by Garth Grimball | Oct 1, 2024 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Pointe+
The water of the San Francisco Bay has an average temperature between 51 and 61 degrees Fahrenheit, can have currents as strong as six knots, and is home to herds of seals, with occasional great white shark sightings. For San Francisco Ballet corps member Jacob...
by Madeline Schrock | May 8, 2019 | Cross-Training, Profiles
Updated 11/14/22. Many workouts, one goal: When Nayara Lopes is asked what she does to cross-train, there’s no short answer. Some days she swims laps; other days she takes yoga. And then there are her elliptical sessions, strength-training with light weights and...
by Madeline Schrock | Aug 9, 2017 | Cross-Training, Profiles
Cross-training to heal: Since 2010, principal dancer Adrian Danchig-Waring has dealt with flare-ups of painful stress fractures in his shins. When we spoke, he was working on healing those “dreaded black lines,” substituting physical therapy, cardio and...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 10, 2016 | Ask Amy, Cross-Training, Wellness
I have stress fractures in my sesamoid bones and need to be off my feet for four weeks. What are the best non–weight-bearing exercises I can do to stay in ballet shape? —Lindsay Your sesamoid bones (two tiny, pea-shaped bones under the ball of the foot...
by Madeline Schrock | Mar 31, 2016 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. Om at home: Three days a week, Van Buskirk spends about 20 minutes waking up with yoga. “I build muscle easily,” she says, “so I like to balance it out by stretching and...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 31, 2015 | Ask Amy, Cross-Training
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Is working out in a pool a good way to cross-train? If so, can you describe some of the strengthening exercises that dancers can do in the water? —Karen If you’re looking for a...