Warm-up with Alexie

A full-body warm-up that lengthens, elongates and strengthens. Alignment comes first, because it supports the joints and builds flexibility.

It begins standing with isolations of the head, shoulders, ribcage and hips. From there it rolls down to the floor for plank and downward-dog work, deep lunges, hip-flexor and quad stretches, and a long stretch through the legs. A set of ab and tricep work sits in the middle.

Breath is the thread through all 30 minutes. You come back to it often, along with the reason you stepped onto the dance floor today.