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The Barbell B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
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 B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
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 B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
February 09
• Edited (Mar 30, 2026)

Feb

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Challenge

February 16 — April 12

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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 B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
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 B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
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 B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
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 B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
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 B.
The Barbell B.
  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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The Barbell B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
January 05
• Edited (Jan 05, 2026)
00:59

🏋🏼‍♀️WINTER RESET week of Jan. 5 checkin!!

✅Momentum check: what’s feeling more consistent? Or if not, what is your game plan moving forward?

New members: welcome!!! Drop your goals below!! 🔥This is the most supportive community of dancers on the internet, we want to cheer you on🤍 Join the challenge HERE

📞Need extra support on your 2026 goals? LIVE coaching call this Wed. 12pm CST: The Performance Lab. Preregister HERE

💸Get a free week of the app by tagging the.barbell.ballerina on Instagram stories - gym selfies encouraged!! Let’s get as many dancers in the gym as we can this year 💪

Here’s to an unstoppable year🎉

- Lili
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The Barbell B.
The Barbell B.
  in  🔈 announcements
January 01
• Edited (Jan 01, 2026)
00:28

IT’S HERE: The 2026 Barbell Ballerina Challenge Schedule🔥

Your most unstoppable year yet, mapped out from start to finish.

Here’s what’s coming in 2026:
❄️ Winter Reset | Dec 22 – Feb 15
💫 Effortless Extensions | Feb 16 – Apr 12
🩰 Turning Pointe | Apr 13 – Jun 7
🏃‍♀️ Jumper’s Edge | Jun 8 – Aug 2
🧘‍♀️ Flexibility Flow | Aug 3 – Sep 27
💥 Powerhouse | Sep 28 – Nov 23
🎭 In the Spotlight | Nov 24 – Jan 17

Each program includes:
✨ Mindset + performance coaching
🍴 Nutrition guidance + recipes
🛡️ Recovery + injury-prevention tools
📞 Monthly group coaching calls
🌍 A global community of ambitious dancers

Ready to train like the athlete you are all year long?

January Promo is live: get 12 months of TBB for $300.

Go all in for 2026 HERE

Filmed and edited by Visual Captive
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