Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The level of explosive strength and coordination needed for stunts on a team that competes at the top levels means you have guys who wrestled and played football at a high level before. Those are sports where you combine power/strength with very precise moves and coordination.

I know someone (big 270 lb guy) who lost his wrestling scholarship when the program was cut and was offered a cheer scholarship. He told me that lifting a 125lb woman with one arm numerous time during a game was one of the toughest physical things he ever had to do.

Yea, somebody posted above that male cheerleaders needed to be able to "lift 125 pounds with two hands." My overhead press one rep max is 150 pounds, and I'd want to double that before trying to lift a 125 pound teammate and hold them over my head by one of their feet for like a minute at a time.

You also need incredible control because any wobble that would be "okay" if you were lifting a weight could end in a fall or be noticeable to the judges. That's one of the things they are looking for--zero wobble.

Anonymous wrote:Most male cheerleader are NOT gay. What a stupid remark.

Umm. As a gay former cheerleader, I can say you have no idea what you're talking about. And kind of insulting that someone saying lots of male cheerleaders are gay is somehow disparaging.

I was a D1 college cheerleader in the late 90s. There weren't many guys that really wanted to be cheerleaders at my school, so I don't think the competition was too fierce. They were generally strong guys - a variety of builds. They weren't tumblers or anything like they are now.

Lucky guys.

And even if they were, who cares...

Most male cheerleader are NOT gay. What a stupid remark.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The level of explosive strength and coordination needed for stunts on a team that competes at the top levels means you have guys who wrestled and played football at a high level before. Those are sports where you combine power/strength with very precise moves and coordination.

I know someone (big 270 lb guy) who lost his wrestling scholarship when the program was cut and was offered a cheer scholarship. He told me that lifting a 125lb woman with one arm numerous time during a game was one of the toughest physical things he ever had to do.

Yea, somebody posted above that male cheerleaders needed to be able to "lift 125 pounds with two hands." My overhead press one rep max is 150 pounds, and I'd want to double that before trying to lift a 125 pound teammate and hold them over my head by one of their feet for like a minute at a time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:George W. Bush was a Cheerleader at Yale.

It wasn’t the same kind of cheerleader as they have now. He didn’t have to lift girls up. I don’t think they even had female cheerleaders at Yale at the time.

Yeah. Last of the straight ones too.

That's a stupid, homophobic remark, but you know that.

Byeeeeee.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:George W. Bush was a Cheerleader at Yale.

It wasn’t the same kind of cheerleader as they have now. He didn’t have to lift girls up. I don’t think they even had female cheerleaders at Yale at the time.

Yeah. Last of the straight ones too.

Anonymous wrote:George W. Bush was a Cheerleader at Yale.

It wasn’t the same kind of cheerleader as they have now. He didn’t have to lift girls up. I don’t think they even had female cheerleaders at Yale at the time.

Anonymous wrote:The level of explosive strength and coordination needed for stunts on a team that competes at the top levels means you have guys who wrestled and played football at a high level before. Those are sports where you combine power/strength with very precise moves and coordination.

I know someone (big 270 lb guy) who lost his wrestling scholarship when the program was cut and was offered a cheer scholarship. He told me that lifting a 125lb woman with one arm numerous time during a game was one of the toughest physical things he ever had to do.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks guys!

My son really just wants to run the flag--isn't necessarily interested in the other cheer parts, but it sounds like that's not a separate job.

Depends on where you go but my college band had a couple people who didn’t play instruments and just carried banners and signs on the field in the formations and carried the big banner at the front of parades. Maybe he’d like to do that?

Not all college cheer teams compete, some just cheer at FB and BB, and appear at university functions. Every team practices at least several times a week, and is also, typically required to attend several workouts every week with school athletic trainers. Most schools provide a stipend (Typically less than $1,000 per year, but it varies and could be higher or lower based on seniority). Top programs like Kentucky/Hawaii and a few others, provide scholarships. In D1, cheerleaders are consider NCAA athletes and are treated as such with similar perks including healthcare, access to educational support services and priority access to registration and other things. They also get tons of school branded clothes, shoes and backpacks/bags - whatever they want or need, each year for free, usually Nike. Sometimes they travel on the same planes/buses as the team, sometimes separately. Its been fun for my DC, but a big time commitment.

Flag Man was big at my college. Today would not be allowed. We had a big fat student run the flag in circles around basketball court till the fat guy would pass out.

The flag is heavy, we all count as he did laps! 20,000 screaming fans

Thanks guys!

My son really just wants to run the flag--isn't necessarily interested in the other cheer parts, but it sounds like that's not a separate job.