Ballet Baby – Fit & Graceful, Trimesters 2 & 3: Digital DVD
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Beautiful workouts for a healthy, happy and fit pregnancy brought to you by ballerina, celebrity trainer and mama, Mary Helen Bowers! Workout with Mary Helen during her pregnancy and enjoy a combination of gentle prenatal stretching, toning and light cardio work created to strengthen and tone the body during the second and third trimesters. Always check with your Doctor before beginning any exercise while pregnant or after having a baby.
Run Time: 58 Minutes
Level: All Levels
8 reviews for Ballet Baby – Fit & Graceful, Trimesters 2 & 3: Digital DVD
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Meet Mary Helen Bowers
A professional ballerina by training, Mary Helen danced with New York City Ballet for 10 years before graduating from Columbia University and founding Ballet Beautiful. She personally trained Natalie Portman for her Academy Award winning role in Black Swan along with countless other A-list celebrities, supermodels & millions around the world, delivering authentic, results-driven ballet-inspired training.
MT –
Perfect for Pregnancy. I’m in my second trimester and taking full advantage of Mary Helen’s pregnancy workouts! I am a huge fan of Ballet Beautiful and am so happy I can continue these exercises throughout my pregnancy. I still feel challenged and maintaining my toned muscles with this series. Highly recommend these workouts for pregnant women, and I will continue to use these even after pregnancy.
photogirlla –
Great introduction to Mary Helen Bowers
“I am not pregnant, I am menopausal w/fibromyalgia and hypermobility. But I find the Ballet Beautfiul series to be very helpful for those conditions; precisely because her exercises use small muscles that normally never see the light of day. These muscles, as they tone up, seem to hold my ligaments in place better than any other kind of exercise I’ve tried. I was doing a lot of yoga, but my physiotherapist told me to lay off of it because of the hypermobility.
So the first DVD I tried was the Classic Ballet series. It was very difficult, but I enjoyed it, and I was looking for something a little less strenuous to do on days when my energy was low, or I had done weights at the gym and just wanted some movement in the evening ( I find I have a lot less fibromyalgia pain if I move around).
This DVD is much gentler than the Classic Ballet series. It involves a 30 minute mat session, 30 minutes standing session, and a 10 minutes stretch session, covering the different trimesters. Having sweated and cursed my way through the Classic Ballet and the Ballet Blast series, this was much easier- but it contains different variations, so I still feel it. Mary Helen has grace, a soothing voice, and an engaging smile; this is no drill sergeant, which I like. The last thing I need is someone yelling at me if I can’t lift my leg up; I like someone to encourage, not lambast me.
Mary Helen gives a very gentle clear instructions for pregnant ladies, so I would imagine this would be very helpful. The only thing that I didn’t like was no explanation of the ballet positions and the correct form in the standing exercises. I am not a dancer, by any stretch of the imagination, so in trying to emulate her foot positions I tweaked my knee. Nothing major, and I’m going to look up what the ballet positions are and see if I can teach myself better form before I try to do the standing series again. That’s the only reason I’m deducting a star here, because she gives such good instruction in modification for pregnancy, but I would have liked a little instruction on where my feet should be and proper form. I think you can injure yourself if you try to imitate her without a basic knowledge of the terms and foot positions.
But for anyone who, unlike me, has actually taken a dance class, this is a great workout, and a nice introduction to her series, even without a baby bump!”
sunshine –
bought this for a gift
“I bought this for my Daughter in Law, who is 3 months along. she was very excited to receive this bundle. I know she is looking forward to using this every week, we love working out with piano music and calm but effective toning exercises. Thank you for much for making this available in DVD format.”
helluvagoodnews –
Not Just For Pregnant Women!
“Okay, so, I’m not pregnant, and I’m not planning to be until a little later on in life. These will come in handy for when and if that time comes, though. That said, I am a big fan of Mary Helen Bowers and I have become a collector of her work since the past year. I came across the Ballet Baby bundles, so I will review this one first before reviewing her other one, so please check my other reviews!
This is a very gentle workout series that targets the arms and upper body, legs, butt, thighs, and abs. The abs workout is extremely gentle, for obvious reasons, though you can try to make it more challenging by putting your arms up in mid-air and hold them as you do the crunches. There are no bridge series in this bundle or the other baby bundle, again, for obvious reasons. This bundle is the more easier one, and the other one is more challenging. Both the bundles have very gentle cardio series to compliment the weight/strength/toning aspects of it. You need both for successful weight loss, especially during your pregnancy!
I love doing these bundles when I’m near my menstrual cycle. When PMS hits, I get very emotional and I feel too weak and too much in pain to do her other classical and challenging dvds. The cramps hold me back from working out, but I figured, rather than letting it overcome me, to just do gentle workouts. So, Ballet Baby is the perfect solution to this. You don’t have to be pregnant to use the bundles; they are great for toning and elongating your muscles, just hard enough to notice the results, but not too hard that it adds to your menstrual (or pregnancy-related) aches and pain. I may not be able to control the PMS bloat and water retention during the horrible week before my period hits, but at least afterwards, my body looks noticeably slimmer and tighter after the storm has passed. 🙂
And that’s a beautiful thing, you know?”
KH –
Great Pregnancy Workouts!
“I am 20 weeks and I love these workouts. I use her Ballet Baby workouts 3-4 times a week. I have used Ballet Beautiful workouts in the past and I loved the way they helped my posture and made my arms and legs feel strong and tight. These workouts are not nearly as intense as her regular workouts, but they do give you a burn. Mary Hellen Bowers is encouraging throughout the workout and gives you great tips to make sure you’re in the proper form.”
Diane –
Best short exercise for Ballet Beautiful fan
“I love Ballet Beautiful because it’s giving me results and not making me sore the day after. I was pregnant and did this exercise – it’s really gentle and relaxing to do. It doesn’t have the Bridge segment – which to me is the killer routine and the one I had most difficulty with. I’m now using it during the recovery after miscarriage. 30 minutes is the optimal exercise time for me.”
Cynthia Hannah –
Five stars
“Love this bundle , Mary Helen Bowers does it again!”
Sandria –
How I start my morning!
“I am currently 8 months pregnant and this workout video has really helped me stay motivated to dance, move and workout again. I had about two months off from barely any exercise (school hours monopolized my time) and as someone who has been very active for many years, I was feeling like I was in a physical rut. I really enjoyed the pace of this workout and it’s challenging too! I did get a little lost at times when setting up into positions (I am a little rusty with my terminology) but it isn’t too hard to follow when you get out of your head and just start to move. I highly recommend! My thighs are on fire and I love it!”