The New York City Ballet Workout: 50 Stretches and Exercises Anyone Can Do for a Strong, Graceful, and Sculpted Body

What a wonderful book! I just bought it and I can't wait to get started. I've read it from cover to cover a few times, and I'm more than pleased with my purchase. The magnificent bodies are marvelous and breathtaking. It's true that the first few pages are bios and frou frou, but their stories are inspiring and motivating. Plus, they discuss why dancers' bodies are more agile and sculpted than most athletes, as well as tips on getting started, how to listen to your body and optimize your workout.The workout is divided into six sections. Warm up and Stretch, followed by Abs (14-20 minutes), Floor barre (12-16 minutes), Ballet center (16-22 minutes) and Legs (16-22 minutes). Although they say you can do the entire workout as time permits, they offer suggestions for 10 or 20 minute workouts, as well as specialized workouts to correlate with specific sports for strength and flexibility or body parts of concentration. The instructions are clear-cut and detailed and along with the music selections they recommend, you'll feel like a prima ballerina. Personally, I have a lot of fat to lose so I plan on using this workout as a supplement to an aerobic regimen. I'm looking forward to using this workout every morning to get my day started.

This is a great book for anyone that wants to achieve results without a lot of hard work. I ordered this book just before Christmas, and within just a few weeks of doing these exercises for about 45 minutes 4 to 5 times a week, I am already seeing results. The exercises are easy to do, and there are so many different ones in the book, you can pick the workout that's perfect for you. This is one workout I really look forward to.

I heard about this book several years ago, and never bought it. Now I am sorry for my lapse. It made me feel so strong and beautiful. But even more so, my body felt fantastic when I was done. It is wonderful to feel how every muscle in my body works, and that is what this book did for me. The exercises are challenging, but they made me feel great. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a new and exciting way to tone their body.

I started this workout the summer after my senior year in high school, I wanted to tone up and lose a little weight before I went off to college, but I wanted something I could do at home without much preparation or equipment. I did these workouts, mainly the abs one and the basic workout, four times a week, sometimes in the morning, mainly at night watching David Letterman. The results were subtle, but by the end of the summer everyone in my family was commenting on how I looked so much slimmer (though the scale stayed the same) and a couple of acquiantences even asked me if I was a dancer! I could tell the difference in increased flexibility and the wonderfully tight stomach i developed. Its awesome, it really yeilds results!