Up on your toes.

Today I fell off the step, almost twisted my ankle, bumped my arm on the wall and fell face down on the floor. The point of this story? Just take note of that almost. I was lucky. Now this never happened when I was in dance classes, for this reason: I had strong ankles. Strong ankles come from being up on your toes all the time. This is not something you have to do as part of an hour long workout or gym session where you try to work every muscle imaginable. You can do this anytime. It is fun to twirl around and try to do leg lifts while up on your toes, strengthening your calf muscles, ankles and shins. Walk around in high heels - but don't trip, or better yet, just pretend those heels are there and you can't come down. The result is that you will be less likely to twist your ankle and your legs will look great, at least from the knee down.