Here’s to the people who say cheerleading isn’t a sport and that cheerleaders aren’t athletes. The very definition of sport is, and I quote, “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.” We practice just as much as you do. Every day of the week, 2+ hours. We condition, We run, We do ab workouts and pushups and planks. No, we don’t lift weights, we lift our athletes-and we hold them 10-15 feet in the air until our arms shake. Until our legs quiver. Don’t doubt the flyers either. We have more muscle than you seem to think. The amount of balance, leg muscle, and core tightness it takes to stay in the air is unbelievable to someone who has never done it before. We run full speed at nothing, then flip in the air, twist, and land on our feet. We jump. We jump high-without a trampoline. Concentrating on pointed toes, extended legs, tight arms, jump height, facials, and smiling… Ever based a basket toss? You get blood blisters on your hands. Softball sized bruises start to appear like magic. As for the flyers, if you’re not tight, expect to have your back jammed into your bases knee. Don’t forget about the backspots. We are the lifeguards of cheerleading. We save lives everyday. We get concussions, hit, and rammed into the ground. Without us, your flyers would be injured. Sprained ankles, broken fingers, and pulled muscles don’t slow us down. You practice like it doesn’t hurt. Now you have 2.5 minutes on a paneled mat. You have 1000+ people in the crowd every time you go on that floor. 4 judges. 2.5 minutes of horrendous physical activity and we make it look easy. Perfection doesnt exist, but here we go reaching for it anyways. You hit or you miss. Toes weren’t pointed? Deduction. Didn’t stick your tumbling? Deduction. Stunt didn’t hit? Deduction. You all think we’re the prissy girls who always have to have perfect hair and makeup. You’re wrong. At practice, we have messy buns and running makeup. Competitions? Sweats until we absolutely have to get ready. Do you think that cheer uniform is comfortable? It’s not… Sure the hair and make up is fun and gets us in the mood to perform, but ultimately it’s to unite us as a team. To be uniformed and have the same look. Think we don’t eat & are obsessed with being skinny? Good joke. We love food. Not all cheerleaders are mean girls who think they rule the school. We have really good grades and don’t hang out with the “cool kids” and go parties every weekend. We don’t all have starting quarterback football boyfriends or even any boyfriends at all. People see us as stereo types. Its wrong. Cheerleading is in the top 5 most dangerous sports in the world. Did you catch that? Sport. Proven to be in the Top 5 most dangerous, and you still have the nerve to say its not a sport? You’ve got to be joking. Cheerleading is something you have to want and work for. You have to love it and have a passion for it. So you doubt us? Fine. We’ll prove you wrong. Say we’re not athletes? Okay. Come to a practice. Compete with us. You’ll think differently. Say what we do is easy? Try it. I dare you.

j-mata:

resmelc:

danielorena:

nicolegraceee:

bigbrotharay:

-ima put this here cause my girlfriend is a base

repping the backspots…and the used to be flyer ahaha :p

Same goes for dance for all you haters who think just cause we dont throw balls we arent athletes haha

And you know there’s a quote right? “If dance were any easier, it would be called football.”

I feel this. I feel this a lot. Cheerleaders & Dancers are very underrated. RESPECT!

for @lealeneium!

(Source: born-to-be-fierce)

Act of Kindness (AOK) - a Project in the Works

Only 18 days of the year left and I’m visualizing a great 2012.

Act of Kindness (AOK) is a Project I’ll be working on in the coming year. Its purpose is to combine two things I want to do more of: acts of kindness and blogging. Really hope you enjoy the upcoming blogs.

Because when an Act of Kindness is done, everyone really is AOK :)

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If you haven’t already..

..watch Someone Like You. it’s gooooood. not to mention, Hugh Jackman is ‘mm ‘mm hot!

and if you do plan on watching, keep an ear out for this quote:

“Maybe that’s why we hold on as hard as we do. You know we just can’t believe that such a miracle could ever happen to us twice. But it can.”

^^feelin’ that quote. forreals.

cheers to new beginnings! :)

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With everything that’s going on..

..with all the things people face all day, everyday, it’s no wonder people feel overwhelmed. and no matter how much a person throws him/herself in school, in work those battles are still there—will always be there. unless, you take a stand. and fight. 

i refuseto be a bystander to my own life. i refuse to sit and watch as things unravel in my life “as they should unravel.” who said so, anyways? too long, have i done just that. too long, have i waited and hoped that things were gonna change. but enough is enough.

you want change? then make a change. and if that change doesn’t give you the result you want then try for another change. then another and then another. so that when you’re a hundred years old you can look back on life and say, “yeah, i’ve lived,” because you weren’t waiting and hoping for life to happen. you made life happen.

so, live. don’t just go through the motions of your day to just go through the motions of your day. 

live and fight because you mean something and you being here means something. roll with the punches. take on the punches. just don’t forget to punch back—harder.