San Diego-born breaker Logan Edra, better known by his stage name Logistx, aims for balance. As someone in tune with her mental and physical balance, Edra serves as an inspiration for dancers, athletes and ordinary humans. You will never guess, by its bubble and safe way, that your path to finding that balance has not always been so clear. What has helped are the ways he has learned to adapt and grow as his relationship with his sport has changed throughout his career. An unlikely entry into dance, along with a strong female mentor, drove Edra toward the career and active lifestyle she lives today.
Edra began to break up after her father tricked her into attending a hip-hop class instead of her normal art classes. But he soon fell in love with breaking and began dancing in a studio in his hometown that is known to produce top-notch dancers. A studio mentor showed Edra from the start that along with hip-hop, the breakup wasn’t just for boys and brought Edra into the sport. The last few years have been full of competitions for the young dancer, and of course it has paid off. But after so much competition he has had to find balance in his work. Although Edra is still breaking up and competing regularly, her reasons seem a little different from what they were when she started. “I need time to reflect, train, practice and create and reinvent myself with my style,” he said. This change has created a reconstructive way for Edra that has allowed her to continue her career in a way that seems authentic to her. As part of this, he has tried to compete in more open style battles, which he finds to be new and exciting challenges. Most recently, he held his own event, an open battle in the style of Bonnie and Clyde in South Florida. This event was part of a broader campaign to get more involved in the community and offer a break to more people. Through the breakup and her career, Edra has found a sense of love and respect for herself and hopes to help other people find the same as her community gets involved.
Edra’s changing focus on her sport has not changed her dedication to leading an active lifestyle or training. In his low season of competition, he usually trains with a different intention and refers to this as “general maintenance”. Like anything, he faces training with drive and purpose and can be found doing it three to six times. a week as part of their daily routine. When he is in “competition mode, he scores again, only training for about an hour, three or four times a week and focusing his training on power, strength, mobility, endurance and speed, all the elements key to his fluid but strong style.
B-Girl Logistx and B-Boy Lil Zoo train during the Breaker Summit in Austria
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However, Edra’s skillful movements and flow have more than her strength. Her training in hip-hop and other types of dance and art has proven to be a great asset to her and an integral part of her training. When her father initially tricked her into going to hip-hop class when she was little, she was already doing – and loving – a visual art class. Edra’s education and training that leverages her natural creativity has created a foundation for her to grow in her sport. It was his love of hip-hop and the arts as a whole that allowed his groundbreaking style to become what it is now. Whether it’s an original hip-hop or a 90s-style bounce, he’s able to find inspiration in every corner of the dance to return to the breakup.
Choreography and teaching also add dimension to Edra’s training and competition. As someone who uses dance to connect with their community, moving alongside their students helps both Edra and her students form. The practice of staging, choreography, and teaching allow Edra to explore the edge between discipline and inspiration in her training.
More than anything else, the mental and spiritual aspects of training help Edra keep her feet on the ground. “I like to move,” he said, “like moving meditation or a physical meditation where I’m walking or sitting in my room, I’m meditating but I also move. The mental side is very important.” A spiritual person, Edra also finds that crystals are an essential part of her training and competition. Wearing bracelets, earrings or crystal necklaces help Edra keep her energy in the right place while she breaks and competes. Holding on to these things has helped keep Edra rooted in his lifestyle as he continues to endure internal pressure to have a performance as well as external pressure throughout his career. He has learned by meditating on how to cling to a self-love that has helped him take his career beyond what he had ever dreamed of and continue to grow and build its foundations.
Edra’s focus and training make her seem wise beyond her years. The advice I would give to your younger self is to avoid exhaustion and follow the right path. For her, experience is everything, especially for great opportunities. But she has had to learn to be more in tune with herself instead of saying yes to everything. Not being afraid of being herself has helped bring Edra to where she is now. Trusting herself and doing what makes her happy are also keys in her path. She has made sure, even today, as she further explores her relationship with the breakup, that she has built a life she wants, not just one that will bring her success and what others expect of her.
For someone so young, it looks like Edra has achieved a healthy balance between training, competition and staying motivated and inspired by her sport. “I think dancers get stuck in this bubble, because it’s like their world is dance. But I’ve been lucky enough to remember that the real world is the real world and that dance is just a little bubble,” he said. to say. Instead of her motivation coming from this bubble, Edra can take a step back and see the overall image that helps keep her on track. “Everyone can activate motivation and discipline, but getting inspired is something different.”
Get into your own routine and stay active with Edra’s Spotify playlist:
