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Competitive dancers are certainly athletes, whether or not their competition of choice is seen as a sport. The stamina, flexibility, and energy dance demands necessitate frequent cardiovascular training and exercise. CDT usually practices four days a week for around two hours. Perez-Moreno runs regularly and Shelton does total body conditioning in addition to dance training. The brevity of routines—as opposed to football or basketball games, which can last hours—might seem to entail less need for endurance, but the dancers would strongly disagree. “When you get off a stage after...
...rigorous athletic training makes creative expression possible. “We’re classically training our muscles but we’re also expressing ourselves through dance,” Prince says. However, a routine won’t rise to its greatest form unless dancers have the stamina, flexibility, and poise that training provides. “You need to do a nice line with your arm, and to be competent at expressing that, you need to be physically able,” Perez-Moreno contends...
...Marshall was a great rock-'n'-roll photographer, not because that was his only subject matter (he also shot jazz greats) but because he embodied the spirit of rock. With his gruff voice, demands for access and stamina to party, Jim, who was found dead March 24 at 74, was a star. He had the ability to upset people with his irascible manner and then charm them all over again...
...need a lot of stamina, because we fence 23 bouts in two days,” said sophomore co-captain Noam Mills, the team’s only other first team All-America honoree, who took second place in the individual epee competition. “These bouts are taken into account for the team championship, but they also determine who will advance to the semifinals in the individual tournament… Every bout counts...
...last forever. Hundreds of middle-distance runners can now do the mile in less than 4 min. It won't be long before other batsmen reach and exceed the 200-run mark; there are at least a half-dozen in the modern game who have both the power and stamina to pull it off any day of the week. But history will never forget the Bannisters and Tendulkars for proving that the only barriers are in our minds...