How to get a dancer's body

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  • lesspaul
    lesspaul Posts: 190 Member
    How to get a dancer's body?

    Send her flowers and ply her with red wine.
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    Thank you so much for the suggestion! I was actually about to go looking for an new video. I have a few dance videos, one is kind of lame called "Dancercise". It has hip-hop, salsa, belly dancing and jazz. Then I have the dirty dancing video which is my favorite, and the Denise Austin dance mix, which I also really love. She has a ballet sculpting routine on that one that is great for the legs. I'm going to see if I can find the one you mention.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I got my long, lean, dancer mussels by blowing a wad of cash on this:

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    Before I dropped $500 on this handrail/yoga mat combination, I was 5'3' and stocky. Then, after doing 300 leg lifts a day while holding on this this handrail, my muscles elongated to the point where I grew to 6'1" and looked like a ballerina. I was wonderful. I was sooooo long and lean. And there was no other way for me to achieve this body except by giving someone $500 for a handrail with a mat tied to it.

    But then one day my handrail broke, and I followed the forums advice and joined a gym. Even though I still used the handrails in the gym to perform my light weight, high rep leg lifts, the testosterone in the air at the gym made me bulky. Even using the elliptical at the gym made my thighs soooooo muscular that I couldn't fit into my skinny jeans.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    I got my long, lean, dancer mussels by blowing a wad of cash on this:

    DyT5JUb.png
    Before I dropped $500 on this handrail/yoga mat combination, I was 5'3' and stocky. Then, after doing 300 leg lifts a day while holding on this this handrail, my muscles elongated to the point where I grew to 6'1" and looked like a ballerina. I was wonderful. I was sooooo long and lean. And there was no other way for me to achieve this body except by giving someone $500 for a handrail with a mat tied to it.

    But then one day my handrail broke, and I followed the forums advice and joined a gym. Even though I still used the handrails in the gym to perform my light weight, high rep leg lifts, the testosterone in the air at the gym made me bulky. Even using the elliptical at the gym made my thighs soooooo muscular that I couldn't fit into my skinny jeans.

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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Yes, thank you for the suggestion. Everybody who has said or plans to say something negative needs to remember that they aren't being forced to do anything they don't want to. I might have to take a look around for Leah's DVDs. I could use a good workout DVD to help me lose my stubborn fat.

    Relax, everybody!

    Correcting misinformation is NOT BEING NEGATIVE. It is being supportive by providing accurate information in improve one's knowledge base. And knowledge is power!
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    How many of you nay-sayers can actually bend over and touch your toes?? Try it and maybe you'll see why you need to "elongate" your muscles!

    Thank you, eviegreen for your suggestion.

    I lift heavy weights.

    I can put my palms on the floor with straight legs.



    People aren't just trying to argue people are correcting misinformation. The fitness industry is plagued by it. False promises of things that are impossible.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Reading back through the comments I see a bunch of PMS sufferers must be on the loose. If you don't want to do a dance workout then why did you come in to comment? Does EVERYTHING HAVE to be an argument? Why do you people insist on coming out to inflict yourselves on others for no reason other than your poor little egos need a feeding? Grow up and stop looking for reasons to pick fights with others.

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  • xstarxdustx
    xstarxdustx Posts: 591 Member
    I've been wondering about that workout. Thank you for the feedback on it.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Reading back through the comments I see a bunch of PMS sufferers must be on the loose. If you don't want to do a dance workout then why did you come in to comment? Does EVERYTHING HAVE to be an argument? Why do you people insist on coming out to inflict yourselves on others for no reason other than your poor little egos need a feeding? Grow up and stop looking for reasons to pick fights with others.

    Men don't actually suffer from PMS. However, I thank you for using a feminine condition as an insult.
  • rbn_held
    rbn_held Posts: 690 Member
    Thank you for the suggestion. I always like to try new DVD's and really need to work on my stretching. And on another note, I love the way people post on a subject rude remarks and then they get upset when the OP remarks back. If you don't want to do the dance workout then don't do it but at least lets not be rude about it. I don't post on here a lot because there are so many rude people out there that just love to start arguments or throw their so called "knowledge" around. If you don't like a post then read it and go on. Do not attack the poster.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Reading back through the comments I see a bunch of PMS sufferers must be on the loose. If you don't want to do a dance workout then why did you come in to comment? Does EVERYTHING HAVE to be an argument? Why do you people insist on coming out to inflict yourselves on others for no reason other than your poor little egos need a feeding? Grow up and stop looking for reasons to pick fights with others.

    I'm sorry, I thought the OP posted this question to get more information and understanding, not to have a bunch of people prancing around shouting nonsense and congratulating themselves on their ignorance.
  • toutmonpossible
    toutmonpossible Posts: 1,580 Member
    The only way to get a dancer's body is to be born with the physique typical of professional dancers.
  • ambervaldez79
    ambervaldez79 Posts: 210 Member
    Reading back through the comments I see a bunch of PMS sufferers must be on the loose. If you don't want to do a dance workout then why did you come in to comment? Does EVERYTHING HAVE to be an argument? Why do you people insist on coming out to inflict yourselves on others for no reason other than your poor little egos need a feeding? Grow up and stop looking for reasons to pick fights with others.



    haha, I agree.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    take her/him out to dinner for a start.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    Men don't actually suffer from PMS.
    Au contraire - it's often men that suffer the most!

    ;)
  • clairabellle
    clairabellle Posts: 332 Member
    From my experience, I did achieve leaner muscle 5 years ago through being diagnosed with Coeliac disease. I rapidly lost 20 kilos and was doing yoga, when they finally found out what was wrong with me I stabilized my weight and have steadily put that back on.
    Anyway end result I'm no longer lean and have stopped the yoga and that has made a hugh difference to how my muscle looks.
    Not as "elongated" I put it down to definition at fat loss and doing yoga z6 days a week.
    By the way I'm only 5 ft 1 and my muscles did look longer, I was just leaner. 48kg.
    I'm 70 kilos now and will gon back to yoga when I'm fitter as it's amazing for muscle building and flexibility with definition.
    Peace, love and mungbeans :flowerforyou:
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Just so we have an idea of what a dancer's body may look like..
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    Carry on.
  • sarab99
    sarab99 Posts: 134 Member
    Bump, think I'd enjoy the video the OP suggested.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    Men don't actually suffer from PMS.
    Au contraire - it's often men that suffer the most!

    ;)

    clever.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    I got my long, lean, dancer mussels by blowing a wad of cash on this:

    DyT5JUb.png
    Before I dropped $500 on this handrail/yoga mat combination, I was 5'3' and stocky. Then, after doing 300 leg lifts a day while holding on this this handrail, my muscles elongated to the point where I grew to 6'1" and looked like a ballerina. I was wonderful. I was sooooo long and lean. And there was no other way for me to achieve this body except by giving someone $500 for a handrail with a mat tied to it.

    But then one day my handrail broke, and I followed the forums advice and joined a gym. Even though I still used the handrails in the gym to perform my light weight, high rep leg lifts, the testosterone in the air at the gym made me bulky. Even using the elliptical at the gym made my thighs soooooo muscular that I couldn't fit into my skinny jeans.

    Let's not forget you have a Pilates reformer.

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  • xLexa
    xLexa Posts: 482 Member
    I used to dance many years ago competitively (sigh those were the days :P ) and while I felt my calfs were huge, they probably weren't because even at that time, I felt all of me was huge and it really wasn't.

    Thanks for the suggestion OP i really love dancing and it is one exercise I can enjoy and because of that I do it longer and more often. Finding something I loved was a big break through for me. DEFINITELY going to check out that vid u mentioned. Thanks!
  • Byebyefattybumbum
    Byebyefattybumbum Posts: 3 Member
    I used to dance, and it did not give me a dancer's body, unfortunately. I developed bigger, muscular, stocky legs - more like a rugby player's than a dancer's. I think a lot of it is probably to do with your body type.

    I'd be interested in the DVD though. I like the New York City ballet workout DVDs.

    this has happened to me as well!!!
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    How many of you nay-sayers can actually bend over and touch your toes?? Try it and maybe you'll see why you need to "elongate" your muscles!

    Thank you, eviegreen for your suggestion.

    I can bend forward, keep my knees straight and place my palms flat on the floor...but I don't have a "dancer's body" because it is genetically impossible for me to have one. So what is your point, exactly?

    OP, I am sure it is a great video. Your title is what is spurring on the debate, I think...
  • hannahjames295
    hannahjames295 Posts: 74 Member
    Ohh... chronic exercise of the ordinary variety leads to an increase in the diameters of slow-twitch fibers. If the connectivity of the motor neurons is reversed so that a red slow-twitch fiber is energized by a fast neuron or vice versa, then the slow-twitch fiber slowly becomes fast or the white fast-twitch fiber slowly becomes slow. This implies that if the higher levels of consciousness which control muscle action dictate a new role for a muscle, it's responsiveness, chemistry, and morphology all will change in sympathy with the new demands made upon it by the altered neural signal activating it. In this way, a yoga or ballet practice can change the muscular form and responses of the body.
    Sorry but I just wanted to point out that this is physiologically correct, but the people that were arguing over bloody semantics seem to have ignored this post entirely! A very basic translation of this is that muscle will appear leaner/elongated, but will retain strength, what actually happens is a 'longer' muscle can work better at extremes of movements, whereas a 'shorter' muscle can work well at mid-range but will struggle at extremes...
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    How many of you nay-sayers can actually bend over and touch your toes?? Try it and maybe you'll see why you need to "elongate" your muscles!

    Thank you, eviegreen for your suggestion.

    Amusingly, some of the big bulky people you're so afraid of are incredibly flexible. You have to be pretty flexible to get deep in a squat and push yourself out of it.
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    Dance
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Ohh... chronic exercise of the ordinary variety leads to an increase in the diameters of slow-twitch fibers. If the connectivity of the motor neurons is reversed so that a red slow-twitch fiber is energized by a fast neuron or vice versa, then the slow-twitch fiber slowly becomes fast or the white fast-twitch fiber slowly becomes slow. This implies that if the higher levels of consciousness which control muscle action dictate a new role for a muscle, it's responsiveness, chemistry, and morphology all will change in sympathy with the new demands made upon it by the altered neural signal activating it. In this way, a yoga or ballet practice can change the muscular form and responses of the body.
    Sorry but I just wanted to point out that this is physiologically correct, but the people that were arguing over bloody semantics seem to have ignored this post entirely! A very basic translation of this is that muscle will appear leaner/elongated, but will retain strength, what actually happens is a 'longer' muscle can work better at extremes of movements, whereas a 'shorter' muscle can work well at mid-range but will struggle at extremes...

    We ignored it because it's complete nonsense :laugh:
  • iggyboo93
    iggyboo93 Posts: 524 Member
    I already have the body of a dancer. I keep it in the freezer.

    SWAT kicking down your door in 3.... 2..... 1......
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Why would anyone even want a dancer's body?

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    EWWW, so bulky!
  • dazzo62
    dazzo62 Posts: 78
    I understand what you mean - I was a heavy duty weight lifter for a long time. I needed (and had) a spinal fusion and had to change my exercise plan (EVERYTHING). I now do Pilates with some Ballet moves and my muscles look less compact and bulky; they appear longer and leaner. Plus I no longer have that weight lifters thick neck!
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