🏋🏼‍♀️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

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

Hope everyone is having a lovely holiday season!♥️✨ Currently reflecting on 2025 and our incredible community and how far we have come, app migration, re-launch and ALL. So many plans for 2026 and cannot wait to reveal our entire year of programs in January!!👀

📸PSA: I've extended the deadline for submitting photos from your performances due to the business of the holidays. Would LOVE to feature all your gorgeous photos on the TBB Instagram. Already such stunning ones on there, drop yours! Submit photos here

❄️WINTER RESET: First biweekly checkin!!

👇🏼Drop your training intention or focus going into this challenge or the new year 2026 below.

🍫Winner of this 8 week challenge gets a Sprout Living Protein bundle!

📸Want to be featured on the TBB Instagram? Submit your performance photos HERE by Wednesday 11:59pm CST

🎁Have an amazing holiday week!!

P.S. Reminder that our next Performance Lab Monthly Group Coaching Call is Jan. 7th. Pre-register HERE

🥁And our STAGE READY Challenge winner is......

Rachel Li 🎉🙌🖤

Congratulations love!! A month of training on us has been added to your account. So excited for you😍

SO PROUD of all the energy and excitement every single one of you brought to this challenge. It was truly amazing to see, especially in such a busy season. I hope all of you had fantastic performances and are feeling fulfilled and happy✨

Now let's lock in on WINTER RESET❄️ Join here!!

WINTER RESET is your bridge between performance season and the New Year.🌉

This training block is designed to help you reset after a demanding season, rebuild strength, and set the foundation for what’s next.

The focus is on intentional winter training, including:

• Strength and conditioning work that supports rebuilding and longevity

• Foundational lifts, core and stability to reinforce strong movement patterns

• Fueling, mindset and recovery habits that keep you consistent through winter

This is about slowing down with purpose so you can speed up when it counts, heading into the New Year, audition season, or your next training phase feeling solid, confident, and ready to build.

📋 CHALLENGE CHECK-INS

Every other week, I’ll post a check-in thread in the community for you to share. Each response counts as an entry for the prize.

Week of Dec. 22:
Set your focus.
Share one intention or training priority you’re bringing into WINTER RESET and the New Year.

Week of Jan. 5:
Momentum check.
What’s starting to feel more consistent in your training?

Week of Jan. 19:
Mid-training block check-in.
What’s one thing that's helping you stay on track as the year picks up?

Week of Feb. 2:
Looking ahead.
Share one takeaway from this block and one thing you’re carrying forward.

🎁 CHALLENGE PRIZE

The prize for this challenge is a Sprout Living protein bundle, gifted to support recovery, strength, and sustainable training as you move through the New Year. 🖤

Set the tone now and LET'S MAKE 2026 OUR MOST UNSTOPPABLE YEAR YET🩰💪

*Deadline extended to 12.31.2025

WANT TO BE FEATURED ON THE BARBELL BALLERINA INSTAGRAM? 😍drop your gorgeous photos from performance season below if you are okay with us sharing!! (And photographer credit if applicable.) I’ll leave this open until next Wednesday to give everyone a chance to upload. You’ve all been working SO hard, let’s show the world what stunning athletes we have here at TBB🤍