Okay first, ALWAYS LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS, most people know that, im just verifying. Do not lift with your back you'll get hurt, and it's harder.
To be a good base, you need strength mainly in your legs, your arms, and abs.
If your not the strongest, lift weights, and stunt A LOT. Some open gyms...
I used to have TERRIBLE jumps but now my jumps are literally 10x better.
-as already mentioned, ankle weights can help, wear ankle weights when practicing jumps at home, start with a one pound ankle weight and work yourself up so you dont get hurt
-do v-ups, but instead of keeping you legs...
After loading in, the bases extend one at a time, example, base 1 goes to half, while base 2 stays in squish, then base 2 goes to full, and base 1 goes to full as well
Like Apple, Gabie, Cami, Jami, etc. anyone know their fierceboard usernames? Which cheerlebs have one?
And PS, I would like to clarify that I HATE the word cheerleberty, but there's no other word that fits for my question.
if it's in any order, its the other way around. Personally, I think the terms needle and spike are interchangeable, but the correct terminology is:
A needle: Leg is completely straight, arms are grabbing somewhere on or below the ankle.
Spike: Leg is extremely close to being straight, with only...
Do over splits and lean forward and do a bow and arrow on the ground. Lay on your back and pull your foot up like another bow and arrow on the ground. Sit and pull bow and arrows and lean forward in your splits. It's important to stretch your calve and inner thigh muscles the most.
A lot of people seem to forget you need a lot of back and shoulder flexibility in order to kick over, be sure to stretch your back and shoulder before tumbling:) Kick overs also require a lot of core muscle, so do lots of abdominal exercises like planks, scissors, and v-ups. As for improving...
Well being a backspot is a great workout for your arms and I got some muscle from it:D But if your a sucky backspot who doesn't pull up, you won't benefit much
Okay, this is probably the dumbest question ever.:banghead: Eh, maybe there's been dumber..but anyways I've been doing private lesson for so long I can't even remember, but they're so expensive! So I want to switch to open gym but I don't fully understand how it works? If I need a spot for a new...