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Question: Ballet affecting the body!?
I have been doing ballet for 6 years now!.
I have very long legs, and arms, I am not sure if it is because of the ballet or not!.
I recently quit, and I was wondering, will my arms and legs lose their length, or stop growing!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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ballet doesnt affect the length of your arms and legs!. so dont worry they wont lose their length!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You know I am the EXACT same way!. My legs are very long as well as my arms and even neck!. When people I don't know talk to me they ask me if I am a Ballet dancer!. Honestly I believe ballet does to a certain percent help your limbs be long and lean!. I started Ballet at the age of 3 and competed all over North America!. When you are a trained ballet dancer for so long your muscles are leaner and longer because of all the exercises and stretches you do in class (at least thats what my ballet teachers always said) I stoped dancing after I had my first child and I still have the long lean limbs even after my 3rd child!. It could be genetics but I beleive it was all those years of ballet trainingWww@QuestionHome@Com

Ballet has absolutely NOTHING to do with how much or how fast you grow!. You won't shrink after stopping or anything like that!. Your body grows as much as it is 'programmed' or 'set' to based on your genes!. As ballet doesn't affect your genetics, it doesn't affect your growth!.

Have you taken a biology class yet!? If and when you do, pay extra attention!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Of course not!.!.
ballet plays no part in making it longer!.!. it gradually builds muscles!.!. so it evens out your arms!.!.
Since you quit!.!. keep physically excercising!.!.
your arms can sometimes lose muscle and turn into fat (dont worry though)!.!. this will make your arms look shorter!.!.

but!.!. otherwise i dnt think ballet increases/ reduces your arms length its more to do with muscles!!

Hope this helped
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i also take ballet, and i have been for about 10 years!. the length of your arms and legs have nothing to do with the ballet!. dance only makes you more muscular, and flexible, but it doesn't alter your growth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't think ballet makes your legs/arms longer, but it makes them more muscular!. Since you quit, you might get less muscular!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ballet really didnt have anything to do with it!.
Although ballerinas are said to very tall thats not because they take ballet!.
It's just how your own body grows!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

this isnt to do with ballet !. and why woul you quit was it like a bad teacher or somethingWww@QuestionHome@Com