Dance and Nutrition Part One: My Story

Dance and Nutrition: what an important topic. Dance is incredibly demanding- dancers train (at least) as hard as athletes, however as artists are required to maintain a certain line. (‘Line’ is how we often describe the shape of the body in dance, both in general and when in specific poses). I recently went to see…

Insanity Update- Is Insanity Right for Ballet Dancers?

  So it’s been a little while since my last Insanity update, mainly because I haven’t been exercising over the bank holiday weekend after our downstairs neighbours’ complaints! Read my Insanity adventures here with the first post and second post about my experiences. Being around 2 weeks in now, I’m starting to see a lot…

The Insanity continues…

Hi everyone! Here’s the next instalment of my Insanity diary… if you haven’t caught up on my foray into the world of cardio so far, you can read the first post here.     DAY FOUR: CARDIO RECOVERY When I saw the word “recovery”, I felt happy. I felt hopeful. About two and a half…

Insanity! It begins…

  So, our household has recently gotten into Insanity- you know, the super-difficult at-home workout programme? I’d heard of it, and known people who had tried it and gotten great results, so I decided to try it out. I initially did this a few times in preparation for my dad’s wedding (I was trying to…