After doing this workout once or twice, your muscle memory will kick in and it'll start to feel more natural, Dreusike says. That means you have to really think about the area you're working and focus on tapping into each muscle-especially when you're doing a move that requires tiny movements. "The smaller muscles aren't less important, but they're not the first group of muscles that our brain goes to activate during certain motions," Dreusike says. These moves may feel a bit strange at first, especially if you've never taken a barre class before.
Dancer Jillian Dreusike, creator of Allongée Technique in Philadelphia, put together this butt and thigh workout for SELF to help you tap into those muscles and give your lower body the 360-degree workout it needs. Think of all the pretty images of them leaping in the air or pirouetting-their legs are almost always turned out, which means they're tapping into these more elusive muscles. These are the muscles that help you rotate your legs in and out, which helps make you more efficient and avoid injury while you walk, run, and more.īallerinas are no strangers to using these muscles. Sit, squat, run, stand, walk-your butt and thighs definitely get a workout during your everyday life, but what about those smaller muscles? You're likely hitting up the big guns like your glutes, quads, and hamstrings without having to think about it, but it's less likely you're tapping into those smaller muscles like your adductors and abductors (that is, your inner and outer thighs) on a regular basis.
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