The low-impact workout that leaves Tracee Ellis Ross feeling long, strong and connected.”

The low-impact workout that leaves Tracee Ellis Ross feeling long, strong and connected.”

Tracee Ellis Ross works up a sweat in the gym, whether she's swinging battle ropes like an absolute boss or making fans laugh as she struggles through side planks (really relatable content!). It seems she's rarely afraid to try something new in the name of fitness, and luckily she's often willing to share anything with her more than 11 million Instagram followers.

The Black-ish alum is feeling "long, strong and connected" thanks to a brand new workout style, she writes in the caption of a recent post. Your secret? She does MyMode using the Tracy Anderson method.

The recently introduced modality involves training with a series of essential props made primarily of wood, including a step platform, several weights, a wooden stick, bands, discs and a landing pad. As Ellis Ross demonstrates in her video, the accessory storage box functions as a balancing tool itself. The Pattern Beauty founder also demonstrates how to use the MyMode wand: a long, straight pole that resembles a walking stick, attached to a multi-directional base at the base, providing support for dynamic movement and flexibility.

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It may sound super complicated, but as Ellis Ross shows, the method seems to be a great way to incorporate low-impact compound movements into your routine without taking up a lot of space. In the clip, the actress performs a series of lower body and core exercises, using the MyMode box for balance and stability and the wooden stick to challenge both.

"Tracee does standing kickbacks with straight legs and some standing kickbacks with squats—all of which target the glutes, hamstrings, and core," says NASM-certified personal trainer Susane Pata, CPT, who watched the clips in Ellis Ross' recent Instagram post. "The beauty of using assistive devices (e.g. a bar and/or a wooden box) is that it allows the user to achieve a greater range of motion and train the aforementioned muscles more effectively. The 'assist' provides the user with an opportunity to explore deeper range of motion with safety and confidence."

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“One-legged training à la Tracee is a great way to train your balance,” adds Pata. “Even though there is some support with the bar and box, there are still some balance requirements,” she says. You should add balance exercises for "optimal muscle recruitment and coordinated movement," she explains. Additionally, the combination exercises she demonstrates, such as: Such as side lunges and leg kickbacks, followed by squats, "help train the glutes even more by increasing coordination, muscle recruitment and balance challenge," says Pata. (See: 6 Exercises to Improve Your Balance—and Why It's Important at Any Age)

ICYDK, Tracy and Tracee's partnership is a long one: Ellis Ross has been using the Tracy Anderson method for years. It's a full-body strengthening method inspired by the eponymous founder's long-standing love of training the small muscles used in dance. Ellis Ross isn't the only famous fan of the method either. Shakira, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, Tia Mowry and other celebrities have all worked with Anderson over the years and seem to love her use of light weights and endless repetitions to target those tiny little muscles that are sometimes overlooked by other exercise methods.

Luckily, you don't need serious star power (or a spare $4,500 to buy the MyMode device and digital subscription) to copy elements of Ellis Ross' new routine. For example, vaulting boxes or a kitchen chair can provide stability while you perform single-leg kickbacks, and a strategically placed resistance band can give you some of the dynamic stability of the MyMode bar.