Hi all. I recently moved and had to leave the cheerleading gym I was part of for a long time, called the Cheersport Sharks. It has been a tough adjustment for me. The gym was like a second home to me and my friends and coaches there were (and always will be) my family. I am on a cheerleading team at a gym close to where I live now but it's very different. My new team doesn't go to as many competitions and that's why they don't practice and train as hard. I miss competitions and working my butt off in the gym every weekend. Since my life is busy now since I have moved I cant go to my new gym multiple times a week so I have to just do cardio and other exercises at my home when I have time. I will admit that working out at home makes it easier to fit into my schedule. Plus it's free and I don't have to pay for a gym membership🙂 the only thing I miss about working out at home is the sports specific training. For example, I can't tumble or really practice my jumps at home. On nice days in the summer I will practice tumbling and make jumps outside.
Okay so during the period when I was moving I was able to come to the conclusion that I am not always going to be able to do everything the same as other people. This goes for cheerleading and in general. I can tumble but I have a different way of doing it. I have come to this realization and now I'm able to be proud of what I do and what I accomplished. This is a unique way of doing this sport and I came up with a way to adapt it to my needs. I realized I was thinking about black and white and no grey area. So I fixed that and now I'm so much happier and I'm able to be confident in myself.
This is a big accomplishment for me to be able to realize this and make the accommodations I needed to be able to do this. Maybe it's a sign that I'm growing up