The former Glee actor is finding the constant training tough on his body
It can be easy to assume that as the time goes on, the celebs on Dancing with The Stars would gain more experience and therefore dance would come with ease. However, speaking to RSVP Live contestant Damien McGinnity put this assumption to rest as he stated that learning new dances each week is a “tough challenge”.
The former Glee actor who is partnered up with dancing pro Kylee Vincent, admitted that his “body is borderline falling apart” due to the consecutive weeks of training for the show. “This week there is a vibe that people [fellow contestants] are naturally more tired- its week 7. Naturally were hitting that point when it’s a bit more difficult because that fatigue is kicking in”.“It’s like wear and tear at this point. my body is borderline falling apart with the number of falls and everything I’ve had!” he joked. The Derry native contestant explained that as the weeks go by the amount of pressure he experiences before a performance “is a similar feeling each week”- with the upcoming week being one of his most difficult. “I wish I could sit here and say it has gotten easier, but it hasn’t. if I’m being fully transparent I think this week has been either my hardest or certainly second hardest week so far". “It’s the nature of it, the routines are so different, the techniques are so different when you’re inexperienced like we are on the show. You have no ideas what dances you will what take to and what ones you won’t” he admitted. Damian added that he finds the ambiguity of Monday’s mornings “tough”, as on this day they are faced with a brand-new routine for the week commencing. “Monday mornings are tough. You wake up and you think, ‘I have to go in and do it all again, start from scratch and build from the bottom up’. Mentally it is incredibly challenging, I genuinely had my moments on this. He also stated that he is thankful that “he is has really good and strong mental health”, as with some of the challenges he found “incredibly mentally challenging”. “I’m lucky in my life I don’t struggle mentally and it’s not a hand I’ve been dealt, I’ve always had good and strong mental health. But the hardest day I had was episode 5, which was the quick step. Before the quick step I was really struggling, and I thought ‘I don’t know what’s wrong’”. “I put it down to that it wasn’t as fast as the jive as it wasn’t as full of energy, but it also wasn’t a ballet, so it was in the middle of the road. I didn’t know where to put that energy- mentally it confused me” he said.Read more:
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