Cheer Abs!
So I’ve been really busy this semester at Michigan State University; school, cheerleading, work, friends. Oh, and I broke my hand two weeks ago, had to have surgery and everything, but that’s a different post. It’s all been a bit overwhelming and I’ve barely had any time for this website and for that I am sorry. I’m sorry … Continue reading
Plyos for Jumps
Jumps tend to be one of the most difficult things in cheerleading, at the same time they are one of the safest things which makes them relatively easy to improve if you know how. The biggest issues cheerleaders have with jumps are getting their legs off the ground and seperating their legs. These two issues come … Continue reading
I GOT MY STANDING TUCK!
Actually, I almost got my standing tuck, but I’m excited anyway. Last night at practice we had 16 girls go on the mat for standing tucks, five less than we had before. Obviously, our coaches were not very happy about that. So after the synchronized standing tucks were done Haley said that we all had to … Continue reading
Weight Loss
Weight loss always seems to be an issue that surrounds cheerleading whether you’re talking about high school, all-star, or college. Whether the girl is a base, backspot or flyer the pressure to lose weight is constant. Not that responsible coaches or officials would ever encourage such things. The real issue is with the very nature … Continue reading
Got Stress? Wrist Stress That Is…
Truely, our bodies are not made for the things we do in cheerleading. In some ways cheerleading is a competition about who can push their body the farthest before it breaks. For example, do your wrists hurt during stunting and tumbling? If you’re a base they probably do, I know mine do. Yesterday was the … Continue reading
Going Backwards
Yesterday someone found my blog by searching “how to get comfortable going backwards in tumbling” (or something to that effect). Here’s what I have to say about that: First I want to acknowledge that whoever asked is probably a good front tumbler and in my opinion that’s WAY harder and it looks really cool. So … Continue reading
Shortcuts to Cheerleading
In the seven months that I’ve been operating this blog there’s been a lot of people that have found it through searching things like “how to get a back walkover in a week” and “shortcuts to a back handspring” and “how to get better jumps quick.” After I see stuff like that is when you … Continue reading
Knowing Your Limits
After my post Pushing Through the Pain (go read it if you haven’t yet or this post isn’t going to make any sense) that basically said cheerleaders just need to suck it up and get back on the floor for their team when they get hurt I got a comment on the facebook link saying this: “Well, here’s a perspective from an … Continue reading
Working out on the off-season
I’ve recently realized the benefits of working out in the off-season, or rather the hazards of not doing so. During my first semester at MSU I didn’t really do much at all as for exercise besides ride my bike to class and I did that again once it got warm enough in the spring and … Continue reading
Crop Tops
It’s sort of the norm in all-star and college cheerleading for teams to wear crop tops. My current team MSU All-Girl Competitive Cheerleading is getting crop tops this year for the first time (at least the first time in a few years). Now I’m kind of debating on how I feel about these crop tops; on … Continue reading
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