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Javone Johnson:
So what do you tell clients that actually experience the soreness that is associated with the
strength training, what keeps them going?
Donald Dennison:
I think you have to have a legitimate want. It’s a
deeper need or deeper want to be healthier, look
better, and feel better. It’s just a part of the process. When you are feeling sore and you don’t
feel like doing it anymore, you just got to understand that once you keep going once the process
becomes longer, once you’re further down in the
process, it does become easier. The beginning
part is always the most discouraging, the beginning part is always the hardest to pedal against.
Javone Johnson:
So what are some of the health benefits associated
with strength training?
Donald Dennison:
I think what you see hear alot with strength
training is the body’s deficiency to move. You go
through your daily life or you look at the other
people and how they move. You notice that they
don’t move as efficient and everything that they
do is a lot more painful, alot painful, and alot
more uncomfortable. When you do strength
training and you do cardio exercising, you’re really focusing on combating any sort of elements
to your body, physical elements to your body.
Javone Johnson:
I see that we are here at the downtown blocker Norfolk YMCA. What lead to your interest
towards working at the Y?

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Donald Dennison:
Well the Y has always been one of those house
whole names especially this YMCA here at this
location. Its huge, it’s the mecca of YMCA‘s in
the area. We have everything that they have.
We have an awesome program here with alot of
good trainers to learn from. It’s just a good place
to start and to build my sort of philosophy and
methods towards training. (Training other people)
Javone Johnson:
In a typical day for a beginner, what would be the
first stage of developing strength training?
Donald Dennison:
Developing strength training, it’s definitely the
technique and the moti ۋ