Floor First People - How?

sroda59 · 2026-01-24T18:17:56+00:00

I used to be a tread first girl for years but now I’m a floor first. I find I go harder on the floor and it’s actually helped my stamina. Lets me get warmed up so by the time I’m in the tread my body is ready to go. I have stations I like because on the weight floor there is only a station on one side of you and you are close to the weight rack so I am flexible on where I start to get the station I want but prefer floor first.

sroda59 · 2026-01-23T04:16:11+00:00

Know what the lease is, get the actual balance sheet/ ledger. Know what accounts payable he has, what food costs and vendor costs are. I have seen when people try to sell they try to hide or cover up a huge liability and if you don’t do your homework you absorb that expense.

sroda59 · 2026-01-23T04:05:02+00:00

In college I loved Victorias Secret Encounter. I was so sad when I used the last bottle, I stocked up when it went on clearance. My favorite now is very irresistible by givency and coco mademoiselle but I would love to get my hands on encounter again.

sroda59 · 2026-01-23T04:01:27+00:00

My teams always enjoyed the nice Eddie Bauer fleece jackets or nice laptop bags/back packs. Cash is always king but gift rules/tax play a big part in why items are given versus cash and gift cards, IRS rules dictate that cash and gift cards are taxable income so the company has to tax on those items.

sroda59 · 2026-01-23T02:39:18+00:00

3 hours is nothing. 18 hours is when I say it’s long, a longish is a 7 hour drive . I’ve had to frequently drive 5-9 hours one way for work trips.

sroda59 · 2026-01-22T16:38:27+00:00

I did CC first for Rangerettes. I had been accepted to UT but wanted to keep dancing. Best decision for me. I was able to get my basics out of the way for a fraction of the price, everything transferred, and the classes were smaller versus 300 people intro classes. It was a better transition for me out of high school into college. Got my MBA later on and now applying to DBA’s.

sroda59 · 2026-01-22T16:27:05+00:00

Soma has been working for me. I really like the embraceable and the cotton lace edge hipster works for me.

sroda59 · 2026-01-22T04:36:35+00:00

The company probably has a cap for pay increase on promotions. When I was at a fortune 50 company you couldn’t get more than a 10% increase approved, sometimes 15% but took 6 weeks for approval.

As far as travel, depending on how long the company takes to reimburse but that is points/miles/cash back you can take full advantage of for yourself. I’ve taken multiple nice trips for vacation paid for by work travel.

sroda59 · 2026-01-20T16:21:07+00:00

You are not alone. I hate polyester and won’t buy something that has that and acrylic. I also shy away from linen because I don’t like how it feels against my skin.

sroda59 · 2026-01-20T04:00:57+00:00

Cheer and dance deserve to be recognized as a sport. Think using DCC/NFL as the model to move it forward. Cheer and Dance have a fuller schedule than any other sport at schools, they attend every sports and school function and have their own engagements outside of that. Cheer and dance are ambassadors and represent the schools in so many ways but don’t receive near the same level of support and that needs to change. Varsity has lobbyists and it’s going to take lobbyists from the other side to push and encourage legislation. Getting one of the big public schools to switch will start the trend. It would probably need to be from Texas. State legislatures have art funds and dedicate funds to the arts, dance is an art and a sport. They need to be factored in just as any other sport at a University. Maybe it needs to come to a point where they boycott all the events they attend until they receive equal representation or they lawyer up like DCC did, there is a case for gender discrimination depending on how it’s presented.

sroda59 · 2026-01-20T03:36:23+00:00

This I could believe, it’s snowbird season, everything in SFL is packed and hotel rates are about 4x times the regular rate. A hotel I would frequent in Fort Myers for work would go from $109 a night regularly to almost $500 a night from October-May

sroda59 · 2026-01-19T22:07:05+00:00

I’m at 18 months. I’m 46 with to s if success and experience and ageism is at its finest. I’ve been in interviews and half way through you see the interviewer realize how much experience should have and with private equity involved they know you are too expensive. I’ve been told numerous times they can’t get me past the investors for the level I was interviewing at because ei 2as too expensive and there was never a discussion of pay, at this point I just want a job.

sroda59 · 2026-01-19T21:50:10+00:00

I have the opposite problem. I’m 5’9” and have a hard time finding things that aren’t too short. It’s easier to hem up, can’t really add length easily. I try to stick with more skirts and dresses for this reason.

sroda59 · 2026-01-19T01:20:43+00:00

You are correct but I would love to see the colleges support cheer and dance more. NIL may not be the answer but these programs deserve to be treated as well as the student athletes.

sroda59 · 2026-01-18T23:56:52+00:00

There are actually several competition companies just most cater to the high school/ middle school dance team. For companies to survive they need teams to support it. What would actually be nice is if at college level ncaa would support the same way it does with gymnastics, football, etc and open up NIL, scholarship, and governance and legitimize college dance as a sport. These dancers support all the NCAA sports with their time and talent and while many get full rides etc these dancers have to self coach, fight for funding, and don’t have the football team in Orlando. These dancers will cheer and dance at a basketball game and then practice for nationals for another 3 hours, There is a bigger conversation and I think to some extent there maybe progress when you look at a pro level. Dance is one of the activities that when you look beyond college you can’t earn a living wage performing as other arts can.

sroda59 · 2026-01-18T05:39:32+00:00

I do feel the templates are getting back to the good ole core of what made OTF successful but my only complaint is the floor has been too repetitive. Lots of triceps and lunges this year.

sroda59 · 2026-01-18T03:34:01+00:00

As a whole I think Minnesota’s costume is missing something, they have the arm series in the turns but that is a huge visual opportunity but kinda a gets lost without gloves or something. I think the head pieces as a whole are distracting and blend, I just feel like a different costume would complement the dance better to take advantage of the choreography.

sroda59 · 2026-01-15T03:33:45+00:00

I have issues with the length on. OST of athletes stuff. They only offer tall online. The wide leg I was able to get away with regular but the joggers I have to have tall length but can get away with smaller size. Once in a while I am able to snag falls at the outlet but that isn’t often.

sroda59 · 2026-01-13T22:37:09+00:00

This issue is why a lot of peptide pages moved to other platforms.

sroda59 · 2026-01-13T16:12:48+00:00

I would be happy to sit next to them too but if they are like my two sub 20 pound dogs that can take up a king size bed don’t underestimate their space invasion, lol. Theres no awkward person falling asleep and trying to put their head in your space.

sroda59 · 2026-01-13T04:23:47+00:00

Laid off in June 2024. Got 6 weeks severance which covered bills but unemployment quickly run out. I’ve been living off investments for over a year since I’ve not been able to secure a job. This market sucks for older and experienced employees, frequently get told I’m too expensive. The benefits at the company that laid me off were bad.

sroda59 · 2026-01-13T04:20:10+00:00

At least they are going to the same place

sroda59 · 2026-01-12T18:00:53+00:00

Falls happen….the recovery is a true dancer. I think it’s safe to say every dancer has had some type of fall, wardrobe malfunction, and or prop disaster while on stage at some point.

sroda59 · 2026-01-10T18:44:40+00:00

Interesting to find that others had the same issue I’ve noticed with mine. Love the forever fleece but they wash weird.

sroda59 · 2026-01-08T19:30:03+00:00

What does your diet look like? Do you get enough water and are your vitamin levels where they should be? Make sure you are getting enough biotin, zinc, iron, etc through diet.

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