{"id":11425,"date":"2011-11-17T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=11425"},"modified":"2011-11-17T16:12:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T21:12:15","slug":"dj-helps-community-step-into-better-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=11425","title":{"rendered":"DJ Helps Com- munity Step Into Better Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY IRIS B. HOLTON<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Sentinel City Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the reason, many people suddenly find themselves taking prescription medication. For some, the prescription may be a life sentence.<\/p>\n<p>However, one Tampa disc jockey decided to help residents in the community improve their health through exercise and dance. Known as<strong> DJ J-Rock<\/strong>, the popular young man will celebrate his third anniversary on Saturday, November 19th.<\/p>\n<p>He opened the doors to \u201cStepping With J-Rock\u201d simply because of demand. <strong>J-Rock<\/strong> said the origin of the exercise program came about while he was performing line dances at events such as parties and weddings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the steps were so flashy and challenging, people asked me to teach them the steps while the party was going on. That was almost impossible to do while still trying to keep the party going,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>That was the beginning of something that would have a far-reaching effect. The word spread and <strong>J-Rock<\/strong> began receiving telephone calls from people requesting lessons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>J-Rock<\/strong> said, \u201cThe purpose of the classes are to help step away high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes by exercising, stretching, dancing, and working on one\u2019s flexibility all while having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He decided to open the doors of \u201cSteppin With J-Rock\u201d at the Full Business Center, 2909 E. Hillsborough Avenue, with just three members on November 19, 2008. The classes grew rapidly as the word spread throughout the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>J-Rock<\/strong> keeps the cost for the classes affordable so that everyone can easily afford to attend. For additional information about the classes contact<strong> J-Rock<\/strong> at (813) 298-6941 or email jah2305@yahoo.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor Regardless of the reason, many people suddenly find themselves taking prescription medication. For some, the prescription may be a life sentence. However, one Tampa disc jockey decided to help residents in the community improve their health through exercise and dance. Known as DJ J-Rock, the popular young man [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}