You said "how are your arms feeling?" and I responded out loud "dead" and then you said "probably dead." I laughed out loud. Thank you for the great burn and the encouraging words throughout. I love your workouts
Maria, I wanted to thank you. I do one of your videos almost daily for the past few months and they have helped me tremendously through these difficult times. We are the same age and yet are lives are so different, and with these videos I can have a small taste of yours, so thank you very much, keep being sweet and inspiring.
this looks so simple but hurt af😂 never thought it would burn my arms so much in the first 2min. im doing strength training more than 3yrs but this video was like hell. ( in a good way)😂😂😂
OMG! Marie looks like a 92 pound angel but ohhhhh my Godddddd she is as tough as nails!!! Her classes look soooo easy but they are crazy hard. She is AMAZING!!!! Thank you, Maria!!!
This burned but it was also absolute heaven for my weak, tight and irritated bicep tendons. It gave them the release they needed, and some strength, and this also helped increase my shoulder control and mobility/active flexibility. To top it off these exercises also helped me gain more active flexibility and control in my upper back area. It's really helped my posture, daily comfort and my contortion training. I love your work and your routines. X
I just finished doing this workout and love it sooo much! To be honest, the back exercises are very difficult for me but it simply shows that I have to work much harder on my back muscles. Oh and yeah, my arms are also dead right now 😅 It was amazing and I will do this regularly. Thank you, Maria 🙏❤
totally glad I found this . I saw the Nutcracker last night and that inspired me to seek "ballet arm strength videos" 20 year yoga practice and injured my neck last dec ( 2022) . Been a slow come back with body strength. TY for all you do. Can't wait to do it again and explore more of your videos.
I’m currently on summer break but spending the holidays working (9-7) with only one day off a week when i have a ballet private. As I’m so busy with work I’ve been finding it hard to find time to workout and stretch. I’ve been waking up at 6:30 each day to fit in 2 of your fitness workouts and then a stretch and I feel so much better now that I’m working out again. I’m 16 years old and don’t want to dance as a career but want to continue for fun. Thank you so much for your amazing videos and for inspiring other dancers like me!
Thank you Maria it’s a really beneficial arms and back mini workout. Your approach is also very friendly and relaxed..I’ll use it as part of my daily workout during lockdown.
I’m enjoying these so much. I like them when they are 20 minutes or less because I can fit them in when possible . You are very approachable. So good. Thank you! Keep going!!
I love these workouts even though they can be tough. The arm circles kill me the most so sometimes I start in the middle of the video to do those first before my arms are tired. With the other exercises I can push through the pain, but with arm circles when I'm tired, my arms just die - it isn't painful I just can't lift them anymore! I agree with you that back muscles are so, so important. I used to do weight machines in the gym for my back, but since I stopped going, I wasn't sure how to work them at home. I would like to request a video for ankle strength and stability if you can. Mine are so flexible that I tend to trip a lot and who better than a ballerina to help us balance better? Thank you.
Thank you so very much for this video! I am probably not your usual commenter, but I want to say you are so very correct in your feeling that the back strength is important for us all, not just ballet dancers! I am a woman in my mid 60s now, and I am in the process of regaining strength from my earlier years, which started to go in my early 60s. From the time I was in my late teens I have done yoga and ballet type work, Adding Pilates along the way. I am not nor have I ever been a professional dancer, but I was able to keep a good strength overall with my exercises through the years. But we reach a certain age and muscle starts to go almost overnight and we must work diligently but extremely carefully to regain it. I as well as many of my age group have Osteo problems and I must be careful in my exercises. But your videos work so well! No I cannot always follow you exactly and through the arm circles I did have to relax for about a second and a half and then I was able to finish it with good form. I don’t go up as high as you with my back extensions, but I am engaging my muscles and I am seeing benefit. Please continue these videos, as they help so many others, perhaps even more than you realize. Of course you realize the importance of keeping proper strength, but for many of us it’s hard to find things that will truly rebuild strength at our age. I can’t thank you enough! Any and all videos you would like to make I will look forward to viewing and following to the best of my ability. Yes I have to modify them sometimes but it’s very easy to see how the modification would take place so that I can do them and still gain the benefit. Your manner of delivery with Videos is very straightforward, easy to follow, and very enjoyable and encouraging.
I was looking for tonnig my flappy arms without making my shoulder bigger until I found your video. These exercises are really effective for tonning the triceps. Since your workout content is ballet inspired, I'll show your channel to my mom who used to be a ballerina in her early adulthood.
Just starting out.... My arm's are burning, been working the arms, will invest in a mat for the back routines,overall enjoying the workout, thank you for your tuition.
Hi Maria , l started dancing ballet two years ago. Your videos help me so much , I love it , upperback and arms help me to have arms very strong . You are wonderfull, thank you very much .
thank you so much for teachingme how to open up my shoulders and chest. I have broken foot and cant do much exercise and also my posture got so bad from lack of walking and huncheing over cruthces. I started getting pinched nerve in neck but when i do this i feel so much better, and i can breather better since it opens up diaphram, lovely:) -Sarah from NJ, USA
An absolute burner in the best way possible! I did it with wrist weights as well. Thank you so much for your videos Maria - helping me through our third lockdown here in London x
I've just started learning the Hungarian variation from Raymonda (which you did beautifully!) so this routine is exactly what I need! Thank you for the wonderful content, as always!
I have very thin and weak arms. I was only able to do the first 2 exercises 😅 Hoping this will give me some strength before I do resistance training. Very nice for correcting posture too! Thank you!
Thank you, Maria, this short workout was amazing! I don't have the time today for a long workout (which I also enjoy) but this was perfect to tell my body not to slack...
Thank you Maria! Loved it! Arms and back are my least favorite but it’s of the utmost importance because our heads are always looking down most of the day
Maria your workouts are everything! You are so encouraging and motivational in every single one of your videos, you have no idea how much this means to many people during these difficult times. Thank you for everything ❤
El trabajo es tan fluido y excelente que aunque dolia pensé que había apenas comenzado, no se hizo largo ni tedioso, eso es lo que hace una excelente entrenadora, felicitaciones a esta hermosa bailarina y coach 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻✨
You are so beautiful with such a giving, loving personality!! I LOVE all of your workout videos and really like the arm ones because no one else offers this! Strong, beautiful, graceful ballet arms!
This group of exercises gives such good results. And there are no weight used. I like this very much and wish to thank you for your contribution towards a body of grace and beauty.
No time for gym. No personal time with 2 little children and no help. This is very challenging yet, I can already feel will be affective. Hopefully will be stronger and will drop some extra in time for summer. Thank you
Very nice and feels very effective, thank you! You're my favourite workout personality on UA-cam, because - unlike everyone else - you actually acknowledge that the exercises hurt and are unpleasant! it makes them much more bearable that way. Thank you! :)
I say that you're an amazing company to do wokout exercises ballet at home. I'm in Brazil, fiscally really far from you, but you're really present to me. Thanks for your videos, for your choice being a ballet lovers!
My arms were burning but I am doing ballet based exercises each day. I have been doing it for 4 days now and I have did the first two for 2 days in a row where it was 5 minutes, the third day was yesterday and I was doing ballet foot exercises, and today I found your video for my arms and my back.
I probablt didnt push as hard as i could have bevause this was the last of a few Workouts i did and i had to stop in middle of the last one but i love it so much!! Defo adding it to my routines
One of the best weightless arm workouts, I really felt the burn in my shoulders 🔥 I'm definitely going to check out more of your workouts cause I want abs like yours 💪
Loved the arm workout! I especially like the focus on shoulder blades and shoulders. The weightless arms exercises are amazing because the skills their build are transferable to any dance style! Thanks so much! Please keep doing very specific body parts targeted exercise sets. I would love to even see more specific ones like : ankle workout, wrists workout, shoulder blades, toes, neck, fingers, knees, etc. thank you so much!
I've watched countless fitness expert videos showing how to "blast" back fat, and honey this is the best one ever from a slim ballet dancer lol not a muscle bound expect 😂.
My arms are burning, in a good way. But no.1, three and six are nearly a "no take off" for me, I just can't lift my torso from the floor more than 2-3 cm, let alone keep it up there. My back muscles must be very weak, also, I am a very tall 69-year old slim woman, not much muscle on my frame!. Thank you for this workout, I also like it very much that we don't need weight, elastics or anything but our bodies for this workout.
You said "how are your arms feeling?" and I responded out loud "dead" and then you said "probably dead." I laughed out loud. Thank you for the great burn and the encouraging words throughout. I love your workouts
Her smiling through the pain is gorgeous
Yikes
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@madeline569: you must not be a ballet dancer lol smiling through the pain is what ballet is 😂
Maria, I wanted to thank you. I do one of your videos almost daily for the past few months and they have helped me tremendously through these difficult times. We are the same age and yet are lives are so different, and with these videos I can have a small taste of yours, so thank you very much, keep being sweet and inspiring.
хочу с вами я тоже знаю как
this looks so simple but hurt af😂 never thought it would burn my arms so much in the first 2min. im doing strength training more than 3yrs but this video was like hell. ( in a good way)😂😂😂
You are my favorite. Such “simple” exercises but the burn is so strong. Thank you for this video.
Thanks!
OMG! Marie looks like a 92 pound angel but ohhhhh my Godddddd she is as tough as nails!!! Her classes look soooo easy but they are crazy hard. She is AMAZING!!!! Thank you, Maria!!!
This burned but it was also absolute heaven for my weak, tight and irritated bicep tendons. It gave them the release they needed, and some strength, and this also helped increase my shoulder control and mobility/active flexibility. To top it off these exercises also helped me gain more active flexibility and control in my upper back area. It's really helped my posture, daily comfort and my contortion training. I love your work and your routines. X
I just finished doing this workout and love it sooo much! To be honest, the back exercises are very difficult for me but it simply shows that I have to work much harder on my back muscles. Oh and yeah, my arms are also dead right now 😅 It was amazing and I will do this regularly. Thank you, Maria 🙏❤
I've been struggling to find arm and back workouts, and this is fantastic!
Thank you!
Thank you for this amazing workout. I do it 2/3 times per week, my arms, back and even neck are looking and feeling so much stronger e beautiful ❤️
totally glad I found this . I saw the Nutcracker last night and that inspired me to seek "ballet arm strength videos" 20 year yoga practice and injured my neck last dec ( 2022) . Been a slow come back with body strength. TY for all you do. Can't wait to do it again and explore more of your videos.
proud to say i can do this whole workout with 5 lb weights in each hand!
You are a champion. I do the whole workout generally without pauses now but... with weight is other level.
I’m currently on summer break but spending the holidays working (9-7) with only one day off a week when i have a ballet private. As I’m so busy with work I’ve been finding it hard to find time to workout and stretch. I’ve been waking up at 6:30 each day to fit in 2 of your fitness workouts and then a stretch and I feel so much better now that I’m working out again. I’m 16 years old and don’t want to dance as a career but want to continue for fun. Thank you so much for your amazing videos and for inspiring other dancers like me!
If you want to skip the intro, or use this video as a workout, the exersizes start here- 1:25
Best excersises for the upper back muscles. Also, good for the upper spine. Do not stop.
I really like the arms and back workouts. They are very hard and my arms are so tired now but I know I'm getting stronger :)
What an awesome workout for a very much neglected area of the body. Thank you!
Thank you Maria it’s a really beneficial arms and back mini workout. Your approach is also very friendly and relaxed..I’ll use it as part of my daily workout during lockdown.
Thanks so much for this workout! 🙏🏻😊 I’m a cellist and need arm and back strength so this is really helpful! Have a wonderful year Maria! 🤗
Мария вы для меня пример работоспособности, делаю упражнения с вами каждый день!!! Жду новых видео упражнений на красивые и сильные руки! Спасибо!
It was the best upper arms session! Love it as it reminded me of my 7 ballet years!
I’m enjoying these so much. I like them when they are 20 minutes or less because I can fit them in when possible . You are very approachable. So good. Thank you! Keep going!!
I love these workouts even though they can be tough. The arm circles kill me the most so sometimes I start in the middle of the video to do those first before my arms are tired. With the other exercises I can push through the pain, but with arm circles when I'm tired, my arms just die - it isn't painful I just can't lift them anymore!
I agree with you that back muscles are so, so important. I used to do weight machines in the gym for my back, but since I stopped going, I wasn't sure how to work them at home. I would like to request a video for ankle strength and stability if you can. Mine are so flexible that I tend to trip a lot and who better than a ballerina to help us balance better? Thank you.
Thank you so very much for this video! I am probably not your usual commenter, but I want to say you are so very correct in your feeling that the back strength is important for us all, not just ballet dancers! I am a woman in my mid 60s now, and I am in the process of regaining strength from my earlier years, which started to go in my early 60s. From the time I was in my late teens I have done yoga and ballet type work, Adding Pilates along the way. I am not nor have I ever been a professional dancer, but I was able to keep a good strength overall with my exercises through the years. But we reach a certain age and muscle starts to go almost overnight and we must work diligently but extremely carefully to regain it. I as well as many of my age group have Osteo problems and I must be careful in my exercises. But your videos work so well! No I cannot always follow you exactly and through the arm circles I did have to relax for about a second and a half and then I was able to finish it with good form. I don’t go up as high as you with my back extensions, but I am engaging my muscles and I am seeing benefit.
Please continue these videos, as they help so many others, perhaps even more than you realize. Of course you realize the importance of keeping proper strength, but for many of us it’s hard to find things that will truly rebuild strength at our age. I can’t thank you enough! Any and all videos you would like to make I will look forward to viewing and following to the best of my ability. Yes I have to modify them sometimes but it’s very easy to see how the modification would take place so that I can do them and still gain the benefit. Your manner of delivery with Videos is very straightforward, easy to follow, and very enjoyable and encouraging.
I was looking for tonnig my flappy arms without making my shoulder bigger until I found your video. These exercises are really effective for tonning the triceps. Since your workout content is ballet inspired, I'll show your channel to my mom who used to be a ballerina in her early adulthood.
Just starting out.... My arm's are burning, been working the arms, will invest in a mat for the back routines,overall enjoying the workout, thank you for your tuition.
Well done Maria! My arms and back were burning but they thank you. It's amazing that those tiny movements can produce such huge results.
Hi Maria , l started dancing ballet two years ago. Your videos help me so much , I love it , upperback and arms help me to have arms very strong . You are wonderfull, thank you very much .
thank you so much for teachingme how to open up my shoulders and chest. I have broken foot and cant do much exercise and also my posture got so bad from lack of walking and huncheing over cruthces. I started getting pinched nerve in neck but when i do this i feel so much better, and i can breather better since it opens up diaphram, lovely:) -Sarah from NJ, USA
Спасибо, Мария! Очень удачно совпало, как раз силовые сегодня по плану. С Вами было здорово проработать руки!
An absolute burner in the best way possible! I did it with wrist weights as well. Thank you so much for your videos Maria - helping me through our third lockdown here in London x
Me too, seeing your comment helped me get through it -cheers to us! 🥂
I've just started learning the Hungarian variation from Raymonda (which you did beautifully!) so this routine is exactly what I need! Thank you for the wonderful content, as always!
I have very thin and weak arms. I was only able to do the first 2 exercises 😅 Hoping this will give me some strength before I do resistance training. Very nice for correcting posture too!
Thank you!
Thank you! I’m performing Odile in a couple of months and am trying to get my arms ready!
Супер! Казалось бы ,легкие упражнения ,но еле доделала их. Спасибо ,Мария.
Спасибо!очень хорошие упражнения для рук и спины! обязательно -буду их делать;
That was great! Always love doing swan arms and those back bows are intense. Thank you, Maria, and happy New Year!
Thank you, Maria, this short workout was amazing! I don't have the time today for a long workout (which I also enjoy) but this was perfect to tell my body not to slack...
Спасибо большое от всей души!!!
I can't tell you how much I needed this. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you Maria! Loved it! Arms and back are my least favorite but it’s of the utmost importance because our heads are always looking down most of the day
Maria your workouts are everything! You are so encouraging and motivational in every single one of your videos, you have no idea how much this means to many people during these difficult times. Thank you for everything ❤
Your demeanor is such a bright light! Thank you Maria :)
This is my new favorite as a former ballerina. Thank you so much for this Maria, you're truly an inspiration
El trabajo es tan fluido y excelente que aunque dolia pensé que había apenas comenzado, no se hizo largo ni tedioso, eso es lo que hace una excelente entrenadora, felicitaciones a esta hermosa bailarina y coach 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻✨
When I was starting with the university, where I study dance, this video helped me so much! I improved my posture and went with a lot of energy💖💖💖
You are so beautiful with such a giving, loving personality!! I LOVE all of your workout videos and really like the arm ones because no one else offers this! Strong, beautiful, graceful ballet arms!
This group of exercises gives such good results. And there are no weight used. I like this very much and wish to thank you for your contribution towards a body of grace and beauty.
love this video. I'm trying to do this everyday and I feel the difference in my arms. They're getting stronger and toned! Thank you for class :)
Wow I definitely felt the burn!! Thank you for this video! And thank you for sharing and helping people around the world stay healthy!
No time for gym. No personal time with 2 little children and no help. This is very challenging yet, I can already feel will be affective. Hopefully will be stronger and will drop some extra in time for summer. Thank you
Thank you. lots of new exerceises that ive never seen elsewhere. loved it. I'll be back for more!
I am 61 year old and love your exercises. Thank you ❤
Wow. The back exercises are killers. Couldn’t do the second one but tonight was my first try. Lots of room for improvement. Like this a lot. Thanks!
thank you Maria for these helpful exercises. I'll try to practise everyday this summer
super challenging, but my arms feel great after! Thank you!!
Muchas gracias María. Te sigo desde Chile. Cada mañana me inspiras 🌻🌻
Loved it , Maria !thank you so much !
My arms where burning!!!! Great workout, thank you.
Very nice and feels very effective, thank you! You're my favourite workout personality on UA-cam, because - unlike everyone else - you actually acknowledge that the exercises hurt and are unpleasant! it makes them much more bearable that way. Thank you! :)
This video makes me rethink my morals toward myself and I love it
I say that you're an amazing company to do wokout exercises ballet at home. I'm in Brazil, fiscally really far from you, but you're really present to me. Thanks for your videos, for your choice being a ballet lovers!
My arms were burning but I am doing ballet based exercises each day. I have been doing it for 4 days now and I have did the first two for 2 days in a row where it was 5 minutes, the third day was yesterday and I was doing ballet foot exercises, and today I found your video for my arms and my back.
I probablt didnt push as hard as i could have bevause this was the last of a few Workouts i did and i had to stop in middle of the last one but i love it so much!! Defo adding it to my routines
great arm excercises. Grazie Maria
One of the best weightless arm workouts, I really felt the burn in my shoulders 🔥 I'm definitely going to check out more of your workouts cause I want abs like yours 💪
What an effective and easy way to feel the burn.
greeeat! during the exercises i'm almost dying and then it's over! it makes me want more lol
This was awesome! Added to my favorite workouts playlist. Thank you! ☺
hi Maria I finally got around to doing this back workout to slim my down a bit I really felt it and look forward to seeing more routines like this : )
I have to say, this exercise is the best for the shoulders. It is simple and easy to do.
Спасибо, Мария! Очень замечательные упражнения!)Будем делать с энтузиазмом!))
thank you maria ♥♥♥ I love doing swan arms
Спасибо большое. Отличная нагрузка для рук и спины. Жалко, что не было в конце растяжки. Поищу на вашем канале ее.
Your workouts have helped me pinpoint my weaknesses and I’m loving it. Thank you!
Thanks Masha! 🥰
Thank you, Masha! This will really help me! ❤️❤️
I've been working out at home for a long time and I just tried this workout rn and omg it's amazing! soo hard, but so good! thank youuu
such a great arm workout! I was struggling to find something for the arms from a ballerina. This is really good, thak you Maria!
It’s just these what I need ❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you very much Maria
Favorite Maria! Tomorrow I will start follow you.
Thank you so much for this workout
Loved the arm workout! I especially like the focus on shoulder blades and shoulders. The weightless arms exercises are amazing because the skills their build are transferable to any dance style! Thanks so much!
Please keep doing very specific body parts targeted exercise sets. I would love to even see more specific ones like : ankle workout, wrists workout, shoulder blades, toes, neck, fingers, knees, etc.
thank you so much!
Please do more of these!!
Спасибо, Мария!
Love the exercise, my arms are burning 🔥
This is so great! Am recovering from elbow tendinitis so can't lift weights, this arm training is a life saver!
I've watched countless fitness expert videos showing how to "blast" back fat, and honey this is the best one ever from a slim ballet dancer lol not a muscle bound expect 😂.
LOVED this! Also thank you for helping me find out that I have 0 back muscle whatsoever xD
Thank youuuuu so much, this really helps
Maria is a rock star.
Nice and short! Good job Maria!
Excellent arm workout - i travel alot and can do this easily in my hotel room. very effective. all your videos are very good!
I'll do this every day! Fantastic!
Excellent! Also- this may be the first youtube clip I've ever seen with no dislikes?! Testament to your fab videos
Wow. So amazing and effective exercises
your workouts videos are really gorgeous
Great. Fantastic COACH ! Real coach.
My arms are burning, in a good way. But no.1, three and six are nearly a "no take off" for me, I just can't lift my torso from the floor more than 2-3 cm, let alone keep it up there. My back muscles must be very weak, also, I am a very tall 69-year old slim woman, not much muscle on my frame!. Thank you for this workout, I also like it very much that we don't need weight, elastics or anything but our bodies for this workout.