REVGYM & FIGHT-U WEEK OF 11.25.24

REVGYM & FIGHT-U TRIBE!

I AM SO THANKFUL!

I am thankful for all of you that are, and have never been, just clients.

You are a tribe, a clan, a family, that I cherish and appreciate so very much.

Without you all, I could not begin to fulfill my “Why”…

Enjoy your families during this week of reflection , food, and good times!

JB

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NOTICE:

We will hold regular sessions through Tuesday this week.

Then morning sessions through noon on Wednesday. No evening classes.

We will hold early morning sessions on Thanksgiving… 5 & 6am for some Gravy Boat Pre-Hab!

No sessions after 7am on Thursday, and no sessions Friday.

We will hold Open Mat Friday night at 6pm.

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BLACK FRIDAY for REVGYM & FIGHT-U MERCH!

T-Shirts $20 . Hoodies $35 . Sweatshirts $35 . Sweat Pants $30

Please find the catalog attached.

Beanies for REVGYM, Iron Arsenal, and Fight-U available! Just $25

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COMING UP:

  • Youth Martial Arts Belt Testing was AWESOME! Kids did great!!!

  • FIGHT UNIVERSITY’S inaugural Submission Only Grappling Tournament - Jan 18th & 19th, 2025.

    • Youth tournament Saturday the 18th, Ages 6+, capped at 80 competitors

    • Adult tournament Sunday the 19th, Ages 18+, capped at 80 competitors

    • Medals 1st-3rd place each division, as well as absolute.

    • Fees are $85 early registration, $99 day of, $125 including “Judo for Grappling” seminar held Friday Jan. 17th, 6:30pm.

    • Registration and more details to come soon!

  • BENCHMARK WEEK & REVGYM’S inaugural HYROX PFT competition:

    • Benchmarks Jan 6th-10th

    • Hyrox PFT Competition Sat, Jan 11th. - FREE for REVGYM & FIGHT-U members!

      • What’s the HYROX PFT?

        It’s Hyrox’s way of determining where you may fall in division for your best experience in a HYRPX event.

        Here’s the PFT:

        For time -

        • 1000m Run (outdoor or treadmill at 2% incline)

        • 50 Burpee Broad Jumps (90 cm, approx 3 ft)

        • 100 Stationary Lunges (Fully Extended)

        • 1000m Row

        • 30 Push Up (Hand Release- Chest fully to floor, hands raise off the floor before each rep))

        • 100 Wallballs (14lb male / 8lb female - we will use our standard 20lb & 14lb respectively)

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We’re just ONE week out from the GAMMA World Championships!!!

You’re donations have made it so we can go compete against the best in the world!

Myself, Malea, Norah, Kate, and Zach all are so grateful and appreciate the contributions we’ve already received!

We are a few thousand short for hotels, food and incidentals.

Any amount will help to send our team. Please consider contributing what and when you can!

Please help by CLICKING HERE !

Anyone donating $50 or more, will receive a “ROAD TO WORLDS 2024” T-Shirt (while they last).

Thank you in advance for your generosity!

JB

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Last week’s PRs:

Let’s recognize those putting in that effort!

Jason Ingle 6 MIN BB COMPLEX

AJ Burke AIR BIKE 10 MIN TEAM MAX EFFORT

Jason Ingle 5X BB BENCH + 10X RING ROW

Jason Ingle 10 MIN MAX EFFORT BICEP/TRICEP

Jason Ingle 1 MINUTE MAX EFFORT BENCH PRESS @ 65/35

Joel Perry 1 MINUTE MAX EFFORT BENCH PRESS @ 65/35

AJ Burke 1 MINUTE MAX EFFORT BENCH PRESS @ 65/35

AJ Burke 10 MIN MAX EFFORT BICEP/TRICEP I

AJ Burke 1 MINUTE MAX EFFORT BENCH PRESS @ 65/35

AJ Burke JUMPING BACK SQUATS I

Erin Brown JUMPING BACK SQUATS I

Metrics are important, and so are tracking them, to know where we’ve been, where we’re going, and how to navigate that path!

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BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS! - *Share please!

Youth Martial Arts:

Our program is a great way to keep your child active and engaged during the school year!

Our Youth Martial Arts program has been keeping kids fit, active, learning life saving skills sets, and becoming world class competitors for over 40 years!

Click below to get your kids registered in our Youth Martial Arts & MMA Pograms!

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Teen & Adult All Access Special:

  • 1 month special - All access for $79 + FREE T-Shirt

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THIS WEEK:

FUNCTIONAL TRAINING:

  • Week 3- Strength & Lactic Threshold

    • Longer sets at challenging wt.

    • Up your fluids and carbs.

    • Keep your protein HIGH!

    • If you have creatine, NMN, glutathione, and TMG… take it. If not… get some.

    • Take up to 1/3 of your first protein dose 30 min prior to training.

    • Push the remainder of your first protein within 20-30 minutes after your training.

MARTIAL ARTS / MMA:

  • Counters

    • Striking and drawing to set up kicking counters and striking

    • Striking to grappling for positional control and set ups to finish

    • Head & Arm series from everywhere

    • Kesa series

      • Striking

      • Arm locks

      • Wrist locks

      • etc…

    • Head lock & lock series from sprawls

      • Anaconda

      • D’Arce

      • Guillotine

      • Kimura

    • Submissions from the bottom - set ups from sweep attempts

      • From bump or upa sweep

      • From head smash/peel

    • Varied sweeps from bottom for guard, side control, kesa, and mount.

    • Underhook escape side control to:

      • jump in triangle

      • sweep

      • sit out to anaconda or d’arce

    • Side control escapes:

      • Ghost

      • Tuck foot to half butterfly sweep

      • Double underhook body to reverse shrimp out

      • Single arm ghost pass + arm pit anchor to bridge sweep to North/South sink choke

    • Side control to opportunistic kimura, armbars

    • Range management in & out for striking and grappling flow.

YOUTH MARTIAL ARTS / MMA:

  • Kesa conversions

    • Head & Arm & Counter

    • Kimura - 2 ways

  • Kimura

    • Finish standing, fetal, kesa run around

    • To arm bar

    • To Go-Go

  • Guillotine set ups & conversions

  • Striking combinations with kicking counters

    • Setting up O’Soto, Ogoshi ,Tai o’ Toshi, Harai, & Sag trips

    • Finding the “Inside Rip” to offset opponent/assailant for the above

    • Catching kicks to takedowns

    • Mount sweeps

    • Speed/Reflex drills

    • Counters, Sprawling after striking is countered.

    • Power striking, combinations to throws

    • Self Defense -Hapkido - Anti bullying

IRON ARSENAL DEFENSIVE TACTICS / COMBATIVES:

  • Hand feeding to wrist locks and 2 on 1.

  • Striking on entry to evade, escape, control compliance, finish.

  • Level I&II - catching chokes from 2 on 1 (standing)

  • Passing arm from anmaki to 2 on 1 or wristlock

  • Escape from standing holds to backstop position

  • #DirtyJudo from “Backstop”

    • Reverse Seonagi

    • Uchi mata

    • Arm bar “pop” to C-Lock wrist throw

    • Arm bar “pop” to sit out arm bar and wrist lock

    • Counter to assailant pull or turn in:

      • Kubinagi

      • Harai

      • O’Soto

  • Utilizing secondary and tertiary weapon deployment amidst attack

  • Weapon retention

Your thankfulness should also include yourself this holiday & everyday… you are important and needed more than you could ever know.

John MFN Brown 

John Brown