Muscle
Ballet® - Esprit
de Danse®
Fitness
Through Conscious Movement® - Stretch
and Feel it®
Fitness Through Conscious Movement® - Stretch and Feel it®
For all levels, this unique workout program
incorporates the art and beauty of ballet with the science of
a muscular workout. Based on Joseph Pilates' principles and Stephanie Herman's
Conscious Movement techniques, Muscle Ballet®
incorporates a cardiovascular workout that improves body/mind
coordination and helps participants achieve a longer, leaner,
stronger body line.
Muscle Ballet® offers non-dancers and dancers
the beauty and results of ballet movements broken down into simple,
low-impact steps. Progressing through an efficient warm-up, dynamic
sequences travelling across floor, and balance and elongation
techniques, the workout is easy-to-follow with movements that
are fun and rewarding to beginners, yet also challenging enough
for those with extensive dance backgrounds.
Muscle Ballet®
Weight Training
Stephani Herman re-invents
strength training with the creation of her trademarked Muscle
Ballet® Weight Training, a functional weight training
program based on the principles of ballet, Joseph Pilates,and
physical therapy. Instead of heavy weights and endless repetitions,
Muscle Ballet® Weight Training (MBWT) emphasizes
alignment, breathing, specific muscular isolation and control
to sculpt long, lean muscles quickly and effectively and to improve
balance, range and fluidity of movement.
In contrast to Nike's slogan "Just do it", Stephanie urges you to "Find it, Feel it, and Move it," emphasizing technique over effort. MBWT translates that principle into a three-dimensional and three-level approach. In the first level, Stephanie goes beyond Pilates' principles with her mat workout, designed to help clients with muscle isolation, skeletal alignment and fine muscle control. In the next level, Stephanie teaches you to use standard gym equipment like Cybex, Kaiser, Nautilus and LifeFitness with a therapeutically choreographed approach. Finally, movements are choreographed with the use of gym equipment to further hone muscle isolation, control and balanced development.
FITNESS THROUGH CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT®
The building block of the EdD series, FTCM introduces breathing and Pilates techniques, alignment, balance, choreographed sequences and Stephanie's special metaphors for an effective strengthening and lengthening workout. FTCM is therapeutically designed to focus on the often neglected supporting muscles like the psoas, VMO, and hamstring-buttock connection.
The beat builds as Conscious Movement principles are woven into simple dance sequences. At the introductory level, Stephanie builds simple choreography step-by-step, pulling from a vocabulary of moves designed to work all muscle groups while groving your way Bob Fosse and Alvin Ailey. Moving up, down, left and right, the jazzy pulse of Esprit de Danse® will turn even the most reluctant into a dancer. EdD is simple enough for novices to folow, yet challenging for even the most jaded aerobicizer.
Perfect after any of the above classes, or as a stand-alone workout, Stretch and Feel It® features innovative, safe, deep stretches based on Pilates and yoga that will make you feel several inches taller and lighter!