Meryl Davis And Maksim Chmerkovksiy Talk Of How They Are Staying Healthy Doing Dancing With The Stars
Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovksiy talked with OK! Magazine after Dancing With The Stars Monday night. One of the questions they asked is how they were staying healthy at this point in the competition. Below is how they replied.
“One of the things Maks has been telling me is to be honest with each other,” Meryl told OK! backstage Monday night. “Coming into rehearsal one day saying I’m really tired today, this is kind of hurting, let’s take it easy doing this—I think that’s the primary thing.”
Maks may be an extremely hard worker, but he knows the value of taking it easy, too.
“I can alter things,” he explains. “I don’t get married to a routine. Val is different. Val goes and rehearses with a pro until four in the morning and the next day he comes and he shows the routine and then he teaches it to Danica. I’m different. I see her and I go, ‘Okay, let’s slowly start building.’ If she doesn’t tell me if something’s hurting, I’m not going to know it. I’m going to push something and it’s going to make it worse. We just need to stay honest and if I’m tired I tell her, if she’s tired we cut it short. It’s not worth the consequences.”
More at OK! Magazine.
When Maks says that “Val rehearses with a pro until 4 in the morning and then comes and shows the routine to Danica; is he saying that he has a routine that he dances with a pro first to get everything right or does he learn the choreography from the pro and then teaches it to Danica.
Katy, I would take it to mean that Val choreographs the routine on the pro dancer then shows it Danica.
If I was a contestant on the show, I think I would prefer to have my pro choreograph the dance on me. Certain moves that look good on her may look entirely different on me due to differences in body types, dance experience and personality quirks.
I wonder is Maks is a bit miffed that Meryl’s foot problems happened on Val’s watch? The “it’s not worth the consequences” quote in particular strikes me that way.
@ Susan it is not worth the consequences because he knows he can go the easy route and still get 10’s.
I’m sure Maks doesn’t want a repeat of what happened with Misty May Treanor – doesn’t want to “break” another Olympic Gold Medalist. Speaking of Misty May, I wish she would put in an appearance in the audience this season. I know she’s pregnant and all, but I’d love to see her out there supporting Maks!
I remember a long, long time ago, Louis van Amstel said he would not overwork his celebrities. He said that injuries were starting to crop up after the first few seasons because pros wanted to win so badly that they were practicing too many hours with their celebs. He said winning wasn’t worth that much to him. I respected him for that.
@Angela (#4) Misty May was supporting Maks and Karina this past summer on Broadway. I’m sure they are in very good terms.
Speaking of celebrity support, I sometimes wonder how much does it matter for DWTS voting? I know Karina is very close to some of her former celebrity partners, but they rarely put this out front and center.
Val used Oksana from the troupe for season 16 and gave her and her now fiance Jon Platero a trip to Hawaii as a thank you. I wonder who he is using now? Maybe Jenna cuz she was in the package last week with him when Danica broke her rib. Funny way to work because your celeb is constantly trying to live up to a pro routine even if it is not possible.
Working tired is one thing, overextending is another and that seems to be the crux of the difference between the Pro’s vs Non-Pro’s. I’m defining the word ” Pro” by the fields that they are a Pro at!
Amy is a Pro? Skier, Meryl and Charlie are Pro Ice Skaters, Not Pro Dancers.
As a pro, Rest is paramount and drinking liquids ( Water) is a must!
Rest is vital in all activities Pro or Not! Asking someone to get to a level that is close to what a pro has accomplished is great,in thought,however, very, very difficult unless you intend on being a pro in their field?
It is my contention that Pros going into another field of endeavor are Amateurs until they have achieved Professional Status , in that field.