Hi,
I'm 18 years old. I used to cheer when I was a freshmen in high school
and when I was younger. I stop cheering after I started gaining weight.
I am now starting to lose weight but I want to become a cheerleader for
the college I am going to attend in September, do u have any weight losing
tips that I can used. In regards of flipping do u have to be a certain
weight to get height. I plan to tryout for the team in September do u
think that is enough time to learn the weight tips and also learn how
to do the different stunts such as flips. I can do a toe touch and splits
but I do not know how to do any stunts. I weight 220 i have lost 15 pounds
what is the average weight for being a cheerleader do u have any diet
and fitness tips?
THANK
YOU!
I'm
not much help with diet and weight loss. Sorry. Ask your physician or
nurse for specific guidelines.
Different Colleges have different criteria for selecting squad members.
Weight is only one criteria. Usually only the "flyers" on the
squad have to be petite.
One thing I suggest is NOT touse actual weight ... pounds... as your unit
of measure for progress. This is because you must build up MORE muscle
mass and muscle is MUCH heavier than fat tissue so you'll think you're
doing poorly even if you're doing well. Instead use % of body fat. Any
dietician or health-training facility can help you measure your body-fat
percentage. A survey of "skin-pinch" points are selected and
measured with a caliper. As your skin grows thinner, you'll be making
the progress you want.
In the meantime get on some weight-machines and start building up your
MUSCLES. Muscles BURN fat as a fuel, so the stronger are, the easier it
will be to thin your skin. Bicycling EVERY DAY is GREAT, but don't do
leisure riding. Ride for SPEED and DISTANCE to make those muscles BURN
and BUILD. Adding MASS and STRENGTH POTENTIAL to ALL and ANY muscles is
a GREAT move.
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Work to create small changes in your life-habits (eating
and exercise) that you can SUSTAIN to lead you in the direction you want
to go, rather than making HUGE changes that you may not be able to keep-up.
It's better to add 2 minutes of AGGRESSIVE bicycling to EACH and EVERY
day rather than to go for a 25 mile exhaustion-ride twice a year.
The US Surgeon General recommends a specific "pyramid" of food
choices. It's VERY good. Ask your doctor for specifics. FOLLOW those guidelines
for the TYPES of food to eat.
Lastly, most friends I know who have excess fat, BELIEVE they eat like
everyone else, but the truth is they eat MUCH MORE food than a people
of their HEIGHT need to. If you'll CAREFULLY MEASURE and OBSERVE the quantity
of food they eat over a MONTH...those who have lots of fat-stores will
tend to eat enough food to feed a person who is MUCH taller than they
are.
SO, find a person of your same HEIGHT. Ignore "bone-size", and
pay attention to that person's eating habits. Look at the TOTAL VOLUME
of food she consumes at each MEAL, but observe it over a period of MONTHS
ignoring daily/hourly fluctuations. Then use that as your role-model.
Role-models work!
~CW
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