The Barbell Ballerina

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16 Mar 15:47

00:58

🩰Effortless Extensions week of March 16 checkin!!

Finish your unique sentence below: “my extensions feel more effortless when I stop ___ and focus on ___”

P.S. I am 28 today and couldn’t be more grateful for this BEAUTIFUL community of athletes+artists all over the world🩷🥹the work ethic, kindness and good energy in this community is more than I could ever dream of.

BDAY PROMO🎉🎂 if you have someone in your life who you think would LOVE training with me, invite them to join us by using code BIRTHDAY28 on either the monthly or annual subscription!! Let’s continue to grow this amazing community🤍

Love, Lili

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Posted

02 Mar 14:55

00:50

✅Effortless Extensions March 2 Checkin!!

Hope you are loving the program so far + seeing the payoff in your dancing🙌

👇🏼Drop below one muscle you’re feeling more clearly in your extensions (ex. glute support, hamstring length, supporting leg stability etc)

🩱Remember, each comment + community post counts as an entry to win an elevé leo this time!!

Keep up the amazing work!!

Lili

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Posted

26 Feb 16:54

WE ARE OFFICIALLY ON YOUTUBE!!!🎉 And you my loves are, of course,  the first to know! This video is a full training day along with meals, recovery, and some honest chats. I am so excited to show you more of my routines and personal journey over there and expand the world of TBB. Go check it out and let me know what you want to see next!!

Lili🤍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doey2NMgSxU

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25 Feb 11:24

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18 Feb 07:52

I am IN LOVE
82 %
Starting today!!
18 %
17 votes
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Posted

16 Feb 09:38

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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Posted

13 Feb 10:04

🥁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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Posted

11 Feb 08:57

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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Posted

09 Feb 08:00

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 5: 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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Posted

05 Feb 08:59

Arabesque
29 %
Devant
9 %
A la seconde
25 %
All of the above
36 %
55 votes
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