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    Irish Dance Posture | part 4 - arms straight
    Target Training
    • Mar 31
    • 2 min

    Irish Dance Posture | part 4 - arms straight

    Amazing Irish dance posture. You notice it as soon as a dancer steps onto the stage. In our posture blog series, we started breaking...
    Irish Dance Posture | part 3 - arms in
    Target Training
    • Mar 30
    • 2 min

    Irish Dance Posture | part 3 - arms in

    We’ve started tapping into some of the foundational principles of excellent Irish dance posture by digging into how mobilizing and...
    Irish Dance Posture | part 2
    Target Training
    • Mar 29
    • 3 min

    Irish Dance Posture | part 2

    In yesterday’s newsletter, we focused on the importance of your core muscles to help support good Irish dance posture. Stabilizing your...
    Posture for Irish Dance | part 1
    Target Training
    • Mar 28
    • 4 min

    Posture for Irish Dance | part 1

    For Irish dance, a weak center or core (arms moving, body bending, shoulders twisting, etc) will make you less efficient while dancing. ...
    Hear 'arms in' from your dance teachers?  How to finally fix it!
    Target Training
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Hear 'arms in' from your dance teachers? How to finally fix it!

    Do your dance teachers constantly tell you to keep your arms in? Have you gone to feis after feis only to see 'arms in' written from...
    Three Top Tips to Keep your Arms in for Irish Dance
    Target Training
    • May 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Three Top Tips to Keep your Arms in for Irish Dance

    Whether it be from judges or from teachers, you’ve probably heard the comment “keep your arms in” at least once in your dancing career...
    SHOULDERS BACK exercise for Irish Dancers
    Target Training
    • May 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    SHOULDERS BACK exercise for Irish Dancers

    Sitting at school/work all day and playing on our phones or working on the computer has caused a bit of a problem for Irish dancers -...
    Is your dance teacher yelling, "keep your arms in!"?
    Target Training
    • May 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Is your dance teacher yelling, "keep your arms in!"?

    Does your dance teacher always yell at you to keep your arms in? If so, you may be missing one important muscle in your posture training,...
    Bending Arms while you Irish dance?
    Target Training
    • Jan 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Bending Arms while you Irish dance?

    Are you a dancer who bends their arms when they dance? Your elbows popping out on jumps and spins and your dance teacher constantly...
    The #1 Skill Irish Dancers want to Improve…and how to FINALLY fix it!
    Target Training
    • Jan 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    The #1 Skill Irish Dancers want to Improve…and how to FINALLY fix it!

    I asked almost 200 dancers what the #1 skill they needed to improve on. There were three front runners far above the rest. But the #1...
    Curve in Lower Back?  You could be suffering from a common Irish dance problem
    Target Training
    • Jan 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    Curve in Lower Back? You could be suffering from a common Irish dance problem

    Have you ever noticed a large curve in your lower back? Or discomfort in your lower back when you’re dancing or training? You could be...
    Core Stability Challenge for Irish Dance
    Target Training
    • Nov 7, 2017
    • 1 min

    Core Stability Challenge for Irish Dance

    Time to change up your core routine of hundreds of crunches and add these three stability core challenges to the mix. Through each one,...
    Shoulders moving while you're dancing?
    Target Training
    • Oct 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    Shoulders moving while you're dancing?

    Are your shoulders moving while you're Irish dancing? Perform this one exercise to create strong & stable shoulders. INTERESTED IN MORE...
    SHOULDERS BACK:  2 easy exercises to fix this common Irish dance problem
    Target Training
    • Oct 4, 2017
    • 2 min

    SHOULDERS BACK: 2 easy exercises to fix this common Irish dance problem

    SHOULDERS BACK!!! Have you heard your dance teacher yelling this at you? You try to correct it by squeezing your shoulders back but then...
    An Essential Irish Dance Posture Exercise You May be Missing
    Target Training
    • Apr 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    An Essential Irish Dance Posture Exercise You May be Missing

    This month on the Target Training Online Institute, we’re launching a 30 day posture challenge…the 30 Days to Improved Posture. So...
    Perfecting Irish Dance Posture: "Shoulders Back"
    Target Training
    • Jan 12, 2017
    • 2 min

    Perfecting Irish Dance Posture: "Shoulders Back"

    Sitting at school or work all day and playing on our phones or working on the computer has caused a bit of a problem for Irish dancers -...
    Key Exercises to Improve Irish Dance Posture
    Target Training
    • Oct 13, 2016
    • 1 min

    Key Exercises to Improve Irish Dance Posture

    Before completing these key exercises to improve your Irish dance posture, check out our recent blog post, IMPROVE YOUR IRISH DANCE...
    Improve your Irish Dance Posture with these 3 Tips
    Target Training
    • Oct 11, 2016
    • 2 min

    Improve your Irish Dance Posture with these 3 Tips

    I was at the Pat Roche Feis & Windy City Feis this weekend and took a break from our Target Training booth to walk around and check out...

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