Was at a comp recently and I had real trobule in keeping up my stamnia with mutilpe heats in a row.

Any suggestions on how to build up my stamnia? What does averyone else do?

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could be alone, but more fun if its a studio organized event with a bunch of couples. they just play the sets of the five dances of a style - often several of each dance cycling through, then a set of all five as if it were a comp... over and over. the idea is that it's more work than a competition.

Aside from dancing rounds, I started going to the gym 5 or 6 days a week to do cardio. I walk on the treadmill for a warm up, and then move on to something more intense like the elliptical trainer or the mountain climber. I also like to row.

We are in a transition period.... We have just left the studio and coaches we worked with for I dont know... 7 years or so.... We had not danced maybe three weeks before this comp.... I did not have concerns as we entered the floor, but...WOW

The way the comp heats went we danced silver and gold in both A and B.... It was tough without a break between eight heats, but we have done this many times before...

We just did not have the stamnia to do it.... After dancing about 8 heats, we ended with the VW... About 3/4 way through the dance I just knew I could not do it, and we walked off the floor.... What a feeling of defeat, first time for us....

We just dont have the opportunity right now to do rounds in the studio, so the gym sounds like a good option for us.... We are doing the Atlanta regional in just a few weeks, and now I am concerned...

As a side line.... Stanley C. was organizing the heats... He made sure to seek out both my husband and I to make sure we were OK.... That was nice!!