To Frank McKenna, movement is medicine.

His gym, Better Beach Bodies, is unassuming — a small shack in the wooded West Neck area of Virginia Beach. If you’re not looking for it, you’ll miss it. Inside, though, is a mecca of movement. Exercise equipment lines the entire space. Body builders pose in photographs on the walls.

“When you look at outside, you think, ‘how can there be a gym in there?’ until you open the doors. Well, that’s just like me,” said McKenna.

The 65-year-old has spent decades in the exercise and personal training space, but after being diagnosed with cancer, staying active has become even more important. Now, about a decade into his diagnosis, McKenna is using his gym to be part of the healing process for others.

Frank McKenna, survivor of stage-4 lung cancer and own

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