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How to Become a Better Dancer: 6 Secrets for Leveling Up Your Technique
When I was in college a professor whose job it was to teach me how to become a dancer told
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How to Track Macros Like a Pro
Learning how to track macros for the first time can feel like a lot. Keeping track of how much you’re
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Are Foods Good and Bad? Building a Healthy Relationship With Food
We’ve all heard it before: “It’s fine, today’s my cheat day” “Come on, be bad with me!” “Treat yourself! You’ve
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Protein Packed!
It may seem like every time we talk about nutrition; we’re talking about how to eat more protein. But that’s
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Well, Isn’t That Handy?! An App-Free Guide For Tracking Food
Okay, let’s talk about tracking food. For a lot of people, tracking food can be a challenging habit to create.
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10 Tips For Eating Healthy At A Restaurant
We’ve all been there. You’ve been eating healthy, you’ve been hitting your workouts, and you’re starting to see major results.
Diet
8 Reasons You’re Snacking At Night…And 8 Solutions
Imagine this, you’re focused on your goals, determined to make it happen. You’re so good all day long but then, as soon as the full moon rises, the beast within you is unleashed…
You woof down treats.
Double portions.
And snack until your jaw gets tired… only then, as you lick the Cheeto dust off your fingers with melted chocolate outlining your mouth, do you realize the monster that you’ve become… Here is 8 reason why that’s happening (and 8 solutions!)
Diet
You’re not doomed it’s DOMS
As a professional dancer, many of us chase the “burn” in our workouts or push ourselves to our physical limit in class.
However that soreness can, and ultimately will, stall your progress or even lead to injury.
Here’s why your muscles ache and what to do about it so you can keep moving and grooving.
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What are Carbohydrates? The What, Why, and When
Carbohydrates are essential for dancers but unfortunately so much misinformation has been spread that many performers fear or even avoid adequate carb intake.
This article will serve to bust those myths and hopefully excite you to fuel your best dance body with plenty of carbs.
Diet
Inexpensive Eats: Five Tips For Eating Healthy on a Budget
Life as a performer is expensive. Shoes, shows, lattes, and happy hours are all fun things to drop a few dollars on. But you know what you can’t live without? Food.
Food is a necessary expense, and we have to have it to perform, dance, lift, walk, breath, and, well, survive. You’re a savvy dancer who lifts, so you already know how important fueling your body is, which means you probably know how quickly money can go when you prioritize making healthy, smart food choices. While food may be your most important expense, it doesn’t have to be your biggest. Here are 5 tips to eat well, save money, and get hot.
Diet
How Much Fat Should I Eat? How to Balance Your Fat Intake
Fat is an incredible and important macronutrient. Having a diet with ample fat means your body will run smoothly and recover quickly.
However, there is “too much of a good thing,” being the most calorically dense macro means it’s easy to overeat fat and thusly having too many calories; ultimately slowing down your fat-loss goals.
Here are 8 ways fat is sneaking into your diet.
Fitness
9 Ways to Spice Up Your Protein
Baked chicken and steamed fish would bore anyone to tears and undoubtedly lead to the demise of one’s diet efforts.
A dancer within the DWL community felt this tension rising and asked the rest of the DWL Fam to weigh in on their favorite ways to make protein more exciting.
Here are the top 9 responses!
