Do you know someone who gets fired up when someone says that cheerleading is not as much of a sport as football? Well that’s because cheerleaders just want to be recognized as the athlete they truly are. Cheerleading has been overlooked as a sport for many years. People believed that cheerleaders have been just a support system for the real sports. Despite what people may think, cheerleading is just as much as a sport as football because it requires strength, coordination, and skill.…
I have been a competition cheerleader for 7 years now. Cheerleading has taught many things, including life lessons. Now competition cheerleading is nothing like sideline cheerleading. In competition cheerleading you give absolute all you have for two minutes and thirty seconds of a routine. You’re two main goals at a competition are to have fun and beat all the other teams at the competition. So in preparation for a competition we practice for months, spending hours upon hours of time in the gym…
Maggie Nichols, a former member of the United States National gymnastics team, current gymnast at the University of Oklahoma and an inspiration to all was like a normal teenager. That all changed when she was 15 (Time). During her elite training secessions she began to have pain in her lower back to the extent she was not able to simply touch her toes. It was 2015 when Maggie attended the Karolyi Ranch Olympic training when she was first violated. Her violator was her team physician, Dr. Larry…
Quotes “Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”- Unknown Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.- Shawn Johnson Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every tiny little muscle that you never even knew.- Shannon Miller Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.- Gabby Douglas Definition strong and barely controllable emotion the suffering and death of Jesus Syn. crucifixion, suffering, agony,…
It was July 4, 2016, when being skinny was not enough, I wanted a body that was lean with noticeable muscle definition and shape. That’s when Barbell Republic Strength and Conditioning opened their CrossFit gym aiming to improve speed, power, strength, endurance, and flexibility through various exercises. I have always been a competitive athlete, started in junior high and continues today. CrossFit provided a distinctly aggressive and competitive atmosphere that fulfilled my want to continue to…
Anshu Jamsenpa the first women to ever climb Mount Everest twice in 5 days! Mother of 2 and at the age of 38 she broke a world record and made global headlines. When she became the first woman to conquer the 29,028-feet-tall Mount. The first thing Anshu told everyone was "I always think that I am very close to god, I am getting a blessing, I only feel that whenever I am at the top." So that is the main reason why she loves climbing Mount Everest. To be able to climb Mount Everest there is a…
You gotta give Melania Trump credit for being glam no matter the occasion. First Lady Trump decked the halls and trimmed the White House tree wearing a designer label coat indoors. Melania ushered in the Christmas season and shared several pictures of her looking jolly and ready to spread holiday joy. As the holiday lyrics go, "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas." However, as one person quipped, Melania Trump must have thought it was snowing inside the White House when she wore her coat inside…
I have been doing cheer since I was in first grade. I made the team last year and I loved it. I learned so many new thing and learned how to make myself a better cheerleader. Cheer makes me a better person. It showed me how to be a team player. Last year, one day after my read an email said to me " You should try out for the kaneland competitive cheer team." I told all my friends about it and they decided they would try out too. On the third day of tryouts I put in 110% to give myself a better…
1923, at the University of Minnesota, women were permitted to participate in cheerleading.[19][20] However, it took time for other schools to follow. In the late 1920s, many school manuals and newspapers that were published still referred to cheerleaders as "chap," "fellow," and "man".[21] Women cheerleaders were overlooked until the 1940s. In the 1940s, collegiate men were drafted for World War II, creating the opportunity for more women to make their way onto sporting event sidelines.[22] As…
Cheerleaders are despicable. They are utterly malevolent. At least that is how they are commonly portrayed in the media. The cheerleading trope is an exceptionally popular occurrence that is seen time and time again throughout pop culture and popular media in the form of films, television shows, books, music, and even video games. The cheerleader trope is frequently portrayed by a single girl or a group of girls who are a part of a cheerleading squad. In most of the popular movies and television…