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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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April 13
00:59

🎯TURN LIKE AN ATHLETE challenge week 1 checkin!!

📈Set your baseline! Drop a video in the TBB community channel sharing your turn of choice (pirouettes, fouettés, piques, etc). This is purely for YOU to have the “before” data point and accountability. This is the kindest, most supportive community of dancers on the internet so I have no doubt you will be met with so much love🤍💪🏼

🍫Winner of this 8 week challenge will get a Sprout Living protein bundle shipped directly to you!

Hope you have taken a minute to look over the training and gotten a headstart!! Let me know if you have any questions, scheduling or otherwise.

👏🏼LET’S DO THIS

Lili
The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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April 13

🥁And our EFFORTLESS EXTENSIONS Challenge winner is......

Brighton Smith  🎉🙌🖤

Congratulations love!! So excited for you😍

The support in this community keeps getting stronger with each challenge and it's so amazing to see. I hope you LOVED the program and feel ready to take on the next one.

And if you didn't win this round, not to worry: next prize is a Sprout Living protein bundle shipped right to your door🍫

Now let's lock in on TURN LIKE AN ATHLETE🩰 Join here!!
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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April 10
• Edited (Apr 10, 2026)

Our brand new 8 week challenge TURN LIKE AN ATHLETE starts Monday!!! Make sure to join HERE
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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April 07
• Edited (Apr 08, 2026)

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🎯 TURN LIKE AN ATHLETE: April 13 – June 7, 2026

TURN LIKE AN ATHLETE is a focused training block designed to help you build stronger, more controlled, and consistent turns.

We’re not chasing more turns by doing more turns.
We’re building the foundation that makes more turns inevitable.

What we’re training:

  • Deep core strength (for control, not gripping)

  • Scapular + upper body control (for clean placement and stability)

  • Supporting leg strength (for a higher, more stable relevé)

  • Lower body power + control (for push-off and deceleration)

  • Full-body coordination

This is about turning like an athlete, not relying on momentum or luck.

Focus

  • Increasing consecutive turns

  • Improving consistency across attempts

  • Building control from plié → relevé → finish

  • Making your turns feel lighter, sharper, and repeatable

Weekly structure (flexible by design)

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

  • Choose the days you want to prioritize (always feel free to ask in the community based on your goals)

  • Other days build the strength + stability behind them

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

📋 CHALLENGE CHECK-INS

Week of April 13: Baseline
Share a video of your turns (pirouettes, fouettés, piques, etc.) to track progress

Note: Videos must be uploaded as a separate post in the community thread (the check-in post only allows photos).

Week of April 27: Awareness
What feels different already?
(ex: stronger push-off, more stable relevé, better control finishing)

Week of May 11: Effort Audit
Less effort, more control

Finish this sentence:
“My turns improve when I stop ____ and focus on ____.”

Week of May 25: Integration
Where are your turns showing up more consistently?
(center, across the floor, combinations, etc.)

Week of June 1: Final Reflection
Re-share your turns + one takeaway you’re carrying forward

Reminder: Upload your video separately in the community thread.

Each check-in = one entry to win the prize

🎁 CHALLENGE PRIZE

Sprout Living Protein Bundle 🌱

To support the strength you’re building and the athlete you’re becoming.

*note: challenge name was updated to better reflect the focus of the program.
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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April 06
• Edited (Apr 08, 2026)
00:45

🩰Effortless Extensions: Week of April 6 Checkin🎉

Drop below your “after” shot of your extension you have been working on all challenge long!!! I cannot WAIT to see these 😍👏🏼

Challenge winner will be randomly selected based on community participation this weekend!

Next challenge TURN LIKE AN ATHLETE starts Monday April 13th - no time to waste, we MOVE🤝details will be up shortly

*note: challenge name was updated to better reflect the focus of the program.

Have an amazing week🤍

Lili
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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March 30
• Edited (Apr 08, 2026)
00:53

🩰Effortless Extensions: Week of March 30 Checkin!!

Drop below one way you’re trusting your extensions more: at barre? center adagio? balances? etc. feel free to drop photos/videos of your progress👏🏼🤍

Lucky winner will get an elevé leo of choice at the end of the challenge to celebrate your hard work✨

Our next 8 week challenge, Turn Like An Athlete, starts April 13!! *note: challenge name was updated to better reflect the focus of the program.

Much love, have a great week!!

Lili
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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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March 16
• Edited (Mar 16, 2026)
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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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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March 02
• Edited (Mar 02, 2026)
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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The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
  in  🔈 announcements
February 26

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
The Barbell Ballerina
The Barbell Ballerina
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February 25
If you could only do one for the rest of your life, which would it be?
Turns
38 %
Jumps
41 %
Adagio
22 %
37 votes
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