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An Interview with Joshua Allen from SYTYCD
He's So Much More Than Dancing

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Original Publication Date:
June 2009

"When we first started the tour I would get teased and I knew when I won the show I'd have to get an ever thicker skin because I had to go on tour with the people I just beat. You don't want to say it but it was kinda like my tour in a way. It was all of our tour but because I was the winner it was my tour. But, I was like, 'we're family.' I don't hide my emotions, and I'm so real I can't hide how I feel so it showed. Sometimes I can be sensitive. We had captains on tour that we voted on--Katee and Twitch were chosen--the function being to keep everybody in line and on their game. I had to get pulled out of some numbers because of my knee and that was hard. Gev was my roommate. I think he was so, so underrated on the show. Gev's so talented. Jeff Thacker was in charge of the tour and we became so close--he's my godfather now. The whole experience was amazing."

On his Diet and Exercise Regimen:

Being a dancer and an athlete you might think Joshua has some special diet or strict regime in order to maintain his look and his stamina. Well, he doesn't. Blessed with a combination of youth, great genes, and an active life full of dance--with some regular exercise sprinkled in--keeps Joshua in relatively great shape. When he has to get cut, he can. If he has to get big, he can. He's naturally gifted in those facets of his life, but he is looking to become more educated on the topic of nutrition so he has a long and fruitful career ahead.

"I tried to take some supplements like Mark showed me on the tour but it didn't last. Because I'm out here in L.A. and it's the first time being out on my own, I don't have a really good, perfect diet. I do eat fast food. (laughs) My mom always cooked. I cook breakfast and stuff and I go to nice restaurants and eat good food. I don't know how to cook perfectly. I do have this drink that I take every morning with all your vitamins. Lately, I'm eating lots of salads and working out in the morning. I'll go for a run for like 20 or 25 minutes, and do sit ups, and swim, but I can eat whatever I want right now. Then, I go to dance class and sweat. It's really an intense workout. I've cut back on sweets—no ice cream in my freezer. I don't lift weights because I can get big so fast--really big, really fast. It's ridiculous. I try to do everything with bodyweight just to keep me cut up."

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Photos of Joshua Allen from the shoot with Pz and photographer Cory Sorensen.

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