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As with all our programs the technical instruction is what sets apart our classes. Our Fight Built classes are designed to increase your strength and athletic performance. Coach Jason Salazar runs our 10,000 square foot strength and conditioning facility and provides in depth instruction to improve your body mechanics and prevent injury. Come in and train!

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

Coach Jason Salazar:
All right. The next one really push those knees down over those toes. It’s going to help us to get down a little bit deeper and keep that chest up. Good. Let’s make sure we really use those hips to drive straight up off the ground. Ah, that was better. Again, just like that. Good. Good. Go ahead and rack it up.

Make sure every time when we’re going down those knees, we don’t want to let them cave in on us, so we start to fall forward. Also, it’s a lot of force on the knees. Weak.

Crosby:
Okay.

Coach Jason Salazar:
As we push them out, as we’re going down they’re strong this way, it also lets us keep a nice, rigid back as we’re getting all the way down and push those hips up as we’re coming back up.

Crosby:
Got it. I can definitely feel when you told me to press from the hips.

Coach Jason Salazar:
Good. Let’s try it again. Just give me three.

Crosby:
Okay.

Coach Jason Salazar:
Oh, that’s good. A little slow on the way down, little more control. Slow on the way down, explode on the way up. Good. Good. Way better on that one. Feel the difference when you control on the way down versus going, shooting down?

Crosby:
Yeah.

Coach Jason Salazar:
We get a little off balance. Nice and controlled, doesn’t have to be slow mo, but then fire on the way back up.

Crosby:
Yeah. You definitely feel the explosion on the way up.

Coach Jason Salazar:
Good. A lot better.

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