Friday Night Lights Workout

The Top 4 Exercises Your Cheer Team Needs to be Doing

Note: Thank you to Danielle Donovan from CHEERFIT for this article!

Ok, picture this..it’s the first Friday night football game of the season..the halftime buzzer is about to go off, and your cheerleaders are about to take the field to wow the crowd with their halftime routine for the first time of the year!

You want this to be PERFECT...every stunt hit, every motion sharp, and every piece of cheoreo in sync. You’ve practiced for months, but they key to really making it count is ...FITNESS!

You see, fitness is essential for every cheerleader. Whether you want to power up that stunt, boost that tumbling, or prevent injury..the key to really seeing results is in a strength and conditioning plan. But not just any workout..you need a cheer specific workout to focus on the unique muscles cheerleaders use for stunting and tumbling.

And that is where I come in! As the fitness expert for cheerleaders and founder of CHEERFIT (www.cheerfittraining.com) I’m sharing my top 4 exercises to help YOU help your team hit it every time. Each exercise is this month’s CHEERFIT Workout Plan is specific to cheerleaders - focusing on stability, cardio, strength, core, and flexibility!

Have your captains lead your team in the workout below twice a week and let us know how it goes!


EXERCISE #1: Side lunge to kick
Focus Area: ​Hip flexors, legs, core, body control
 
EXERCISE #2: Turbo Lunges
Focus Area:​ Legs, power, cardio

EXERCISE #3: Inchworm Push Ups
Video:​ https://youtu.be/QVX9z7mUn1Y
Focus Area:​ legs, core, chest, shoulders
 
EXERCISE #4: Jackknife Crunches
Jackknife CruncheS: ​https://youtu.be/W697N0xmlV4
Focus Area: ​Core

And there you have it! Snap a pic of your team getting their CHEERFIT Workout on and tag us @cheerfittraining.

PS, and if you are loving these workouts, they come straight from the CHEERFIT Club! Join the Club to become a CHEERFIT Ambassador and get 24/7 access to our cheer workouts, fit tips, community, motivation, and support! It’s an amazing opportunity and we would love for you to join us! www.cheerfittraining.com/join

*Use promo code CCA to get a free gift (CHEERFIT Bootcamp Video $14.99 value) when you join the CHEERFIT Club.

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