Denise Dominguez
Strength & Performance Coach and Lead Programmer
Where were you born/where are you from?
Northern California
What is your specialty?
Deadlifts. Coffee. Preferably coffee during deadlifts.
When and where did you start training?
The high school weight room. My cross country coach had us do some light accessory work and I loved it so I started doing more weights on my own after practice. Then in college it was required and I loved weight days more than actual practice.
What are your training/teaching related goals?
To make moving well as accessible as possible. Everyone that walks in has a unique set of challenges and I love meeting them where they’re at and making whatever we are doing that day achievable for them.
What do you like about teaching?
That lightbulb moment when someone gets something for the first time! That first pull up, toes to bar, handstand push-up, barbell PR etc. Those moments are golden and I can’t express what it means to be the person that helps them on that journey.
What do you like to do outside of coaching and training?
What is outside?
What is something you would like to share with your students?
I spend more time thinking about them than they realize. If I see them struggling with a movement during a class and we don’t get it down, I will brainstorm it until I see them again.
Northern California
What is your specialty?
Deadlifts. Coffee. Preferably coffee during deadlifts.
When and where did you start training?
The high school weight room. My cross country coach had us do some light accessory work and I loved it so I started doing more weights on my own after practice. Then in college it was required and I loved weight days more than actual practice.
What are your training/teaching related goals?
To make moving well as accessible as possible. Everyone that walks in has a unique set of challenges and I love meeting them where they’re at and making whatever we are doing that day achievable for them.
What do you like about teaching?
That lightbulb moment when someone gets something for the first time! That first pull up, toes to bar, handstand push-up, barbell PR etc. Those moments are golden and I can’t express what it means to be the person that helps them on that journey.
What do you like to do outside of coaching and training?
What is outside?
What is something you would like to share with your students?
I spend more time thinking about them than they realize. If I see them struggling with a movement during a class and we don’t get it down, I will brainstorm it until I see them again.