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"In order to look like the above, you have to do the below. Here&amp;#039;s how three Denver Broncos cheerleaders are preparing for the big game. Lelanna:   Occupation: Benefits &amp;amp;amp; HRIS Administrator Hometown: Thornton, CO Years on the Denver Broncos Cheerleading Team: 3  College: University of Colorado  What are you doing fitness-wise to prepare for the Super Bowl? Mainly I&amp;#039;m building up endurance. We&amp;#039;re going to be on the go the minute we land in New York for interviews and promotions, so being physically fit is really important. I&amp;#039;m a member of 24-Hour Fitness, so I go to classes like boxing, I do high interval workouts, or I run on the treadmill \u2014 I&amp;#039;m basically just making sure I&amp;#039;m physically fit. Especially because when we get to the game, we&amp;#039;re there hours before and then we&amp;#039;re dancing four or more hours once the game starts. Plus, one of our outfits consists of leather chaps that are heavy, so when you&amp;#039;re dancing around in them you can get tired easily if you&amp;#039;re not fit. Are you nervous to be performing during such cold weather? Living in Denver we have experienced the cold, so we know how to prepare. But we&amp;#039;re hoping to be moving around a lot \u2014 and winning \u2014 so hopefully we&amp;#039;ll be warm. How are you prepping your skin for the Super Bowl? Are you going to get a facial or any special treatment? As far as my overall appearance, I make sure I take care of my skin. I use Clean &amp;amp;amp; Clear Morning Burst Facial Scrub, which gives me a boost in the morning, followed by the pink Clean &amp;amp;amp; Clear Deep Cleaning Astringent, and then I moisturize my face and body with cocoa butter, since Colorado is really cold and dry. It&amp;#039;s important to me that my skin looks hydrated. I&amp;#039;ve used cocoa butter since I was young; it doesn&amp;#039;t make my skin too oily, just enough to make it look and feel moisturized. My face is also really sensitive to change, so if I put too many products on it, it will react. So I&amp;#039;ve just been focusing on eating right, because what you put into your body will reflect on the outside. I&amp;#039;ve been sleeping a lot too, so that I look well-rested on Sunday.  How do you normally do your makeup for game days? Are you doing anything different for the Super Bowl? I actually use Mary Kay makeup \u2014 I&amp;#039;ve been using it forever. I use their concealer under my eyes, a foundation to give my complexion an even finish, and then a pressed mineral powder over that. Then, I put on their blush and usually apply a smoky eye. That&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;m planning on doing for the Super Bowl too, I&amp;#039;ll just make sure I put on more than usual. Typically you have to wear more makeup than you normally would, so you look good to the fans that are sitting high up in the stadium.  How do you plan on styling your hair for the game? Being African American, my hair is naturally dry, so I use a hydrating conditioner, a pre-wash, and a leave-in conditioner. I also use Ovation Hair&amp;#039;s three step line, which consists of a shampoo, a hair revitalizer, and a conditioner and I use that once a week. I also have really long hair \u2014 I have extensions \u2014 so I got them redone on Monday. We wear our hair down because it adds a dramatic element to our dances, so it&amp;#039;s important to me that it looks healthy and shiny.  Do you have any pre-game rituals? Before each game I like to mentally prepare. I have a huge suitcase that I take with me to games, so I make sure I have every piece with me the night before. Then, the day of the game, I go through all of my routines early in the morning, and then I go off to field rehearsal. Then, before I leave for the stadium I collect myself because it&amp;#039;s non-stop once we&amp;#039;re on the field. Your mental health is as important as your physical health, so I say a prayer and thank God that he&amp;#039;s given me this opportunity \u2014 it took me three years to make this team, so being turned away made me want it that much more and not take it for granted \u2014 and I pray that the Broncos win! Emily M.  Occupation: Marine Project Engineer Hometown: Boulder, CO  Years on the team: 1 College: University of Colorado  How are you working out to prepare for the Super Bowl? My goal for this game is be toned, so I&amp;#039;ve been taking a lot of yoga classes at Core Power and going to the gym a lot to work my booty and abs. I like going with friends to stay focused because you push each other more that way. We&amp;#039;ll be bundled up on game day since it&amp;#039;s in New York, but if we need to be in a half-top, I&amp;#039;ll be ready. We have four-hour long practices twice a week and since I have a full-time job, I try to fit in 30 minutes a day twice a week, or take a walk around my neighborhood, at the very least.  What does your diet look like? I spend a lot of time in my car because I work in Boulder, so I do a lot of commuting to and from practice in Denver, so I try to grab whatever I can in between. But now with the Super Bowl coming up, I&amp;#039;m trying to be more careful about what I eat. I&amp;#039;ve actually enlisted my brother, who is in college, to help me right now. He&amp;#039;s a gym rat and has more free time than I do since he&amp;#039;s in school, so he&amp;#039;s been preparing a lot of chicken and veggie dishes for me, and I&amp;#039;ve been also drinking a lot of water. I never drink soda, just tea usually. Are you planning on getting any treatments done to your face before the game? I wish I had time for a facial, but I don&amp;#039;t. I just got a Clarisonic, so I&amp;#039;ve been using that because it helps cleanse my skin after wearing the heavy makeup we have to wear for games. I am getting a spray tan today though at The Grand Palms \u2014 my mom was just diagnosed with skin cancer, so it&amp;#039;s made me think more about going to a tanning bed. I&amp;#039;ll also be using a spray tan bottle before the game, so I can keep up my bronzed glow \u2014 I&amp;#039;ll have my mom spray me down in any places that it looks like the tan is wearing off, since she&amp;#039;ll be with me at the game. How do you plan on wearing your makeup on Sunday? I use a lot of MAC products because they stay on through the entire game, so I&amp;#039;ll be using their Studio Fix Fluid Foundation, which I usually put on over my sunscreen and moisturizer. Then, I&amp;#039;ll use MAC&amp;#039;s finishing powder before applying blush. I go pretty heavy on the blush \u2014 I use a cream blush and then top it with a powder, because the cream helps the powder to stay longer and the powder helps to intensify the cream. I usually do a smoky eye in a deep purple or a black/charcoal gray, but it depends on what outfit the cheerleaders are going to be wearing that day. You have long, beautiful hair. What kind of products do you use, and how do you style your hair for games? I&amp;#039;m a huge fan of Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret and Redken&amp;#039;s Powder Refresh dry shampoo, because washing my hair every day just doesn&amp;#039;t work with my schedule \u2014 it&amp;#039;s such a process sometimes. So, I use dry shampoo to make it look fresh again. Obviously I&amp;#039;m going to wash my hair before the game, but then I&amp;#039;ll use dry shampoo after our on-field practice to help soak up any excess oil. Then, I&amp;#039;ll curl it with a one-inch barrel curling iron, and then spray it with Big Sexy Hair Spray. I also add argan oil on the ends to keep them moisturized. We whip our hair around a lot and I like it to be super long, so I also have tape-in extensions, which I got redone before the AFC Championship game. They&amp;#039;re looking pretty good still, so I&amp;#039;m going to rock them for the Super Bowl.  I also just added in lowlights last week to give my hair some natural-looking dimension for the game, in addition to the blonde highlights that I had put in to brighten it up.  How will you paint your nails for the Super Bowl? A lot of the girls get their nails manicured, but I&amp;#039;m pretty low maintenance. I go for a clear coat or a light pink \u2014 we&amp;#039;re told to wear something that isn&amp;#039;t distracting. So, I go with OPI usually \u2014 but right now I have a hot pink, Seeing Pink Elephants, on my toes, since wear white cowboy boots or our black snow boots, depending on the weather.  Do you guys go out after the games to celebrate? After the game, since we all really get along, we try to coordinate plans at a restaurant nearby because we&amp;#039;re usually starving. But when we can, we go out, have fun, and goof around after the game. We have an after party with the Broncos team set up, so hopefully we&amp;#039;ll be able to celebrate a win! Sam    Occupation: Stylist, model, cheerleading coach Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Years on the team: 4 What&amp;#039;s your exercise routine, and how are you staying fit for the Super Bowl? For a workout, first and foremost, I go to four-hour practices twice a week that counts for my cardio. But aside from that, I go running about two times a week and then I coach a youth cheerleading team twice a week as well, so I dance with them while I&amp;#039;m there. A lot of the girls also go to yoga sculpt at Core Power, but I haven&amp;#039;t had time since the New Year. What does your diet look like? I&amp;#039;m a vegetarian, so I don&amp;#039;t eat a hefty amount of protein, but I&amp;#039;ll usually have two eggs for breakfast with saut\u00E9ed vegetables (spinach with mushrooms or peppers), a glass of juice, and two cups of coffee. For lunch, I try to make my own meal, since eating out can get expensive and it&amp;#039;s not always the healthiest choice. But, if I&amp;#039;m on the run, I&amp;#039;ll grab a slice of veggie pizza or make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and have a yogurt. I always try to snack on nuts if I need a pick-me-up. And then for dinner, I&amp;#039;ll typically eat a pasta with red sauce and legumes to add fiber and protein. I&amp;#039;ll also have a small salad on the side with some vegetables. If I don&amp;#039;t do pasta, I&amp;#039;ll eat some brown rice and make a rice pilaf with some kidney beans. For dessert, I like a little bit of chocolate, but I don&amp;#039;t really eat junk food otherwise. How do you get your bronze, glowy look? The Broncos have us set up with this amazing sponsorship with The Grand Palms, so we have the option to do the Mystic tan there, but I personally don&amp;#039;t like spray tans, so I go and lie in a bed to get bronzed. I went once on Monday and laid in the bed called the Silver Bullet, and I&amp;#039;m going today to lie in the P90 bed, which will give me a bronzed look that will last for Sunday&amp;#039;s game. How do you keep your skin looking clear? Skincare-wise, I&amp;#039;ve never gotten a facial, so I just wash my face in the morning and the night with a Neutrogena foaming face wash for sensitive skin, and then I put this Aubrey oil \u2014 with almond, jojoba, and avocado oil \u2014 on my face at night. The air air is so dry here, so I have to keep my skin hydrated in this high altitude. I used to put grapeseed oil on my skin until I found that one. What&amp;#039;s your signature game day makeup look? Whenever we&amp;#039;re on field level, you have to remember that you have to be seen by the fans seated high up in the stadium. So, I start by applying Bare Escentuals Bare Minerals powder foundation onto my face, layered over my Neutrogena moisturizer. I&amp;#039;m fortunate that I don&amp;#039;t really have breakouts, so I rarely use concealer. Then, I put on a smoky eye and line my eyes with darker liner or shadow, so that they stand out. Then, I go for a contoured bronzed cheek, and a berry lip stain on my lips, so that my lip color stays on throughout promotions and meet and greets.  I hear you have the fiercest hair flip on the team. How do you do it? [Laughs] It&amp;#039;s not a hair flip, it&amp;#039;s a bang flip! The way that I have my hair styled is a pixie cut, but the bangs are longer so that they can sweep to the side \u2014 it gives my look a feminine feel. For Sunday, we&amp;#039;ll have our hairstylist and makeup artist with us, but the way I style my hair is so easy. Short hair is so awesome because once I get out of the shower, I comb it the way I want it, and then I use a blow dryer to set it. Sometimes I might need to run a flat iron through it, so I do, and then I take some styling wax and piece it out before I spray it with hairspray. I&amp;#039;ve had my hair cut like this since 2009 \u2014 I love it. Where will you guys be staying during the Super Bowl? We&amp;#039;ll be staying in Manhattan. I&amp;#039;m so excited to take a million pictures \u2014 I don&amp;#039;t want to forget anything! Since the cheerleaders are traveling with the team, are there any rules about dating or hooking up with the football players? There are no official written rules when it comes to dating a player, but since we&amp;#039;re working for the same organization, dating people at work isn&amp;#039;t the recommended choice. But if you fall in love with someone that you happen to work with, you have to be really, really conscience of what you&amp;#039;re doing. So, dating the players is something that we try to stay away from, since it&amp;#039;s not good to mix work and relationships.  Have cheerleaders you know hooked up with players? The girls I know try not to do that because it can be a real conflict of interest.  To see more of the Denver Broncos cheerleaders, tune in to the Super Bowl on FOX this Sunday, February 2, at 6:30 p.m. EST.  Photo Credit: Denver Broncos Cheerleaders RELATED ARTICLES: 4 Ways to Look Hot When You&amp;#039;re Watching the Super Bowl Football Helmets You&amp;#039;ll Actually Care About 16 Healthier Snacks for Game Day "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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