Ballet Workout

Ballet Beautiful founder Mary Helen Bowers shares a few of her favorite exercises from her new video series:

Be Ab-Fab. Creating a strong center of balance begins with building strong abdominal muscles. Lift the body up, contracting the abs as you close the arms to first position.Pull the stomach in, closing and opening the arms as you lift up and lower. Repeat 30 times.

Tone Those Arms. Sitting down on the mat, extend your legs out straight and place your hands just behind your hips, with the fingers facing the outer edge of the mat, Lift your hips off the mat as you stretch the elbows, keeping your chest open and your neck long. Pull your stomach in tight and then bend the elbows slightly. Repeat this 30 times.