Note: stop halfway means to stop between 1st position and fully stretching the foot in tendu, working through the metatarsal. In this stopping place, the part of the foot with a pad covering it (shown in the picture) will still be on the floor while your foot itself is still pointed.
Begin in 1st position
1 Begin tendu devant, stop halfway
2 Finish tendu devant, fully extended pointed foot front
3 Flex only toes, keeping foot pointed
4 Return toes to point tendu devant
5 Close to 1st position with straight knees
6 Tendu devant without stopping halfway
7 Close to 1st position in plié
8 Straighten knees
1-8 Repeat first phrase to the side
1-8 Repeat first phrase to the back
1 Flex foot 45° front, plié on supporting leg
2-3 Rond de jambe working leg to 45° side, then carry to 45° back in fondu
4 Close and straighten knees in 1st position
5-8 Repeat the last counts 1-4 starting from the back, side, then front
gold price says
Last all I developed a stress fracture on the inside of my foot from hiking and alot of box jumps. Now- as a female- i’m much more susceptible to these. I ignored it for about a week and continued working out and it just because more and more painful. My doctor eventually said, take two weeks off and then if it hurts, stop. Ofcourse, i still worked out, just went easy on the foot. She explained to me something interesting though. Stress fractures don’t heal unless you let them and eventually if you keep using it before it does, your bone can actually break. I found alot of very helpful information via my own research online. It took my foot about 3-4 months to completely heal- I’m sure this is because I was adamant about working out and never let my foot heal. odd note- mine never showed up in an x-ray anyways but my doctor was positive that’s what it was, so said the bone scan wasn’t necessary. Seems to be doing okay now that I had to take 6 weeks off due to Rhabdo 🙂 – hope this helps.