This fun workout incorporates Irish dance-specific shoulder bridging, balance work, several oblique challenges and roll-ups. We feature Christina White, a CRC counselor who will model each exercise for students, allowing Joe to present cues + adjustments to help you focus on your own form.

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This workout presents a combination of low-ab strengthening exercises, continuing onto a side-lying series to engage your legs in addition to obliques. Low-ab engagement is great for Irish dancers since doing so helps to reinforce good turnout! Enjoy the series and remember to keep your low bac...

This workout, we present a "Posture Clinic", which incorporates a series of traditional and contemporary Fuse Pilates-method exercises designed to give your posture an added boost. We'll focus on our side waist, obliques and also add in some side-lying stability work, with the goal of keeping yo...

In this week, we introduce a dynamic, flowing set of exercises designed to supplement & enhance your cross-training routine. We'll utilize Pilates-inspired ab work, a reverse plank and some oblique twisting to to build control, strength and stability - three pivotal aspects of Celticore.

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We've kicked up our workout a notch with this fun (but challenging!) "double feature" arms + abs series. We're delighted to feature in this this workout music from acclaimed accordionist Damien Mullane. Celticore Founder Joe Duffey toured with Damien in the band Project West earlier this year an...

Irish Dancing Magazine + Celticore present "7 Steps to a Stronger Core" - the ultimate Pilates workout for Irish dancers. Celticore founder Joe Duffey demonstrates 7 essential Pilates moves designed to help you build a strong core and take your dancing to the next level. Great for all ages & skil...

This special feature Pilates warm-up offer a series of dynamic movements/stretches to ignite your core and prepare you for a show, competition or practice session in the studio. We'll cue a host of Irish dance technique elements, so it's a great way to get your mind AND body into gear!

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Join Celticore founder Joe Duffey & dancers at Camp Rince Ceol (Irish Dance Camp in Schenectady, NY) for a challenging yet fun roll-up & roll-down series, some arm work and a few leg extension exercises. The breadth of exercises we utilize in Celticore workouts range from classical Pilates, gene...

In this workout, we're going back to the classics, using 6 traditional mat exercises: the hundred, single leg stretch, double leg stretch, lower ab lifts, criss-cross. The challenge here will be to flow through each exercise in a seamless, fluid way! Be sure to take breaks as needed & HAVE FUN!...

The focus for this workout is upper abdominal strength. We'll work through a series of exercises to strengthen your upper abs, as well as adding in some shoulder bridging / glute work to balance out your workout. The benefit of working your upper abs includes increased upper body control. It's ...

"The Hundred" is a traditional Pilates exercise designed to fire up + engage your entire abdominal powerhouse. Great as a warm-up or ab-endurance challenge, we explore the fundamentals of this classical movement in this video workout, paying close attention to proper form + technique. Basics work...

Celticore founder Joe Duffey is joined by dancers from the Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance for this "class-style" workout - emphasizing core work, turnout exercises and posture. Remember that one of our goals with Celticore is to have fun, and that is exactly what we've aimed to do with this w...

Join Celticore founder Joe Duffey & Riverdance Lead Dancer Siobhan Manson before they go on stage with "The Young Irelanders" in a challenging oblique-abdominal series! We'll twist, pulse and hold some quite difficult poses - expect quite a sweat!

Level: Advanced
What You Need: Mat
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Here, we begin with a series of "classic core" exercises, designed to increase length and agility in your abdominal region, and then finish out our workout with several deep stretches. It's always a good reminder: take time after this workout to focus on goal setting and healthy habit building....

This combo exercise series is designed to help improve with your posture and stance. We throw in some arm-toning in addition to a challenging low ab / hip flexor exercise, complete with a few oblique-oriented roll-ups to finish up your workout.

Level: Intermediate
What You Need: Mat
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Erika Nielsen (dancer from Lord of the Dance) joins Celticore founder Joe Duffey for an on-the-go abs special feature, filmed prior to a performance at the Kennedy Center. This workout - in the Fuse Pilates method (www.fusepilates.com) - will ignite your core, offering plenty of twists and lifts...

In this workout, we'll focus on engaging our lower abdominal muscles, connecting leg movement with core control. We'll move through a series of challenging exercises which are great to supplement your Irish dance posture training. [Technique Tip : when you're lying on your back in many of the mo...

We're targeting our entire abdominal powerhouse in this workout, using a clever combination of "complete core" strengthening exercises, as well as some flexibility tools and arm work.

REMEMBER: control & precision are two essential elements of the Pilates method, and the more you focus on tho...

Chloey Turner Fitness & Celticore join forces to present this high energy workout that can be done with or without equipment, anywhere you like - whether it's at home or dance class. Great as a way to stay fit in advance of the Fall training season, it's a full body workout with a focus on core s...

This workout focuses on the “hundred” - a traditional aerobic Pilates exercise which engages your entire core - which we’ve switched up a bit to incorporate different movements and offer multiple levels of difficulty. In addition to the hundred, we also mix in some lower ab, leg work and ballet-...

This workout focuses on balance + control, two critical aspects of navigating the competition & show stage. We employ a flowing set of exercises designed to help you stabilize and isolate movement, including a challenging series of moves we like to call "Celticore clicks". Enjoy your workout! ...

In this workout, we'll focus on our lower abs, in addition to some leg toning. It's important to remember that your low abs are closely connected to mobility in your legs; when we work our low abs, we are indirectly working our hip flexors / quads, therefore it's a good idea to also add in some...

This workout, called "core flow", is designed to help you connect breath to movement in a dynamic and dance-oriented way. We'll focus primarily on our abs (upper, lower & obliques), in addition to some leg work, all the while emphasizing the quality of each movement and working to create movemen...

We have for you an action-packed Celticore workout, with an emphasis on footwork + core stability. We'll start standing up tall - toning our calves with some ankle raises / footwork-stability moves and some glutework. From there, we'll transition to the mat, throwing in a quick ab series and fi...