in the videos look so similar to my old dance room. I hope to add to the number of kicks I do and continue stretching my hips and legs this way as well as strength training. My goal is to find balance and enjoy my workouts and today was certainly fun!