Dancing In Heels: Day 2
Duration: 00:31:49
Today you’ll work on getting to know your feet better through strengthening, stretching, and massage.
Pro tip: Foot cramps are very common and normal when you start to train calves, feet and toes. Below I’ve listed a few ways to help prevent foot cramps:
- Stay hydrated
- Massage your feet and calves before, during, and after training
- Eat food with potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium
- Get enough sleep
- Breathe
If you experience a foot cramp, stop whatever action you’re doing and apply pressure just below the knee pit, like this:
Allow the videos to play in order and follow along. Feel free to pause anytime you need to.
Below is a list of direct links to each related tutorial. Remember you only need to click on these if you’d like more help or information.
So for the ankle rotations, my thighs are so thick, I can’t really manage to put one leg on top of the other. I tried holding up my leg with the hand that wasn’t holding the band. Is that ok? Do you have any other modifications? This exercise felt good in my calves, though.
Oh you can place the foot on an ottoman or anything that allows you to keep the whole leg from moving around while you isolate the ankle.
Also you can lay on a bed, let the foot hang off and do ankle rotations.
ooooh these are all great!!!