OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Bell says ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ training is very similar to American Football practice.
The sportsman is swapping the pitch for the dancefloor in the new series of the BBC One ballroom and latin show and he admits it is quite similar as both are “mentally and physically exhausting”.
He said: “Strictly training compares to football practice like NFL training camp starts. You train all off season to get on the field but when you actually get on to the field you still have to get into ‘football shape’. It’s the same with Strictly.
“No matter how in shape I thought I was in, you can’t get in dance shape unless you actually dance! Football practice and Strictly training are both different but hard. Similar in that they are both mentally and physically exhausting, but the difference with dancing is that you don’t have an opponent. It’s more of an individual/duo combination for Strictly but you aren’t smashing into other people! It actually makes dance harder because you don’t have a clear opponent. I was more nervous in the NFL because I had an opponent. When I go on the Strictly stage, the only opponent I have is myself.”
And Jason – who is partnered with professional Luba Mushtuk on the show – is grateful to have the support of his former partner Nadine Coyle, with whom he shares daughter Anaíya.
Speaking to William Hill, he added: “I just tried to be in peak physical condition. I knew my body was going to go into shock, but I wanted to have the conditioning to be able to make it through dance practice. Nadine has been so helpful. She is the only person who could mentally prepare me. I had no idea what I was getting into and she prepared me for how difficult learning the routines would be but not to panic, just keep putting in the work and it would start to click.”
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