Now that your warm, I like to start with the stretches before some of the other things you can do.
1. Front Bend...
This is a very basic stretch where you simple straighten your legs in front of you and slowly bend forward. Once you are flat against your legs, with nice straight legs, you flex and pointe a few times. Then slowly come up. Do the same with turned out legs now. After you've done this, try it using the wall the same way you used the floor. Push of the floor with your hands and bring your stomich to your legs on the wall. Hold for twenty counts.
2. Balance Front...
Sit on the floor and bend your knees so that they touch your stomich. Wrap your arms around you outer thigh (the first section of your leg... not your shins). Keep your back in a perfect straight line and straighten your legs as much as you can while still keeping them touching your stomich. Balance as long as possible.
3. Another Front Stretch...
Lay on your back keep your legs straight in front of you. Take one of your legs and slowly pull it toward you in a bent position, and slowly straighten. Hold a fews seconds, and then repeat with other leg.
4. Side split...
Start in a turned out first and slowly let your legs slide out on either side of you into a split. Bend to the side and hold, bend to the other side and hold, then bend forward, and repeat about 6 times. Flex and pointe your feet and finish. From your side split you can face the wall and slowly push yourself as close to it as possible. Hold for five minutes and finish.
5. Back Stretch...
Lay on your stomich with your legs straight back, and bring your leg to posse` back. Bend back as far as possible three times and finish. Repeat with other leg. From your original position, bend your legs (keeping them together) and arch your back, back to touch your feet to your head. Try to keep your hips on the ground.
6. Splits...
Tondu front and slide into a split. Bend back, and then front. Repeat. Do it again only this time when you bend back, bend your back leg and touch it to your head.
7. Door Way Splits...
Stand in a door way or narrow hall and lift your leg to the front, side, or back, supporting it by the wall. Hold the other wall with your arms, and push into a split. Hold for as long as you like. From that postion do plies, releve`s, and bend forward and back or side to side.
Now we're all stretched out! Lets get strong now. These exercises will help you hold the positions you were stretching.
1. Devlope`s...
These are excellent steps to practice around the house. Try to do thirty each way every single day. You'll get much stronger.
2. Back Exercise...
Put your legs under a heavy and low piece of furniture. Make sure your legs are straight! Now take your arms to third position and slowly bend back. repeat about twenty times. :)