I'm making my way right on through "Year One, Lesson Two". I'm excited... I'm totally getting the hang of everything! I can do this! Confident in myself, I proceed to "Year One, Lesson Three Barre". (This is the first lesson that has a Barre video and a Center video). It's going a little faster and I'm keeping up, even when she only speaks some of the moves instead of showing it all. I have to skip the double tendus- the video cuts off her feet and I can't see what I am supposed to be doing. My rond de jambes are getting more consistent: we've (me and my online instructor! Ha!) been doing them very slowly: front-two-three-four, side-two-three-four. I decided to check out another video the other day to see if I could get any more tips and I saw what a real rond de jambe looks like- wow! Not like what I've been doing. But today, they improved some!
So then we get to tendu with a plie and up to demi, going pretty speedy. I'm going the right speed... but my calves are getting tired already. They can't keep up! My calves have always been one of my strongest spots, thanks to years of speed skating when I was younger. But I see very quickly just how little strength I have- and that's in my strongest muscles! (I do give myself credit for figuring out the turning part- I practiced that one a few times without the video- I need to work on my technique, but I have the gist!)
The next exercises are even harder! My confidence is quickly hit. Actually, it was hit when my calves started going out so soon. Frappes! My legs are SO heavy! All the photos I've been looking at make it seem as though legs are weightless... that's so far from the truth! Hahahah! So yeah, time to do some strength stuff- including some frappes!
(Note: I took off the past two days- I've been so sleepy, and just could not get my butt up to work! But I woke up this morning determined to not only put in at least a couple of hours, but to do so AFTER installing my mirror. Yes, I now have a nearly perfect-length mirror on the wall that my barre is on- it fits right in between my barre with like an inch to spare on either side! I can see my feet very well in it, and my arms up to my wrists. It's perfect! Now all I need is a hard platform and I'll be set- working on carpet seems to be more difficult than when I try in my kitchen.)
So then we get to tendu with a plie and up to demi, going pretty speedy. I'm going the right speed... but my calves are getting tired already. They can't keep up! My calves have always been one of my strongest spots, thanks to years of speed skating when I was younger. But I see very quickly just how little strength I have- and that's in my strongest muscles! (I do give myself credit for figuring out the turning part- I practiced that one a few times without the video- I need to work on my technique, but I have the gist!)
The next exercises are even harder! My confidence is quickly hit. Actually, it was hit when my calves started going out so soon. Frappes! My legs are SO heavy! All the photos I've been looking at make it seem as though legs are weightless... that's so far from the truth! Hahahah! So yeah, time to do some strength stuff- including some frappes!
(Note: I took off the past two days- I've been so sleepy, and just could not get my butt up to work! But I woke up this morning determined to not only put in at least a couple of hours, but to do so AFTER installing my mirror. Yes, I now have a nearly perfect-length mirror on the wall that my barre is on- it fits right in between my barre with like an inch to spare on either side! I can see my feet very well in it, and my arms up to my wrists. It's perfect! Now all I need is a hard platform and I'll be set- working on carpet seems to be more difficult than when I try in my kitchen.)
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