Shoulder Strength + Stability [All Levels]
Technique Focus: Posture
•
15m
Your shoulders play an important role in helping you maintain good posture while dancing, so we created this workout to target shoulder strength + stability. Classical Pilates constantly cues students to keep shoulders away from ears, thereby helping to lengthen your spine + neck. We'll work through a roll-up series as well as seated shoulder toning + posture work. Enjoy!
Level: All Levels
What You Need: Mat
Exercise Credit: Classical Pilates
[Injury prevention disclaimer: do not participate if you have neck or back injury, shoulder dislocation]
Up Next in Technique Focus: Posture
-
Core Control + Obliques [All Levels]
In this express obliques-focused workout, we'll emphasize core control, hip stabilization and upper body strength. Using the "roll-up" - a great classical Pilates exercise that we find to be particularly beneficial for Irish dancers - as well as "roll-up" variations from the Fuse repertoire, we'...
-
Obliques + Balance [All Levels]
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.
Le...
-
Pilates Flow + Alignment Focus [Inter...
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...