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Preparing for Drum Corps- Colorguard Edition

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          With the past and upcoming tryouts for the 2019 drum corps season in motion, I thought this post would be a great one that most of my friends could relate to. Preparing pre tour for drum corps is essential for a better experience with your corps, in my opinion, not everyone thinks so, but I bet you will after this post.                     When I say preparing I mean very specific things, not just raising money or gathering items for tour, or even the infamous packing for tour. What I mean is preparing your body, preparing your skills and most importantly preparing your mind. One of the top reasons members leave within the first few weeks of tour, besides injuries, is mental stability. And that is totally okay, never feel like if that has happened to you that it was the wrong decision because you need to take care of your body and ...

What defines you

I am still trying to find a balance in studying, working and writing a blog. I decided to stick it out and make time for this post as it is something I have wanted to talk about very strongly.           Most likely if you know me personally, then you know I began a fitness journey (still ongoing) at the end of December of 2016. It has been a little over a year since. It has been a very successful year, successful, but slow. When I began my journey, by now I believed I would look like a bikini competitor, not that I wanted to look that way, in my mind, I just believed with a years work of discipline and commitment, I could be up to that potential. Am I anywhere near that? Hell no.           My journey did not begin because I thought I was fat (looking back at pictures now, I would definitely consider myself over weight and not healthy=motivation though). I started college in the fall of 2016 and lost connection with a lot of people fro...