We designed this workout to help you "Get Tall!" - by focusing on posture + arm work. The idea of maintaining a lifted posture while dancing can be challenging, so we've put together a medley workout of exercises designed to enhance core strength, abdominal control and upper body positioning. W...

In this challenging + energizing workout, we'll emphasize deep abdominal core work using one of our favorite exercises, the roll-up! By taking each movement slowly, you'll be able to activate the muscles necessary for keeping your upper body and lower body coordinated while dancing. In this wor...

In this "Perfect Your Posture" workout, we'll focus on back alignment and neck lengthening in order to keep your chin lifted while dancing (since we had a request in the Studio Lounge Forum from a student). We'll also work on a move called "neck pull" - a challenging ab-focused exercise which he...

This workout brings to you a Pilates flowing sequence, with arm + ab exercises from general fitness and the Fuse method repertoire. As always, we'll emphasize quality over quantity, alignment and precision. Suitable for intermediate level & above and excellent as a supplemental Irish dance trai...

This action-packed side-lying workout is a quick + effective way to tone your legs + glutes. Side-lying exercises in Pilates are a great way to engage + stabilize your upper body on each side, resulting in improved control and coordination. We'll emphasize nice pointed feet and turnout as well,...

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...

Moira introduces additional exercises - great for footwork, improving turnout and overall body coordination - in this workout, developed for intermediate level. The principles of modern + ballet are highly beneficial for Irish dancers as well!

Level: Intermediate
What You Need: No equipmen...

Join us for a quick "Complete Core" 6-minute workout which moves us through a Pilates core-strengthening sequence to ignite our entire abdominal powerhouse. It's always good to return to the basics, so this series will cue you to reinforce proper alignment & form in order to best help you achiev...

We'll focus on our legs, glutes & low abs in this workout - using a blend of exercises from the classical and Fuse Pilates disciplines. The included bridging series will help you stabilize from your hips, an excellent tool for improving your control & initiating turnout onstage.

Level: Inte...

"Cross your feet!" Chances are, you've heard that line before from your TCRG! In this workout, we're honing in on some of the muscles which help us keep our feet crossed and presented neatly, while also giving our low abs some special attention. From the mat, we'll activate our inner thighs whi...

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...

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
Exer...

You certainly won't get bored in this express plank series as we've packed in quite a medley of variations and challenges. By the end of this video, you'll be sweating - guaranteed! Just maybe don't do this right before competing a set round of Kilkenny Races...

Level: Intermediate
What Yo...

The roll-up is a classic Pilates maneuver, great for core strengthening & stabilization. This quick workout takes the roll-up and twists, teases & manipulates it - making it highly effective as an exercise for Irish dancers, reinforcing good posture and upper body control.

Level: Intermedia...

In this classic "ab attack"-style workout, we'll take the definition of a crunch to the next level. Using Pilates principles and some elements of the Fuse Pilates method, we'll not only tone but also focus on creating length and maintaining control of our core. This workout is great as a quick ...

We'll give you the tools to ignite your core in this unique "core control" workout, featuring a series of challenging, flowing abdominal exercises as well as a plank set. The overall focus, of course, is to keep strength and precision in your abs in order to help translate directly to your dance...

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...

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 takes us back to the core... we'll focus on full abdominal engagement - working to stabilize and control our movement through a series of crunches, twists and leg lifts, Celticore style. Remember to move through each exercise with control + precision to best help you supplement your...

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 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...

In "Pure Abs", we go through an express series of traditional Pilates work to tone our abs in harmony. This compact workout will ignite your core and prepare you to conquer whatever stage you set foot on.

Level: Intermediate
What You Need: Mat
Exercise Credit: Classical Pilates

*Injur...

The second video workout of our Standing series, here we incorporate elements of Ballet to train & reinforce proper Irish dance technique. We'll also test our balance with a sequence of lunges, squats & kicks.

Level: Intermediate
What You Need: No equipment needed
Exercise Credit: Iris...

In this standing workout video, we engage the powerful muscles in our legs to power through our jumps, leaps, kicks and graceful movements on stage as Irish dancers. This workout also utilizes some challenging barre / ballet-inspired exercises to take your cross-training to the next level & it r...