Congratulations to Nico Roth on getting promoted

from his white belt to his egg belt!

(White with a yellow stripe)

Nico consistently shows dedication and drive and is definitely one of the toughest 6 year olds you’ll meet!

Great job, Nico!

This past Saturday our Jiu Jitsu team headed down to Rio Rancho to compete in Combat Sports Club’s Southwest Grapplefest IV. We took 13 competitors and brought home 12 medals!

Nik Tschursin placed 3rd in gi and 2nd in no gi

Miguel Ordonez placed 3rd in gi and 2nd in no gi

Zack Parrs placed 2nd

Zion Sandoval placed 4th

Alex Olivas placed 1st

Gadi Schwartz placed 1st

Iris Dunbar placed 4th

Andrew Warren placed 1st

Josh Calzadillas placed 3rd

and Professor Henry Martinez placed 1st!

Congratulations, guys! You all did great!

Last Saturday, we kicked off the Jiu Jitsu Paleo Challenge. This consisted of before pictures, a brief talk about the Paleo diet (the philosophy and the requirements) and three physical tests (a timed 400 meter run, As many burpees as possible in one minute, and as many squats as possible in one minute) which will be tested again in 2 months at the end of the Paleo Challenge along with after pictures.

As our Jiu Jitsu competitors know already, the deeper we throw ourselves into the fire to test our mettle, the stronger we come out of it. Jiu Jitsu athletes know that competition makes them get better at a highly accelerated rate. We have been using this to help ignite faster growth in our CrossFit athletes.  Our CrossFit athletes have felt a dramatic increase in their workloads by adhering to The Paleo Solution, by Robb Wolf. We have challenged our jits athletes to see what type of growth they can achieve by correctly feeding their bodies…let the experiment begin!!