Veterans Try Ballet for the First Time ft. Chef Rush

Today Chef Rush and I take on ballet with Principal Dancer Petra Conti!
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[@hansu-nihon]

Instead of laughing all the time, I like the fact that these guys took the challenge quite seriously and did their very best. Well done guys!👍

[@hitts8928]

From being a Master Sergeant, President's personal Chef and a bodybuilder to ballet dancing with butterfly wings 😂😂😂

[@tieiatalks]

Chef shaking his head…what have I gotten into? When she yelled, “focus!” That’s not what I thought she said. 🤣

[@232-gabrieltrois7]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

[@AramiCastro998]

Austen's grand plie and port de bras were great, having Petra Conti as your ballet teacher is no joke, you both did great!

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you! haha

[@Lisathecutestandprettiest]

This just shows that ballet is a sport and we should respect it

[@itsneverduck.8691]

Chef was the best fairy godmother ever!!! Nice spotting Austen!!! Ballet isn’t easy and I know Chef was struggling for sure but you both did a good job!

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you!! I was so sore after lol

[@itsneverduck.8691]

@@AustenAlexander it’s definitely harder than it looks. It’s a very different manner of using muscles. The toll it takes on your toes alone is astounding! Technology has come a little ways since I was little. When I was a kid you had a solid wooden block in your pointe ballet shoe and cotton batting, bandaids, and the will of god. To have and maintain so much grace while being in pain is awe inspiring. Every winter there’s the Nutcracker Ballet and it’s so beautiful to see when you have an idea of what goes into the routine. Highly recommend seeing it at least once in your life.

[@Simplenotion]

@@itsneverduck.8691 I am a dancer and I'm very certain that wood never really was a thing in point shoes - it may sound and feel like wood - it isn't. In Italy they used metal...in Russia they used cork but that's a loooong time ago. Your box was probably made out of the mixture of fabric, glue and cardboard that the pointe shoe boxes today still are made out of. The glue and compression makes the materials very hard and durable but also easier to break down, quieter and lighter than wood ever could be.

[@itsneverduck.8691]

@@Simplenotion it has certainly changed for the better in recent decades, however I’m quite old and my cousin dissected an old shoe of hers so I could see what it was made of and it was indeed wood and cotton. However, nowadays the boxes are much better than when I was little. If you look up the historical anatomy of pointe ballet shoes, it’ll actually say they were wooden. I’m glad things have gotten better in recent decades because I still find pointe ballet truly beautiful and awe inspiring.

[@jillstaley1278]

I'm glad you and chef were men enough to do this you guys look great and I think it brings awareness to ballet as well as people need all forms of exercise.

[@AustenAlexander]

Thanks Jill we appreciate that!

[@AustenAlexander]

Happy New Year Ya'll! I'm branching out and doing different types of content this year. Only military tests and fitness challenges gets somewhat draining to me SO prepare for survival videos, trying new things, and of course some fitness/military stuff sprinkled in! Thanks for watching!

[@CharLeaKim]

Thank you for the uploads mate. Kia Kaha. Much Respect from New Zealand.

[@LPthat]

love that! Have you heard of the German ‚survival’ KZbinr Fritz Meinecke? He recently did an incredible format called 7 vs wild which went viral here in Germany. Maybe you can get some inspiration from there?

[@AustenAlexander]

@@LPthat I’ll definitely take a look at that!

[@AustenAlexander]

@@CharLeaKim thanks for watching Boe 🙏

[@doctorcorgi3134]

Sounds like Michelle Khare to me. Which I am all for.

[@sabinedeixler2637]

From a former ballet dancer: You did so well. I can't believe you quickly you both picked everything up. I'd love to see you after several classes.

[@JoaoMarinhoSP]

Austen would actually have future in ballet. He has the spirit, we can tell. With some training, I can see him dancing as a professional.

[@CuriousHarlow]

Ok Austen as a ballerina I have to say.... for such a big guy, that really was not that bad. You have balance and a bit of turn out. I was impressed. 👍

[@AustenAlexander]

Thanks so much!!

[@maddog76ful]

Guy in white was doing good. He has awareness and coordination for ballet.

[@Leilaniiiiiii]

I love this!!! Many people don't realize that pro ballet dancers are pro athletes - and they have the added challenges of timing their athletic moves to music, in costumes, and making them look effortless and beautiful. It's very hard to do these positions the first time, because turnout feels so unnatural and you're trying to make your movements flow and look effortless while you're getting tired - the guys' athleticism really showed in that they were both able to dance in the center by the end! Bravo!!💕

[@luciesmile9240]

austen, your turnout in fifth position is seriously no joke! i‘ve been dancing ballet for years and am still not as turned out as you! really a job well done, also from chef

[@AustenAlexander]

haha wow thank you! I'm not sure how i was able to do that honestly

[@NaptuRo90]

The way they ran to the dressing room when she said “chop chop!” #priceless

[@AustenAlexander]

she kinda scared me at first ngl

[@Songbirdstress]

@@AustenAlexander She definitely gave you the full ballet mistress taste lol

[@-10ranch]

Chef you did better in the costume than without it. Must have been the wings.

[@AllieOnPointe]

Honestly super impressed with the effort here guys! Ballet is hard!

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you!

[@Nova_Kia]

Austen is a natural! Like he has been preparing for this!

[@johnmorrison843]

Austin is a natural, so graceful and smooth

[@stephyidance]

I got emotional when Petra Conti saying thank you for bringing awareness to ballet. Many ballet schools and companies are struggling due to the pandemic. Thanks so much for trying ballet! You guys did great and fun to watch 👍!

[@ekoo3714]

I'd like to see a whole company do this and do a choreography. This is amazing.

[@AlystraCurrentlyAFK]

As a ballet dancer for 14 years now, this made my day.

[@swampwitchchic]

As a ballet dancer I love this😂

[@AustenAlexander]

lol THANK YOU! Watch out I may be better than you in a few years :)

[@swampwitchchic]

@@AustenAlexander Yesssss🤣

[@horseeventer4995]

I think Austen should be a ballet dancer 🩰he acts so graceful

[@fallinginthed33p]

Chef is more flexible, Austen looked more graceful on the first try but Chef quickly caught up on the second try. Must be the fairy wings.

[@davidrenaud2791]

Petra Conti is so great.. you guys are very lucky! Good job!

[@brentmichael1975]

That was awesome to watch. I sat in on a couple of my daughters dance lessons and that stuff is BRUTAL!!! My hat is off to both of you men.

[@noragosselin3484]

Austen actually did really good!! I'm proud of you Austin!!!

[@AustenAlexander]

thanks Nora!!

[@memyselfandi7570]

This video reminds me of a story where college football players took ballet/dance classes to improve their agility

[@smuller8988]

Thank you so much for this vid. It is so important that quite "manly" men do this, enjoy themselves, and show respect to dancing and Ballet specifically. It truly helps breaking boundaries!

[@petracontiofficial]

It was epic and you both did amazing guys!👯‍♀️ thank you for putting so much effort into it and for taking it seriously 😎 let me know when you are ready for more challenges like that 😜 I have sooo many exercises to teach you! 😘😘 ....P.S. In the video I said FOCUS, I swear 🙏🏻😇

[@sammia4227]

Haha 😂 I was sure you said f*ckers !

[@boyslikemelo]

@@sammia4227 I was coming here to say this 😂

[@DCHFullTilt]

What a good sport Chef is. Real couple of men imho. Petra was so patient. Loved this guys. Cheers.

[@cat56789]

I love Petra she is incredible 👏👏👏

[@simz1992]

🤣 I cant... as a dancer watching this is amazing... I'm dead.. Please do other forms of dance!!

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you!! haha

[@simoneheintz8169]

I think it’s great that two seasoned men do something like this…just brilliant. Austen shines again with almost perfection. Great of you both.🙋‍♀️👍

[@sueperez21]

You both were great sports doing this. Both finished like a KING🤴 Awesome Chef, for letting Austen dress you so cute. Love the wings 🦋

[@haydentouhill915]

Wow that was amazing! 😂 as a dancer I give you a 10/10

[@AustenAlexander]

lol THANK YOU

[@melaluxe8195]

Someone tell me why this man doesn’t have 1milliion subscribers?? 🤣🤣🤣 this video was so good 👏🏽👏🏽

[@AustenAlexander]

hopefully coming soon lol thank you!

[@Salem77]

Danke für das Lächeln, das ihr beide mir geschenkt habt. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@arianafuentes5224]

I love that Chef got even better in the outfit! He was really devoted

[@ellielittle6681]

austens grande plie in center was better than mine and i’ve been doing ballet for 14 years LOL im genuinely baffled that was amazing

[@AlystraCurrentlyAFK]

I’ve been doing ballet for 14 years as well XD

[@2igotmoney]

Austen totally could have done ballet!! Looking good 👍

[@AustenAlexander]

really thinking I may have a future in ballet 🩰

[@malenatully]

I LOVE IT!!! Ballet has the best stretches. I try to do them, especially daily for some reason my muscles want to stretch and it feels so good. Great job!

[@Narrowpathtrails]

I love this video. It’s funny and lighthearted, and it’s a good change of pace for Austen

[@alisamadoo4024]

I was already wincing in the warm up because just watching you guys stretch made me stretch and I felt it too! You guys gave it your all and I loved it!

[@treminio6879]

Wao beautiful indeed, going from serving in the military to dancing ballet is great.

[@MbisonBalrog]

You and Chef should try 🤸‍♀️ and figure skating.

[@kenmcc]

This is my favorite video you've made! I like watching you out of your comfort zone. You literally give it you're all .... no matter the challenge.

[@electricdreamer]

This deserves 100 million views.

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you lol

[@alanlongman2952]

Dying laughing here i just had surgery omg austen dance your heart out come on now let's get austen billion million likes love and support

[@AustenAlexander]

haha thank you and speedy recovery!

[@HF-eu2ei]

😆😅😂 A+ for your efforts as ballet is definitely not (as we've seen) easy. 👍 Good job guys!!🙌

[@Ms.Opinionated]

Great job guys! Being trainable is an asset for Ballet. Seeing Chef in the costume is EVERYTHING!!! One Love ❤️

[@KAyLA_K]

Was not expecting this, but it was fun to see some variety!! I know it must be very difficult, but it was fun seeing both of y’all try really hard and it was quite an interesting video😂👍 Great video and it’s cool to see you trying different content

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you! And I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@amywan343]

POV you are a ballet dancer and you like watching these kinds of videos cause your slightly sadistic and it’s funny to see their reaction :)

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

Chef Rush embracing his inner ballet dancer!

[@lasstwill]

Friggin love it my dude! What a colab!

[@AustenAlexander]

thanks man!

[@maurizioando]

Dude you’re so creative! 🤣 love it!!

[@rebeccas9715]

8:44 the way they just quickly flashed that pic 😂😂😂

[@manfredinus3583]

Dear Austen Thank you! Thank you for getting me motivated again to do stuff. Due to the Pandemic and an desease i had to take strong medications and was not allowed to do any sports, i lost my drive. I managed to lose 25 kg (dropped from 110 to 85kg) from August 2018 till december 2018 than the Pandemic came and i didn't worrie at all because i could do Sports with myself and without a gym to keep myself at this weight than my health started to decrease and i needed to take strong medications where i was not allowed to do sports at all, wasn't allowed to meet with friends because of my imunesystem and so on. Gained every single gram i lost startet do hate my body again, developed a eating disorder wich i managed to control better in the last months and had mentally lost my drive to keep on going. Since a few weeks i am watching your videos and today i got stuff done. Stood up early in the morning and went running, doing push ups and got my body to the limit the first time in 2 years. Everything hurts right now but it feels great cause i know that i did something good for me and my body. Failures playing a big role in life, beeing sad is a part in life but stopping with things you like and losing focus on the goals you have should not be part of life. I am so glad that i finally managed to overcome my comfort in accepting my fate of being myself and doing nothing about it. I am done with it! I will change and get back to 75kg! That is one of my goal but important to be happy with myself. Feels wierd to write something like this in a YT comment I always thought what is people driving to do that. But you made me do it as well! To all the troops out there in the world, thank you for your service! and focus on your goals!

[@AustenAlexander]

wow this is incredible. Great work! Thanks for sharing and keep on the track to be better every day! Also thanks for the support

[@VeronicaG_777]

Damn Austen, did you ever do ballet as a kid ? Both Austen and Chef did an awesome job 👍🏻

[@NaptuRo90]

He either had or wanted to, I definitely notice the passion and interest there lol. Yeah both did great

[@JustParryBra]

2:47 did not sound like she was saying focus 🤣

[@pichepiche_pie]

😅😅😅 funny and I enjoy watching it while learning basic ballet.good job both of you for the challenge.

[@AustenAlexander]

Thank you 🤗

[@srossgower]

Austen is surprisingly graceful

[@AustenAlexander]

ooo thank you haha

[@TheUncleJohn1]

Austin - look at those quads👀 Me- trying not to look at something else 👀

[@jenniferbowles6080]

This is so hilarious to watch! I started dance from the age of 3 then joined the Army at 19. I always got strange looks during PT because of how flexible I was, literally bending myself in half and having to do my dance stretches (ie splits, ect) just to get a stretch during warmups.

[@jewlsareforever]

Wow both Austin and Chef did so great for beginners!! Austin especially picked up the techniques really well! He had a really good form!!! Loved watching you both doing ballet, it made me miss it

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you very much!

[@anakinsolo1183]

Ballet is like practicing martial arts

[@antonellagrigolo1786]

I congratulate you both for putting me on the line, you made me have fun guys 😂😂😂😂

[@RandomSubjects]

Chef is actually pretty good!

[@cristinapolerina]

Love this!😍 Well done. You both did a great job.

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you!

[@jhi9908]

I love your commitment!

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you!

[@globalfashionconceptklaudi7861]

I love this ballet lesson :-) Fantastic guys ! Petra you are the best 😙

[@davidharms3562]

Great video Austen! You guys make ballet look very masculine. 💪🏻 Lol! It was a fun video for sure. 👍🏻

[@ahanbhattacharyya1556]

Lmaooooo 8:46 editor (if it isn’t Austen) needs a raise!!!!

[@lilypad2827]

Austen‘s grand plié had me speechless

[@AK-jt7kh]

There's some cool male ballet moves I wish they'd gotten to try but maybe that's too much. Loved this!

[@sueperez21]

Austen, you had me at romantic and intimate 🤩🤣🤣💃🕺 Love them tights baby. It's harder than it looks, dosen't it??? Even for someone as fit as you and Chef 😋

[@sophia-helenemeesdetricht1957]

lol y'all looked great for having done it for a grand total of ten minutes! Like that's a LOT in a VERY short period of time. The average beginner class is like 90 minutes, so not even one class in and y'all can plié, grand battement, and do châines? Very nice. GREAT, NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, LET'S START THE HARD STUFF. 😁

[@amandacoffey4374]

This is awesome! My daughter dance four about 4 years. . We dance together. You all are brave to try something new .

[@HopeNazir]

I would love to see more videos like this. Lol. I think the reason chef did so well as the fairy Godfather is because he was having more fun and not concentrating so hard. But I have to say, you are both more flexible than me.😂 Maybe you should try some martial arts training/routines. I know you probably learned some basics in the military, but would be interesting to see yoy do some routines, etc. Knowing I just said I am not flexible I was in martial armrts for 1½ years before I ran out money. Couldn't touch my toes but was doing pretty good on front kicks before I had to stop.

[@AustenAlexander]

thank you! haha and yes I do have some boxing planned mwahahaha

[@HopeNazir]

@@AustenAlexander sounds awesome! Can't wait to see it.😊

[@paulac.munoztorres]

It gives me a lot of joy that these very strong very manly men are Rudy to put themselves in tights and a tutu and learn from a profesional something so far from their craft. Not an ounce of “very macho man” energy.

[@NoOne-rm9td]

That was hilarious 😂 !!! Bravo 🤣

[@kudakwashemwashayenyi4752]

I can't breathe😂😂😂😂😂😂....tried this for a month....IT WS BRUTAL

[@amandastevens1117]

really impressed by austen's turnout and posture (not counting the chicken arms lol). Would have loved to see more of those lifts at the end

[@_next223]

More learning in this vid than meets the eye.

[@Momsdailyagenda]

I could watch them dance all day 👍🤣

[@debbiemadrigal4457]

I loved watching this! especially seeing the both of you in a tutu at the beginning. You looked real perty. :-D I could see you doing ballet, if you ever gave up your day job. Lol

[@Mark15V]

@4:56. When you try to walk in front of the cops at 2am 😭

[@Artak091]

I know a hit Disney princess movie when I see one.

[@phntmknight]

0:57 I can't unsee that Junkies

[@Songbirdstress]

Austen has the body. Be a great classical dancer, if he had started 20 years ago lol. Bravo guys, Rush has nice grace and feeling. Would have liked to see him jump, I'm sure he has good ballon.

[@goomymf]

🎉I absolutely effing loved this video, different from your usual conent but hilarious! 😂😂😂😂

[@aniesycasocerrado9651]

Thank you for your services.

[@AustenAlexander]

thanks for your support!

[@SaajanEljackson]

Hahahaha I love how Chef really put in the effort big up!!!

[@kc.ly01]

The sound effects really add to the video 😂😂

[@Jordan-gh7zy]

Lol slapped chef’s leg right where his giant hog is 😂 close one

[@KG9551]

This was amazing! I love seeing big strong manly men paying homage to an athletic art like ballet…

[@fralbmw8845]

Ich denke, gerade im Kraftsport ist es ganz gut, auch die Beweglichkeit und Flexibilität zu trainieren. Man sieht, wie steif Muskelmänner oft sind.

[@Jhio_pogi01204]

Imagine seeing some one like this while dancing💀💀💀💀

[@anjieanjie3087]

OMG.. hahaha 😉.. austin my crush I can't believe you try it ✨✨✨

[@rishikagoswami5891]

Chef Rush in white leggings. You've made my day

[@ChefRush]

Smh🤦🏽‍♂️