My e-mail address has recently been flooded with inquiries about our location, training program, and other training related questions. It's a great thing and I'm very happy. I hope this write-up answers some of your questions. YESS Training isn't going anywhere and I believe we have proven that we are here to help anyone who wants it. The word is starting to get out that we are a serious training gym dedicated toward training fighters and we gets results.
We have a couple of huge announcements about YESS Training, one of them being about our new training gym that will continue to cater to fighters/warriors and it will be open to the masses! It will be the next step in our forever growing pursuit to prepare gladiator athletes in a superior way. Until we unveil the rest of the details about our new gym, I wanted to talk about where a lot of our training has been taking place in the meantime. Bare with me for a minute while I share with you a few of the details. This is the honest truth.
We have a couple of huge announcements about YESS Training, one of them being about our new training gym that will continue to cater to fighters/warriors and it will be open to the masses! It will be the next step in our forever growing pursuit to prepare gladiator athletes in a superior way. Until we unveil the rest of the details about our new gym, I wanted to talk about where a lot of our training has been taking place in the meantime. Bare with me for a minute while I share with you a few of the details. This is the honest truth.
Like many of the top training coaches who started their careers out of a storage closet, truck, studio, or basement, I started out of the Police Athletic League Boxing Gym and three other gyms. Out of these four places, I would have to personally pay money to each gym for every athlete that I would train, in return for the usage of their gym. This made it extremely difficult because I would have to work 3x as hard to establish a proper training environment (there is only so much I can control in a gym I do not own) and make enough money to financially grow to the next level (a fee to pay for every athlete that I train adds up to a lot of money lost, including travel expenses going from gym to gym). This created a stale mate scenario where I was over worked and underpaid. Although I couldn't move ahead I was still happy because I was doing what I loved to do (training fighters), but my goal of opening my Rocky Balboa Gym was still a ways off.
Notice the Chuck Taylors and Heavy Dumbbells?There had to have been a better way. I did not want to partner up and open a gym with someone who did not truly share my vision (it's like being married to someone with money, but you don't love each other) and I was not going to sell out and work for a gym where I would make great money and benefits, but never live the dream I envisioned for myself (I would never truly be living the life I wanted). Not to mention that this was all happening at a time where I was getting married to a women I do love. Then it hit me and it hit me hard. I made the greatest decision of my life. Ready for this??
Kind Of Felt Like ThisI completely moved 109 miles away, out of the area where I was building my reputation for training fighters. How is that one for ya! Surprised? This is like business suicide. I was well aware of this, but I said screw it. I know my shit enough that if you were to drop me off on an island with only tribes inhabiting it, I would have them training before I sought out shelter!
That Is Not Me In This PhotoI was now ready to work 4x as hard and make even less money. Do you think I am nuts? I am, but that's besides the point. I was going to do what ever it takes to get what I want. Even if it meant changing the rules of the game and taking a few steps backward.
They Would Be Squatting ThoughWhen I moved into my current house, it wasn't about how big the master bedroom was, if it had granite counter tops for our kitchen, or if there were two bathrooms. It was about finding a detached garage that would become the YESS Training Gym, the best damn training gym in the area! It was about the fighters that were to eventually come and provide them with everything they needed in their training to be great. And it was about me not giving in to something I don't want.
Although I moved away almost four years ago, The YESS Training Garage Gym has officially been up and running for the last year or so. Past athletes who have the means to travel actually take the 109 mile drive to train with me (this speaks volumes about their character), while new athletes (new area) have joined up to gain the competitive edge over their competition! There is a new record board with a lot of records to be set (new gym, new board, new records-that's the way it is), but more importantly a place for personal challenges, personal growth.
Besides the fighters that I train, One of our athletes who is a high school sophomore baseball player is about to hit a 410 lb. Trap Bar Dead Lift for reps. We also have a high school junior female softball athlete training at the YESS Garage who is going to hit a 135 lb. Barbell Box Squat (parallel) for a 5 rep max. Not impressed? Mind you that both of these kids never trained in a weight room before prior to training with us. Still not impressed?? This has all been accomplished with a little over a year of serious training under both of these kids belts. All while taking completely off from their training during the baseball and softball season!!! Preparedness does not go away completely!
What's crazy about all this is that we have done so well in such a short time, that we are about to move out of the garage and into that Rocky Balboa Gym I mentioned. Funny how things happen when you go with your instincts.
Sacrifice For Reward
Not bad for a converted 500 Sq. Ft. detached garage off of my residence. It's now the best training gym for athletes in our area!!!! Wait to you see the new gym and what's to come. Trust Me. Just stay tuned for the YESS Gym Part: II.!.!
