Stretching is such a critical aspect of life.
Stretching will not only improve your athletic abilities it will also help prevent injuries.
When you stretch it allows your joints to move in their full range of motion.This is also a great technique to get blood to flow to your muscles.
Fit-spired Fun
It’s that time of year again – daylight hours are fewer and further in between, it’s getting too cold for some of your comfort, round two of midterms and the end of term are setting in, and – in a few weeks – the holiday season begins. It can be really hard to find the motivation to keep fit right now, so I thought we would turn it into a challenge!
Below I’ve set out 9 fun ways to keep fit – one per week left in the calendar year. In whichever order you feel or choose, try one of these activities on that day when it’s just too end-of-yeary and you’re just not feeling your normal (cheerFIT?) routine.
It’s not unheard of for a parent to ask the coach what it is that they can do to ensure that their daughter gets a spot on the cheerleading squad. My initial answer is simple- nothing. It’s all up to her, her skills, abilities and willingness to work hard.
BUT…
There is something that parents can do to help. That is build confidence in these young ladies!
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If you ask almost any athlete what the worst thing is that could happen during their career, I think you would get two answers most commonly: a loss at [insert name of top competition in the sport] or an injury. Let’s be honest: injuries are the absolute worst. Why? Not only do they take weeks to months to years of recovery, there is an uncertainty associated with injury that doesn’t exist with a loss, or a team change, or any other undesirable event. Let’s say you lose a championship, it’s a question of when you’ll be able to try again. If you get injured, it’s a question of if you’ll be able to try again. (more…)