As a strength coach I ought to have a plan for when a dancer arrives in the studio, but I also begin every session by asking:

How the dancer feels right now

What the dancer’s week has been like

What’s yet to come in the dancer’s week

If for some reason new choreography has a dancer feeling unusually run down, I might change her program on the fly to accommodate for this reality. Because what matters isn’t getting in two quality workouts during the week, it’s getting in hundreds of quality workouts during the year.

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