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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 18
How is the extensions challenge going so far for you?
I am IN LOVE
82 %
Starting today!!
18 %
17 votes
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 16
• Edited (Feb 16, 2026)
00:59

IT’S HERE!!!!🎉🙌 Our 8 week Effortless Extensions challenge starts NOW.

🩱Winner gets an Elevé leotard of your choice. Entries = any comments below checkin posts

👯‍♀️Great time to refer a friend and do the challenge together!! (redeem a free month)

📈If you cannot do all 5 days choose 2-3 days you can consistently show up for!! You will definitely see results by the end with clear goals and consistency.

✅Checkin this week: drop a PHOTO of yourself in the extension you’re going to primarily focus on this training block: arabesque, a la seconde or devant. Zero judgment just encouragement!! This is a baseline to let us compare 8 weeks from now.

So excited to see all your progress, LET’S GO!!

Lili
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 13
• Edited (Feb 13, 2026)

🥁And our WINTER RESET Challenge winner is......

Céleste  🎉🙌🖤

Congratulations love!! Your Sprout Living Protein Bundle is on its way to you. So excited for you😍

The energy in the community this challenge was unreal, from commenting on each others' posts, to asking questions and sharing your journey. I hope you LOVED the program and feel ready to take on the rest of 2026!!

And if you didn't win this round, not to worry: next prize is an Elevé leotard🩱

Now let's lock in EFFORTLESS EXTENSIONS🩰 Join here!!
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 11

Just did our core+stability day!! Getting it done even while traveling 💪🌴 How are we doing?? Drop which day of the split you’re training today
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 09
• Edited (Mar 30, 2026)

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🩰✨EFFORTLESS EXTENSIONS: Feb. 16, 2026 – April 12, 2026

EFFORTLESS EXTENSIONS is a focused training block designed to help you build higher, stronger, and more effortless extensions, without forcing or overworking.

This challenge targets:

  • Arabesque

  • Devant

  • À la seconde

with an emphasis on true ease, control, and stability that carries into class, rehearsal, and performance.

What we’re training

  • Strength for sustainable extension height

  • Active range of motion (usable flexibility)

  • Supporting-leg and pelvic stability

  • Coordination so extensions feel lighter and more repeatable

This is about making high extensions feel inevitable, not forced.

Weekly structure (flexible by design)

You’ll have 5 training days per week, but you do not need to do all five.

  • Choose the extension(s) you want to prioritize

  • Other days focus on range of motion, stability, and supporting-leg strength

Even 2–3 intentional days per week will move the needle.

📋 CHALLENGE CHECK-INS

  • Week of Feb 16: Baseline
    Share one photo of your current extension of choice, that you want to track your progress on this training block

  • Week of March 2: Awareness
    Name one muscle or action you’re feeling more clearly in your extension (ex: glute support, hamstring length, standing-leg stability, lower ab engagement)

  • Week of March 16: Effort Audit

    Less effort, more result

    Finish this sentence: “My extension feels more effortless when I stop ____ and focus on ____.”

  • Week of March 30: Integration
    Where are you trusting your extension more (barre, center, balances, etc.)?

  • Week of April 6: Final reflection
    Re-share your extension + one takeaway you’re carrying forward

Each check-in = one entry to win the prize.

🎁 CHALLENGE PRIZE

One Élevé leotard of choice 🤍
A celebration of strength, ease, and the work you put in.
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 05
Which extension are you most excited to work on in our next challenge?
Arabesque
29 %
Devant
9 %
A la seconde
25 %
All of the above
36 %
55 votes
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 02
• Edited (Feb 02, 2026)
00:48

❄️WINTER RESET final checkin!!

Drop your biggest takeaway from this challenge below👇🏼 excited to hear them! Mine is: don’t be afraid to restttt and come back stronger✨

Winner gets a Sprout Living protein bundle🍫 you don’t want to miss out on this one. Every comment and post counts as an entry

Effortless Extensions 8 week challenge starts Monday Feb. 16🩰 It’s gonna be gooood. You’re gonna LOVE the way this split is structured, I can’t wait to reveal it.

NEW private podcasts will be dropped to annual members only at the beginning of each month, upgrade anytime in your profile. These are special episodes diving deeper into all things training, fueling, mindset and recovery 🥑💪

Go crush it this week!!

🤍Lili
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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January 22
Do you prefer...
Gym first thing in the morning
48 %
Training later in the day
21 %
Depends on my schedule
31 %
48 votes
The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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January 19
• Edited (Jan 19, 2026)
00:57

❄️Winter Reset mid-challenge checkin!!

👇🏼Drop one thing that has been working for you below, be it a habit, schedule, morning routine etc. Bonus entries for commenting on other dancers’ responses and supporting one another🤍

🍫Winner of this challenge gets a Sprout Living Protein Bundle!! If you didn’t know I work with them and they agreed to gift 4(!!!) of their amazing protein powders to the lucky winner. Any post or comment in the community counts as an entry!

🧘🏼‍♀️Brand NEW flexibility flow is live in the app!! Go check it out, 25 mins of ooey gooey flow for those sore hips and achey back. Did it today and woooow feeling good!!

💪Let me know how I can support you this week, let’s make it an amazing one

xx Lili
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
  in  🔈 announcements
January 13
🏋🏼‍♀️Which session in Winter Reset have you been LOVING lately?
Full body strength
40 %
Core + stability
24 %
Jumps + plyo
12 %
Lower body power
36 %
Upper body strength
20 %
25 votes
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