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#17 Dancing: Ballet is Very Tiring

Dancing #1

Topic: Activity 

Learning Outcome 1: Identify areas of strength and develop areas for growth 

Last night, my grandmother was reminding me to exercise since I've been doing online learning. She gave me a few tips and exercises to do everyday, like simple arm movements and back stretches. I was reminded of the warm-ups I would do from ballet back when I had been taking classes, about more than 5 years ago. I decided to test my abilities and found that I still retained a lot of the muscle memory but not much of the physical fitness and stamina. 

I started out with more intense warm-ups like touching my nose to my knees and practicing the splits. Since I still do those stretches occasionally, it wasn't too difficult but not as effortless as it used to be. Then I started barre work using my bookshelf as a makeshift barre. I did an old routine consisting of plies (slight bending of the knees) in every position which was all I managed o do. It was extremely difficult to maintain the correct posture, 'turning out' my feet was especially tiring which made me realize how stiff my hips are. I tried a few balancing positions which were somehow easier and a good cool-down. 

I woke up the next morning feeling pretty sore, especially my legs. My arms were fine since I didn't really do anything with the, aside from holding on to the barre/bookshelf. I learned that if I want to stay physically fit, I would have to work on it more consistently. Ballet is hard and if I want to try anything more impressive I will definitely have to work my way up since I could barely manage a few minutes of plies. 

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