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The UK’s ONLY SCQF-approved course by SQA for dance educators on injury prevention and well-being for dancer’s.

29/07/2026

3 ways to make exercises harder in a dance class that are safer than adding ankle weights

✨ Slow the tempo down
✨ Create instability
✨ Use resistance bands

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The Athletic Artist Method

28/07/2026

When your classes are filled with overworked dancers

It welcomes unnecessary and unwanted injury and burnout risks into the class

Research has shown that fatigue is one of the leading causes of injury among dancers

You might make training harder and more intense with the intention to push your dancers

Because we’ve been taught that ‘practice makes perfect’, right? 

But practicing tired movement creates tired ex*****on

With a side of compromised technique which can be a pathway to unnecessary and unavoidable injury

If you want to build a clear framework for the term ahead that is built on a training principle used in elite sport, then you’ll want to join me on the 2nd August 6-7.30pm for the online workshop PLAN YOUR STRONGEST TERM YET

It’s totally free, but we only have limited spaces for guests to join us

DM me ‘WORKSHOP’ and I’ll get an invite sent your way

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What would you add? ⬇️

27/07/2026

PSA: Stop doing burpees in your warmups 📣

Photos from NicThomson's post 27/07/2026

An elite training approach to the new term

We see it every year … return after summer

And everyone’s excited to get back to class

New routines, new goals, fresh comp season, new training year

And with that excitement, as a dance teacher you ‘start the term strong’ with some intense training

More ‘conditioning’, more tech drills, extra rehearsals for solo’s

You want them to ‘feel the burn’

And part of you is trying to make up for the ‘stamina and strength’ you think they’ve lost over the summer holidays

And this is the exact reason that you and your dancers are exhausted by half term

It’s also the reason unwanted injury risks enter your classes

Research sugggests injury risks can increase during transition periods, such as returning after a break or moving into a more intense rehearsal/performance phase

The injury risk comes when training demands increase faster than the body’s ability to adapt to the stress on it

So if you’d like to build a bulletproof term using an elite training principle that we teachinside the Dance Teachers Training Academy, you’ll want to be online at our PLAN YOUR STRONGEST TERM YET workshop

🗓️ Sunday 2nd August
🕰️ 6-7.30pm
📍 Online

DM me ‘WORKSHOP’ and I’ll send you a personal invitation

26/07/2026

What would to give them? 👀

23/07/2026

Stop confusing fatigue with progress

Adding more exercises doesn’t make your dancers stronger if there’s no strategy to using it

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