How to Train for an Aerobesque in Cheerleading

• 1). To get a good aerobesque, it is vital to strengthen your lower back, since these muscles are what you use to hold up your extended leg. This can be accomplished either by going to a gym and using machines, tumbling (or other activities that require substantial back strength), or doing at-home exercises, such as lying leg raises.
  
  
• 2). Your core -- which includes your upper and lower abdominals, lower back and obliques -- is vital for helping maintain and improve balance. In addition to working your lower back, it would be helpful to use programs such as Pilates and yoga that work to strengthen your entire midsection.
  
  
• 3). Incorporate an exercise, such as running, that requires use of your lower-back muscles, challenges your balance, and gives you an aerobic workout as well. The more fit you are, the easier it will be for you to hold your position with ease and grace.
  
  
• 4). Using a waist-high table or chair to support your extended leg, practice your aerobesque. It is useful to do sets of five, holding the position for as long as you are able. Practice these every day, at least once a day.
  
  
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  College partner stunters often use aerobesques in their gameday routines.
  
  When you can hold your aerobesque without the assistance of a table, you should practice on the floor and then with your stunt group or partner. It will become more fluid the more you run the stunt with your group.