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July BJJ Theme: Guard
Guard. If you look around a BJJ floor at any given time during rolls, you’re likely to see about 50% of the pairs of players in some sort of guard. Given the frequent occurrence of the position, it makes sense … Continue reading
Round and Round We Go
My head is spinning…Watch this video on YouTube What have we done over the last three weeks? Lots of combinations in the MDP classes, work on the butterfly guard in BJJ, keeping our hands up in kids class during sparring, … Continue reading
Membership Benefits
As you can see, we’ve added a new membership benefit: if you’re a paying gym member, you get $20 off a massage with one of our favorite LMTs, George Bare of Vital Integrity Massage. Pretty cool stuff, obviously, but did … Continue reading
An Even Fuller Range of Motion
Low DeadliftWatch this video on YouTube One of the constant reminders you’ll hear at the gym is that you should be moving your body through a “full range of motion.” It’s a great idea… but what does it mean? Ideally, … Continue reading
The Full Panoply
All the things in AprilWatch this video on YouTube We do a lot of different stuff at the gym, so much stuff that it’s sometimes difficult to explain all the different pieces. No problem. Here’s a rapid fire series of … Continue reading