Standing in the center of the mat inside of the stage gym, I take a deep breath and prepare myself to do my competition cheer routine for the third time this morning. The music starts. I flash a smile, do a toe touch and then fling myself backwards into a back handspring. For the next two minutes and 30 seconds, I tumble, execute stunts and use every free breath to yell “You’ve got this!” to my teammates. I use all of my strength to lift my flier in the air, and I throw my arms up as high as I can to give her enough time to do a twisting dismount. Seconds later, I do my roundoff back handspring. As the routine ends, my arms are so exhausted from fighting to keep my shaky stunt in the air that I’m barely able to complete my third back handspring of the routine. I hit my final pose and breathe a sigh of relief, happy that I survived another run through of our fast-paced routine. To read more of this story, click the link in bio. #storybymaggiekissick #photobyclarapeters #socialmedi...