Great post! A handful of my friends from back home enrolled in crossfit in their local gym and from the looks of it they are rapidly exceeding their strength and energy. I've always found crossfit to be a little to intimidating for me, leaving me to just admire to those who have actually dedicated their time and money. How many times a week do you do crossfit? Is there a goal you are trying to achieve while doing this type of activity? Take care Skyler and once again great…
In my opinion, Allstar Cheerleading is indeed a sport. My reasoning behind my opinion is that Allstar cheerleading takes just as much, or more physical activity, requires skills necessary to compete a routine, and involves events comparable to games for football, baseball, etc.…
When CrossFit exercise was first developed they had a specific purpose in mind. This purpose was to have an exercise program that lead to overall stability, endurance, and strength. They wanted a person who did these exercises to be given a program that would give them overall fitness. When you start a CrossFit exercise program you will have a variety of exercises that include gymnastics, calisthenics, weight training, and other different fitness routines. A good workout regimen helps focus on your entire body in order to get it into shape and healthier. When you do a CrossFit exercise routine you will be following the same principle military personnel do in their exercise routines. Before you get into this routine and are able to do it at home, you should make sure that you first get training from a professional trainer as CrossFit is a routine that has specialized exercises.…
CrossFit has started something…something that was unknowable or maybe even impossible before. The answer to “What’s possible?” is improving. Greg Glassman founded CrossFit, Inc. in 2000. By 2005 there were 13 affiliates, today there are more than 6100. The "CrossFit Games" have been held every summer since 2007. The prize money for each first-place male and female has grown from $500 at the inaugural Games, to $275,000 in 2013. In 2007, about 70 gathered – in 2013 there were over 140,000 “Open” participants. This rapid growth is phenomenal. This isn’t a fad…this is a movement!…
Do you ever wonder to yourself why some sports, like softball, aren’t in the Olympics? Well, the reason why softball isn’t in the Olympics is because of the fact if it was, the Olympics would be too big and they think the U.S is too good at it... Personally, I think that softball should be in the Olympics because women sports should be more recognized. The reasons softball should be in the Olympics are, girls like me dream about it, the US is good at it, and it helps women live out their dreams and help their futures.…
Along the way, we have the big problem. It is the overabundance packed lunch because stand cheer performers come to stand cheer less than an actual amount. So the surplus packed lunches have to be eaten the next day by stand cheer’s staff. As our responsibility, we have to reduce the amount of it. But it depends on the number of 10th grade students who are stand cheer performers. For this reason, I would like to tell them that they should have more responsibility and do their…
Competition cheer is one type of cheerleading. It is usually associated with a gym that teaches tumbling, gymnastics, and cheerleading all in one. Most of the squads have more than one coach such as a tumbling coach, a stunting coach, and a choreographer. Competition cheerleaders have one main objective which is to compete. Since they are competing, the squad must be dedicated to practicing and performing. The cheerleaders do not cheer for other sports such as basketball or football like in high school. They also do not use offense or defense cheers, but they use “competition cheers” instead. Just like being in other sports in school, you must try out to be on the team. Competition tryouts are a lot harder than in high school. You must go through…
It has to take incredible courage to process a challenge like losing a limb in war. Stories abound from young men and women who stepped on a mine, or were ambushed, and their vehicle blown-up. For some, the moment is frozen in time and they cannot shed it. For others, they don't remember anything before waking up in the hospital without all their parts. To take in that realization, and then go on to perform as a star athlete is to this author, unimaginable. The incredible strength and perseverance to go on with life and then for some, to further demonstrate their zeal for life in their high level of participation in sports, is mind blowing.…
“Every day is a good day when you run.” Kevin Nelson, who wrote The Runner's Book of Daily Inspiration, could not have been envisioning the mercurial weather of Rhode Island. As a three-sport athlete in Cross Country, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track, there is a certain commitment that one must have to be able to compete year-long in New England. Runners will often sugarcoat their feelings about running by saying it’s thrilling, satisfying and even fun. Although it can be personally fulfilling, it takes a lot of hard work, determination and perseverance to be an accomplished runner.…
There have been arguments proposed that the sport of cheerleading is too dangerous for the human body and can be hazardous to your health. “All injuries resulted from direct trauma, 15 injuries were classified as nonfatal, resulting in permanent disability, 12 were serious and 2 were fatal. Activities most commonly associated with injury were, in order pyramid stunts, basket tosses and advanced gymnastics stunts.” (Shrier 2004) If taken into precaution, cheerleading can be beneficial to your body and can actually help you engage in physical activity and strengthen all parts of your body. There has been severe injuries following cheer, but at the same time the experience of being able to change your body in the right way is remarkable. In…
John Wooden (NCAAB Hall of Fame coach) said, “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” High school sports are usually beneficial to all parties involved, such as the athletes, parents and the schools that have the athletic programs. The athletes that play high school sports learn countless lessons on life, how to be healthy with exercise, and the extra incentive to keep up the grade to play these sports. Parents of high school athlete’s get an opportunity to watch their child succeed at something he or she loves. Parents can also benefit financially, when their child is good enough at a sport to get offered a scholarship which may pay for all of college. For a high school that has athletic programs the biggest pro is the amount of money to be made from things such as admissions, concessions stand sells, t-shirts…
There is always conversation about how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport, yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition, they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing, working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because it requires physical activity, strength, endurance and discipline.…
Lots of people think that competitive sports aren’t good for kids but other people think that competitive sports are good for kids. I take the position that competitive sports are good for kids because it helps kids build self esteem, second it teaches them how to work with a group, and the third and most important reason is that it helps them live a healthy lifestyle.…
wrestling. Wrestling is one of the hardest if not the hardest sports in the world; it has derived…
Hearing the crowd scream as the stunt hits gets the adrenaline pumping to push through the routine and fight for the stunts. Can you guess what “sport” is being talked about? Well it’s cheerleading. Yes cheerleading is really a sport even though many people will argue it. Cheerleaders that are seen at the New England Patriots are sideline cheerleaders and do not show the physical aspect of cheerleading like competitive cheerleaders do. Although cheerleading is not seen as an official sport it is because cheerleading takes a lot of physical activity to preform and put a routine together, competition and sideline cheerleading are two different…