Jonathan Gainey and his partner Lauren Camp co-founded Down to Box, a nonprofit boxing program made specifically for adults with Down syndrome.
The program has been expanding and there are now 15 different locations of the program across the country.Jonathan Gainey has 14 years of experience in personal training and has worked with hundreds of clients and taught numerous fitness classes. But his favorite class to teach is the one nearest to his heart.
He and his business partner Lauren Camp co-founded Down to Box, a nonprofit boxing program made specifically for adults with Down syndrome. "Individuals with Down syndrome may suffer from decreased muscle mass and low muscle tone. Boxing helps with that. It's the dexterity, the ring time and the cardio aspects that can help these individuals," Gainey says.
"I like to think it doesn't limit anybody. Down syndrome is an intellectual disability, but I push the bar as high as any one of my other classes. So many times when teaching classes for adults with disabilities, people lower the bar. I like to keep it where it is," he says.
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