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Today we are joined by Allie Christensen! Allie is a movement expert and founder of Align Fitness by Allie. She’s also the creator and host of Beyond The Pointe Podcast! Growing up, I killed myself in dance class after dance class always hoping to get stronger as a dancer, but somewhere along the lines I feel like I sort of plateaued and didn’t understand what it would take for me to get to the next level in my training. It was almost as if I was beating a dead horse without realizing that overtraining was going to take a toll on my body. Looking back, there was a smarter way to go about it, but I just didn’t know what that was. In my book, a dancer is an athlete. There’s no way around it! And it’s so important for athletes and people of all natures to train smart rather just as hard as we can, in my opinion. Allie helps people, dancers to be specific, do exactly that. She helps dancers create a solid foundation to build upon throughout their training whether they want to become a professional dancer or not. As a younger dancer, Allie saw herself dancing professionally when she got older. While she didn’t necessarily set out to help other people get the most out of their dancing initially, an injury in life later led her to doing exactly that. I am absolutely fascinated by Allie and her passion for what she does, and I can’t wait for you to listen to this episode. Not to mention the major pivot, there’s that word again, she had to make during quarantine. I’m a firm believer that dance can teach us more than just how to use our bodies, and in this case — I was right. Dancers, if we’re lucky to become a professional one day, don’t have as long of a professional career as our bodies are our instruments we aren’t able to perform at peak capacity up until we’re fifty-five to sixty years old. The years we are able to perform in our prime are so extremely special, and we have to do everything we can to protect our bodies and stay in the game if we wish to dance as long as we can. I wish I had known just how important strength training and fueling my body were back when I was fifteen. There’s a lot to unpack here, but I’m so grateful Allie took the time to make this conversation. Let’s get to growing on the go with Allie Christensen!   As always, please feel free to share this episode if it resonated with you in any way! If you have an extra minute, drop a rating + review for me here. Follow Sarah Jo on Instagram Follow On The Go, The Podcast on Instagram Follow Allie Christensen on Instagram Follow Beyond The Pointe, The Podcast on Instagram Check out Allie’s YouTube Check out Allie's Website