REVGYM WEEK OF 02.12.24

REVGYM TRIBE!

Our first Protector Series Seminar of the year was great yesterday!

Covering situational awareness, mitigation, de-escalation and defensive skill sets around transitional spaces going to and from vehicles and buildings, as well as potential bad actors approaching or engaging when in a vehicle.

Do you know how to utilize space and objects to protect yourself and others? Do you know how to apply reflective surfaces in everyday use when navigating a parking lot or shopping center? Do you know the safest protocols for entering and exiting your vehicle? Or to keep your family, co-workers, or principals safe?

Our next in the series will be next month! Keep eyes peeled for the date coming up quick!


”THE DEEP WATER” PODCAST:

Yup, you read that right! We’ve sarted a podcast!

We recorded our first episode this last Wednesday with two of my “lifers” in Chris Nelson and Siegfried Flores! We talked who we are, how we are, how they got here, the Deep Water, Raytown, Gym Jones, mark Twight, martial arts, and some bullsh*t…

We’ll be posting on a Youtube channel to start with.

We’d love to have any one of you REVGYM Tribe members on to speak to your path in life, the gym, hobbies, events, competitions, passions, fun, serious stuff, etc…

We have availability late mornings, lunch hours, and some evenings to record!

Please let me know if you’d like to be on and what kind of time works for you!

JB

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The Foxhole Challenge is 4 weeks in!!!

I’ve seen, heard, and feel a great shift in the challengers this week! You guys are awakening to the process and making strides towards new and permanent habits!

Keep it up!, you’re doing it!

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Last week’s PRs:

Let’s recognize those putting in that effort!

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

Last week these REVGYM Tribe members PR’d -

  • Aaron Parker - 5 min Hollow rocks

  • Spencer Brown - 5 min Hollow rocks

  • Wes Shumate - Bench & Fly

  • Ashley Flores - Bench & Fly

  • Liz Kelsey - 5 min max effort Sit ups & Scissor Kicks

  • Jason Ingle - 5 min max effort Sit ups & Scissor Kicks

  • Nick Redd - Work up to Heavy Strict Press

  • Scott Woods - Air Bike & Carry II

  • Liz Kelsey - 100X Ab Rollouts

NICELY DONE REVGYM TRIBE!!!

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GYM ETIQUETTE -

Let’s step up REVGYM!

  • When you take out a piece of equipment, put it back EXACTLY where it belongs when finished. Whether it’s a weight plate, band, a bar, a dumbbell, a box, a rower… put it back.

  • Do not wear dirty or muddy shoes or clothes into the gym.

  • Do not pour water into the base of the water cooler, it’s not a drain.

  • Bring a water bottle. We will no longer provide the red cups fro water, as they were being left everywhere.

  • If you’re a martial artist, and you’re putting in hard training before getting on the mat, bring a different shirt/rash guard to train in on the mat. Respect your partners.

  • If you’re a practitioner of the afternoon Open Gym, or 6pm sessions, and equipment has been left out for you use in a WOD, put it away when finished.

  • Trainers, if you’re running a session, make sure your people put their equipment away.

  • Take your clothes and water bottles home please. Any bottles, clothes, etc. left in the lobby area, or anywhere else, will be donated or thrown away after a week.

  • If you spill water, pre workout, chalk, blood, vomit… clean it up.

  • If you use the shower facilities, be easy on the door of the shower please. Limit shower time to 5 min.

  • When using the restroom sinks, please clean up after yourself if you’ve “splashed” water all over the sink or floor.

  • Do not use someone’s private barbell. These are usually Rogue bars, have sticker(s), aluminum or steel collars, etc. Use the chrome or plain steel bars. If you’d like to store your own personal bar here, you may!

  • When unloading a barbell, do not drop the ends of the barbell to the ground, as this will strip the threads in the end of the barbell, rendering it useless.

  • When utilizing Open Path for gym access, please make sure the door locks behind you when entering or leaving.

  • When using Open Gym times, if the kiosk screens are not on, please use the Wodify app on your phone or tablet to access the WOD.

  • No shoes on the martial art mats unless approved.

JB

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Know your WHY?

Know your WHY!

Know your WHO?

Know your WHO!

Who are you when you fully show up and what drives your decisions?

What voice(s) influence your decisions?

What past experiences are driving you forward or holding you back?

Are you free from weights that are not yours to carry?

Are you holding them out of habit?

Are you clinging to fears that are keeping you from freedom? from discipline needed to find that freedom?

Are you applying grace to all necessary to allow yourself to rise?

Or are you holding to pains, chains, and weights of the past that are surely holding you under the Deep Water?

You can’t “Bull in a china-shop” you’re way through the chains… you won’t break them that way… you’ll fool yourself into believing you can get strong enough to carry them… you’ll fail… and all around you will be effected.

The way is to let go of the chains…. you’re choosing to hold them. No one person(s), or incident, or series of incidents can make the weights and pains of the past cling to you…. you have the choice.

Let go.

Follow your why.

and know WHO you are when you choose your path.

Choose wisely.

JB

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COMING UP:

GAMMA MIXED MARTIAL ART TOURNAMENTS:

  • FRIDAY, MARCH 1ST & 2ND “UNDER 18 INTERNATIONAL OPEN”

    • 3X 2 MIN ROUNDS / NO HEAD STRIKES / NO LEG LOCKS / AGES 8-17

    • FRIDAY - WEIGH INS 8-9AM - FIRST BOUT 11AM

    • SATURDAY - FIRST BOUT 9AM

    • The “ARNOLD CLASSIC” @ THE OHIO EXPO CENTER

      • 717 EAST 17TH AVE / COLUMBUS OH 43211

      • * REGISTER @ GAMMAUSA.ORG

MEN’S NIGHT:

  • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 7-9PM (ISH)

  • WARRIORS IN A GARDEN

  • LEADING BY THE PATH

  • QUIET STRENGTH IN THE DEEP WATER

  • SNACKS, WHISKEY, AND BYOB

YOUTH MARTIAL ARTS BELT TESTING:

  • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 4:30-5:30PM

  • $55/STUDENT/TIP OR BELT

WOMEN’S PERSONAL PROTECTION CLINIC:

  • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 6:30-8PM

  • $35 / RETURNING PRACTITIONERS

  • $40 EACH / MOTHER-DAUGHTER PAIRS, CO-WORKER PAIRS, ETC.

  • $55 / FIRST TIMERS

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NEW T’S 7 & HOODIES!!!

REVGYM’S own Layne Whitehouse owns and operates a local printshop, MidCoast Threads!

REVGYM apparel packages we currently have available to order: (Turn around is quick!)

Adult REVGYM apparel: 1X Gym T-Shirts, 1X Hoodie, 1X Sweat pants for $99

  • T-Shirt options:

    • Gray or Black shirts

    • “REVOLUTION” (On the front)

    • “SUFFER”, GET BACK UP” , “LEAN IN”, “NO QUARTER” (on the back)

  • Hoodie:

    • Gray or Black hoodies

    • “REVGYM” - (Stacked on the crest on the front)

    • “SUFFER”, “GET BACK UP”, “LEAN IN”, “NO QUARTER” (on the back)

  • Sweat pants:

    • REVGYM” on the leg vertically (Gray or Black)

Adult REVOLUTION MARTIAL ARTS apparel: (Gray or Black hoodies or sweats, all shirts are black)

  • T-Shirt, 1X Hoodie, 1X Sweat pants for $99

  • Our “Tsunami over the “r” logo on the crest of shirts and hoodies; same large logo on the back

  • Our “Tsunami over the “r” logo on the left, front hip of the sweat pants

Youth REVOLUTION MARTIAL ARTS apparel: (Gray or Black hoodies, all shirts are black)

  • T-Shirt, 1X Hoodie, 1X Sweat pants for $80

  • Same log set up as the adults.

  • Logos on the shirts will reflect the student’s belt color

HIT ME UP TO ORDER! - HAPPY2HURTYA@GMAIL.COM

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

3 month Youth Martial Art special + FREE uniform - $180

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Please post and share our gym specials to friends and family!

  • 1 month special - All access for $79

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THIS WEEK:

Functional Training:

        • Deep Strength (Week 5 / 6)

        • Increase your protein and good fats!

        • Gallon of H2O (minimum)

        • 10 min cold shower or 3 min minimum cold plunge daily

        • Mobility & Flexibility- 10+ min a day




Martial Arts / MMA:

        • Combinations to transitional control or takedowns

          • Ankle wrap, Seo, Uchi Mata, Osoto, Ogoshi, Harai variants

          • Control / Submission from stuffed 2 on 1

          • Back sag

        • Armbars and counters

        • The Dirty Trinity - emphasizing damage along the way - sport & combat applications

        • Escapes, up & outs, counters

        • Power striking and doubled-up techniques




        • Youth Martial Arts

            • Belt Testing prep

            • Moving with striking and power

            • Take downs- shots

            • Mount sweeps

            • Speed/Reflex drills

            • Counters, Sprawling after striking is countered.

            • Power striking, combinations to throws

            • Self Defense - Anti bullying




Iron Arsenal:

        • Level I - crash entries to duck under: 2 on 1, head and arm, back take and sag.

          • Utilizing strikes from duck under position in transition

          • Damage along the way - knees, elbows, - opportunistic targets

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

          • Escape from standing holds to backstop position

        • Utilizing secondary and tertiary weapon deployment amidst attack

        • Weapon retention

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The DeepWater knows no quarter… it does not have an opinion, feelings, emotions, particularly remorse. Know this and live like you have never lived before.

John MFN Brown 

John Brown