August Cheer News You Don’t Want to Miss

We hope you enjoyed your last month of summer break and are ready to get back to the school schedule. Health was a big topic on the blog this month, as was school and cool cheer gear! If you missed some articles while you were lying on the beach, diving into pools, or sleeping in till noon, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you may have missed on Cheerleading Blog this month: We tend to focus a lot of our attention on eating the right foods to maintain a healthy diet, but what if that’s only part of the battle? Research has shown that eating at the proper time of day is essential to getting the proper nutrients from the foods you’re eating. But eating the right foods is still important! Cheerleaders need to fuel themselves with highly nutritious food in order to perform at their best. Putting together a healthy eating plan can be surprisingly easy if you focus on choosing” “and avoiding!” “the right foods. Now that you’re fueling your body, it’s time to think about strengthening. We listed four exercises that will make you a better athlete. You can even do these during commercial breaks of your favorite show. Speaking of health, remember that healthy bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. It’s a shame to waste even a minute of your life being unhappy with a perfectly healthy body, so if you struggle with body image issues, we gave you five things to keep in mind to help you bounce back to enjoying and appreciating your health. Going back to school can be rough. You don’t get to sleep in anymore, you have to go to classes instead of doing whatever you want all day, and you have homework. But there are also a lot of really great things about going back to school. We can prove it to you in 14 hilarious gifs. Freshman and seniors, we have special lists for you too. The best thing about going back to school though is the start of cheer season. And the best thing about the start of cheer season is new uniforms and warmups.