Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders’ epic performances depend on their endurance simply as a lot as their iconic excessive kicks.
Based on a brand new profile of the squad in Vogue, revealed on Wednesday, November 27, one cheerleader’s health tracker learn 24,000 steps after the Cowboys’ 34-10 loss to the Houston Texans on Monday, November 18.
“That’s not going to depend a leap cut up,” one other close by cheerleader joked concerning the spectacular quantity.
Per the Marathon Handbook, the common marathon runner takes about 52,400 steps in a 26.2 mile race.
The cheerleaders — who will take to the sphere on Thursday, November 28 for the Cowboys annual Thanksgiving Day recreation, this 12 months towards the New York Giants — rose to much more prominence earlier this 12 months with the discharge of the Netflix docuseries America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which turned a phenomenon on the streamer and has been renewed for a second season.
However their elevated degree of fame doesn’t imply they aren’t nonetheless placing within the soiled work.
The squad dedicates hours of rehearsal prior to each house recreation at The Star, the Cowboys’ workforce headquarters situated in Frisco, Texas. From there, the cheerleaders all take a bus from Frisco to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, roughly a 37 mile trek.
Plenty of the cheerleaders advised Vogue they do round two hours of make-up earlier than boarding the bus, with some reapplying as soon as they arrive on the stadium.
The workforce members have all perfected the Dallas Cowboys’ Cheerleaders signature look, which Vogue described as “one that’s each camera-ready and intense bodily exercise acceptable.”
The dancers are on the transfer over two hours earlier than kickoff, performing for followers exterior of AT&T Stadium earlier than making their means right down to the sidelines for hours of infinite movement throughout the recreation.
Whereas the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have made a picture out of being pristine and flawless, there’s some very actual grime while you pull again the curtain.
“Ew, ew, ew,” one cheerleader was noticed saying whereas peeling off a sock soaked in sweat.
One other cheerleader, named Reece, mentioned, “It’s simply a type of issues that you need to push via.”
After a day and night of continually being on their ft, the cheerleaders board the bus — at 11:22 p.m., on this night time — for the lengthy journey again to Frisco.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will participate within the halftime present on Sunday, alongside nation star Lainey Wilson, when the Cowboys tackle the Giants at 4:30 p.m. on Fox.