The Pilates Lab is an interactive lesson with one of Sean’s students. In this segment, Sean works with Lesley, who wants to learn corrective movement for developing upper body strength. Watch Sean work with Lesley as she learns new movement cues, ways to improve upper body strength, and modifications to help her make safe choices.
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l love the point about making sure lats and pecs are on before you do a tricep press. So many of us have been taught, as you pointed out, to keep the shoulders wide which means lats and pecs wont be working to support the movement of the tricep press. It makes much more sense to let the shoulders come forward a little so lats and pecs can switch on. This is a really helpful takeaway I can put into action in the studio with my clients asap. Thanks!