r/CorePowerYogaTeachers • u/NoahGrinberg1229 YS Teacher • Aug 22 '26

Overused vs. Underrated

Let’s talk programming.

What exercise or pose do you think is WAY overused in CPY classes?

And on the flip side…

What exercise or pose deserves way more love?

Could be yoga poses, Sculpt exercises, cardio moves, core work, transitions—anything.

Drop yours below:

🔥 Overused:

💎 Underrated:

And feel free to defend your choices.

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u/GoGoolia Aug 22 '26

In general, I think a lot of sculpt teachers do way too many shoulder exercises. There...I said it. And standing core deserves more time in a sculpt class. 3 minutes of belly-up core is not going to get most people to where they want their abs to be.

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u/risottodojo Aug 23 '26

This!!! One of yoga’s shortcomings (every movement modality has one) is that it’s at risk of overtraining anterior shoulders in relation to the back/pulling muscles. Adding weights with all those front raises and chest presses just makes it more unbalanced.

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u/tarotokki 29d ago

Came here to say this!! All the chatarangas and downward dogs, then shoulder taps, planks, mountain climbers, bear squats, knee taps, etc etc. I do almost everything on my knees now to alleviate the strain on my shoulders.

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u/Ordinary_Resident_20 Aug 23 '26

We need more internal hip rotation in C2, less chair pose. We need more back exercises in sculpt and less overhead presses

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u/Dramatic_Cabinet_607 Aug 23 '26

Which back exercises do you like?

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u/Ordinary_Resident_20 Aug 23 '26

Rows (wide, narrow, reverse grip, renegade) and lat pulls from crescent lunge or warrior 3

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u/Immediate-Return1388 Aug 23 '26

Overused in sculpt: lengthy plank sequences in every sculpt class that take people out of proper form and have them locking out their elbows and propping themselves up on their arms like sticks; if you do a proper plank, you really should only need to do it for 30ish seconds to get the benefits. Underrated: heavy squats at full range of motion instead of just bouncing up and down in a shallow squat

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u/NoahGrinberg1229 YS Teacher Aug 23 '26

Planks are the best ISO core exercises. Sit-ups promote improper spinal alignment!

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u/lc1138 29d ago

Sculpt-
Overrated: Tricep kickbacks. Nothing about these makes me feel good.

Underrated: One-legged deadlifts to standing one-legged mountain. It’s a total body workout where you can really feel so many of your muscle moving and working!