{"id":784345,"date":"2026-07-25T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/784345\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:57:09","slug":"more-than-a-workout-free-deathrow-bootcamp-creates-a-dallas-fitness-family-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/784345\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a workout: Free \u2018Deathrow Bootcamp\u2019 creates a Dallas fitness family \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fitness is about more than breaking a sweat for members of Deathrow Bootcamp, a Dallas-based outdoor workout group that has built a community around encouragement, resilience and support.<\/p>\n<p>Known for its high-energy workouts, Deathrow Bootcamp features hill sprints, bodyweight circuits and a live DJ. The free classes are held Thursday nights and Saturday mornings and welcome everyone from beginners to elite athletes, including professional boxing coach Derrick James.<\/p>\n<p>The bootcamp was founded by Coach Jey, an Afghanistan veteran and former Dallas firefighter. Over the past year, the group has grown to more than 8,000 participants.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Jey said the goal is not only to help people become stronger athletes, but also to create a family that motivates and supports one another.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s mantra, &#8220;Surviving Deathrow,&#8221; serves as a reminder that if participants can make it through the workout, they can overcome whatever life throws their way.<\/p>\n<p>The next Deathrow Bootcamp is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC DFW. AI tools helped convert the story into a digital article, and an NBC DFW journalist edited it again before publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fitness is about more than breaking a sweat for members of Deathrow Bootcamp, a Dallas-based outdoor workout group&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97,682],"class_list":["post-784345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}