1. Why is it safe to add weights to chair? Crescent lunge? Why is it unsafe to add weights to extended side angle? Mountain pose?
2. How do your cues change based on the addition of weights? How does posture alignment change when weights are added?
3. What is the intention of class? How can you keep the class well-rounded, large muscles to fatigue, and not overwork any one muscle group?
4. How can you teach to the midline? Offer more challenge and less challenge for your students during the weight moves of class?
- In chair as compared to mountain pose more of your body is taking the weight and impact. In mountain pose there is a tendency with weight above your head to let your core disengage. Same with crescent lunge, your weight is spread out and the weight isn't being held in one straight line.
2. How do your cues change based on the addition of weights? How does posture alignment change when weights are added?
- Your cues change and are directed at the weights rather than before we add weights the cues are directed at certain body parts, these cues will fix alignment based off of the weights.
3. What is the intention of class? How can you keep the class well-rounded, large muscles to fatigue, and not overwork any one muscle group?
4. How can you teach to the midline? Offer more challenge and less challenge for your students during the weight moves of class?
- Always bring everything back to the importance of core engagement. It is important to let your students know that they need to listen to their body and regardless of weight they are getting a killer workout. So it is important to add cues it that let them know they can either reduce or increase weight amount and that there are always modifications.