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Originally Posted by Bellydancefanatic
Hello Everyone,
I wanted to know what you all do to keep your body in shape. What kind of exercises do you do to keep your knees strong and "bendable" ? Leg endurance? Flexibility and toned arms? How about keeping those undulations going, and smooth looking too? Besides practice, what are your suggestions for these types of exercises?
Bellydancefanatic
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cardiovascular endurance and stamina, spinning.
Endurance and strength, stair stepper. It's an evil machine, but you know you've worked out
Flexibility, and mental stability, yoga
I also weight train, with free weights, no machines
you can't really work the knee joint, but you can build up the muscle surrounding it so that it has strong support:
squats with excellent form, abs in and up, shoulders back and down, spine in good posture, hips square to floor, when you look down past your knee you can see your big toes.
plie squats
hamstring curls
standing side leg raises, weighted or unweighted
good stretching will keep them flexible