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How Do You Have Fun While Staying Active? Welcome To #CheerLife!
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When commit to an activity you love that will help you reach for your fitness goals, you set yourself up to succeed. Challenging ourselves to be stronger or faster, to nail choreography, and to feel confident and comfortable in our abilities is second nature in #CheerLife. And that’s no surprise because our whole sport is about positivity! One of the reasons why cheerleading attracts athletes long-term is because we have a ton of fun while being active. You get to dance and do gymnastics to upbeat music, all with other people who are as excited as you are to step onto the blue mat for every practice and performance. That doesn’t mean it’s easy.
What’s In It For Athletes Who Chomp Down and Volunteer?
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Have you ever wondered why community service – also knowns as volunteering – Is a mandatory part of high school here in Ontario? Or why it counts as work experience on a resumé? Taking the time, your time, to volunteer supports and promotes vital resources in your community. Without volunteer power, there are a lot of things that just wouldn’t work in your hometown, if you think about it: sports teams, after school clubs, school field trips, fundraisers, food banks, the library, animal shelters, community centres, and festivals, just to name a few. The world needs volunteers!
The Importance of Sleep For Active Children
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Going about your day after a night of little or interrupted sleep is The Worst. The ENTIRE day. Thankfully, you don’t get days like this too often, but when you do you have to battle all day with a fuzzy brain and grumpiness. But do you ever just feel out of sync on a regular basis? Your regular night’s sleep might play a role in that. The Sleep Foundation suggests that children aged 6 through 13 need between 9 to 11 hours of sleep.