Anonymous: I'm a ballet dancer, and i want to supplement my training with a healthy diet. Can you give me any advice on what is good and what not in the diet of a ballerina?
The Black Swan diet!
Breakfast:
- 1 orange;
- 200ml skimmed milk;
- French toast made with 2 slices of whole meal bread, 1 tsp of skimmed milk and 1 egg;
Snack:
- 1 slice of whole meal bread;
- 1 tbsp of peanut butter;
- 1 fat-free yoghurt;
- 1 apple;
Lunch:
- 2 rye crisp breads;
- 15 grapes;
- 2 plums;
Snack:
- ½ wholemeal bagel;
- 25 g of cottage cheese;
- 200ml of tomato juice;
- ½ grapefruit;
Dinner:
- 50g of chicken breast;
- 200g of tinned tomatoes;
- 100g of wholemeal pasta;
Snack:
- 1 fat free yoghurt;
- 1 banana;
“A ballerina’s diet is essentially a healthy eating plan, however it is a little stricter than most. Ballet dancers need to perform certain routines in order to pirouette their way to that perfect figure […]”
Healthy swaps ♡
Planks > Crunches
Interval workout > relaxed run
Warming up > Rushing right to it
Stairs > Escalator
Homemade post-workout snack > Protein bar
Raw spinach > Iceberg
Cinnamon > Sugar
Whole fruit > Fruit juice
Air-popped corn > Chips
Brown rice > White
Avocado > Butter
Oatmeal > Sugary cereal
Eating breakfast > Hitting Snooze
Journaling > Emotional eating
Self-love > Self-criticism
Stretching and strengthening: The New York City Ballet Workout
“Ballet is no longer something that only young, lithe wannabe dancers do. Over the past few years it has become increasingly popular as a challenging, yet enjoyable workout. This is partly because no exercise equipment is necessary and it doesn’t take long to reap the benefits. […] As with any other exercise, you should do a five to 10-minute total body stretch before the routine. If any of the moves are painful, stop immediately.”
To view the exercises, click here! ♡
Things to eat before a ballet class!
With proteins, vitamins, energy and other things that’ll make you rock on classes!!!
- Bananas
- Berries
- Carrots
- Cereal
- Chicken thighs
- Chocolate milk
- Cottage cheese
- Cranberries
- Eggs
- Oranges
- Peanuts
- Fish
“Tutorials” like this will be very ordinary in balletballetballet, I hope you like it and give me some ideais about what I’d make to help you all!!! Send me ideas: http://balletballetballet.tumblr.com/ask
