#Brian Stann

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The way Dustin Poirier put it seemed to surprise many people. Maybe it’s because of who he is, which is to say one of the most successful and seemingly levelheaded fighters still active in the sport, the kind of guy who seems to always have it together. Or maybe it was because of how he put it in an interview with Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour” earlier this week.In the aftermath of his knockout loss to Justin Gaethje last year, Poirier said, he slipped into a “darkness” that consumed his thoughts, causing genuine concern for his own well-being.“The world doesn’t know, but the people close to me know,” Poirier said. “I went through some real mental struggles.”

This echoed what we heard from former UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski just a few months ago. Trying to explain why he accepted a short-notice fight up a weight class against an opponent who’d already beaten him once, Volkanovski explained that he’d been struggling mentally and hoped booking a fight would help.“For some reason, when I wasn't fighting or in camp or keeping busy, I was just doing my head in,” Volkanovski said at the time.Stick around this sport long enough and you’ll realize this is a recurring theme. Those periods after each fight, whether they win or lose, can be hard on fighters. There are several very good reasons for this, just like there are several reasons why active fighters aren’t eager to admit to struggling with it. (Just look up some of the reactions from peers to Volkanovski’s admission, for instance.)

I was reminded of this while asking around among fighters this week. Many of those still making their way in the sport didn’t want to discuss the bouts of post-fight depression. They worried fans or fellow fighters might use it against them in the future. Then I asked Chael Sonnen, half-expecting to get some tough guy answer in keeping with his public persona.

“OMG, post-fight depression is very real,” Sonnen wrote back. “I experienced it every time, and I faked my way through it because I thought it was my dirty secret.”What made him realize he wasn’t alone, Sonnen said, was a discussion with a former opponent named Brian Stann, who explained it in a way that made sense. It also helped him realize he wasn’t alone in struggling with it.Stann may be one of the most all-around remarkable individuals to ever fight in the UFC. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he played linebacker on the Midshipmen football team, Stann received the Silver Star for valor in combat while serving in Iraq.Stann entered the UFC just after exiting the Marine Corps, and went on to have a solid career in the UFC that included memorable bouts with Sonnen, Chris Leben, Michael Bisping and Wanderlei Silva. After retiring from fighting he instantly became one of the top color commentators on UFC broadcasts. He went on to earn an MBA from Northwestern, and now serves as CEO of Hunt Military Communities, the nation’s largest owner of military housing.

Stann is another one of those people who seems to have it all together. Maybe that’s why hearing it from him made it easier for Sonnen to accept that post-fight depression could get to anyone. When I reached out to ask what Stann had said to Sonnen to explain the phenomenon, he had no trouble putting it into words.“When you win, you have this monumental feeling that simply can't be replicated anywhere else in your life,” Stann said. “You had this huge mountain to climb, you do it, it finally happens. And when it's over, you kind of fall into this lull where it’s this dead zone as a fighter. It’s like that until the phone rings and you get your next fight, your next mountain to climb. That can be really tough, especially when a lot of fighters, their life is really different when they're in training camp.”

Training for a UFC fight is an intense, all-consuming process, Stann explained. There’s a date on the calendar and another human being somewhere out there in the world who’s thinking only about beating you up. And you, similarly, are thinking only about him.

For weeks you live that way. A “razor focus,” as Stann put it. Your training regimen and diet are the most important things in your life. All the other stuff you might want to do — take your kids out for ice cream, drink a cold beer, eat a huge meal and fall asleep on the couch — becomes stuff you’ll do later, after the fight. In your mind, that lovely life on the other side of the fight feels like a paradise in waiting. But when you actually get there, Stann explained, mainly what you feel is a sudden absence.“You miss it,” said Stann. “Suddenly there’s a lot of white space in your day, and you don’t really know what to do with it.”And that’s if you win. That’s the best-case scenario. If you lose, you have all that stuff to look forward to plus the despair of professional failure. It’s like any career setback, except this one was broadcast on live TV — and it may or may not come with a free concussion thrown in for good measure.The other part is that, with a win or a loss, everyone you know seems to want to talk to you about your fight. That can get annoying even in victory. In defeat it’s borderline intolerable.

“I remember when I lost to Chael, my barber had an opinion on it,” Stann said. “I had a job at the time, and the people at work would read the articles and tell me what the writers and the journalists had to say about my fight. You can't find people who ask you, ‘Hey how are your kids doing? Drove past your house, looks like you did some work to the front lawn.’ Nobody wants to talk about that. They only ask you about the fight. And man, you could get really caught up where that becomes your identity. Your identity is no longer your character, your family, who you are, your faith. Your identity is the last performance you had in that Octagon.”This is part of why fighting can be like an addiction for many people, Stann said. If you fight and win, you get a high that you can’t get anywhere else in your life, followed by a lull that only encourages you to chase the next high. If you lose, the fall is even more precipitous, and you become convinced that only the high of a win will bring you back up again.It’s this thinking that can be really dangerous, Stann said. His advice to fighters in the throes of this cycle was to remember that fighting is a thing they do, but not the entirety of who they are.“I think that that's really essential,” Stann said. “And it's really the same thing for military veterans. I've seen military veterans go to way darker corners of their mind with regret, with survivor's guilt. When they took that uniform off, they felt like that's what made them who they are. They have to get to a place where they realize it's not, that they can still take all the energy and skills and leadership abilities they gained and apply it to something new.”

Gaining that perspective can be easier said than done. According to Poirier, beginning therapy after his loss to Gaethje helped him put things in the proper focus. It’s how he came to realize that fighting could be a job, but might ultimately leave him unfulfilled as a totalizing identity.“I think it’s important to like, open up and talk about how you feel,” Poirier said. “You know, we’re such in the spotlight of being tough guys all the time, but we’re people too. That’s the part of the mindset, like, Dustin the fighter. But what about Dustin? What about me?”Because when the fighting is done, then it’s only the person left. And eventually, no matter how many fights you win or how much money you make, everyone has to take off the gloves for the last time.

[orsacchiotto-rugbista]

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Thoughts on caio borralho? He's the face of the fighting nerds and their team has been doing very well recently. Do you think he has what it takes to win the championship at MW?

I think I've memory-holed a lot of Borralho fights cause they were on apex slop or were early on better cards.

The things I like about him is the jab. Southpaw that likes to jab and has a stiff one? Already a huge plus. Actually, I have no way of knowing this but he gives off big "I'm actually a righty, but I fight southpaw because it's trickier for the other guy."-vibes. Something about the way he throws the jab. Just feels like it's his dominant hand. And I think it plays into how he thinks about fighting because he very much seems like someone who wants to be an educated fighter. He tends to be patient, but his offense is mostly blitzes. I don't think it's a fully developed thing yet, and against better range fighters I can see that biting him in the ass. He's got a quick shot though. Not always set up really well but tends to get in on his opponent's hips, legs, or body. Great tool to have in divisions where next to nobody is a good wrestler.

But, oh god, Paul Craig was hitting this man with body kicks and his response was to jump and throw the left hook? Like, his feet would leave the ground as he was throwing the lead hook.

Can he be middleweight champion? DDP is middleweight champion. Strickland was middleweight champion. You could tell me brian stann was going to come out of retirement for a fight with DDP and I'd be like, 'yeah I could see Stann winning that fight somehow.' Rules don't apply at 185lbs.

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[mayanangel]

Okay, which one of you taught Brian May about fangirl language????

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UFC 132: A Battle Of The Veterans

UFC 132 features 5 fighters who are 30 or older out of 10 total fighters on the main card. This is poised to be one of the "oldest" cards in UFC history. The main event will feature Dominick Cruz, current bantamweight title holder, against Urijiah Faber. Originally UFC 132 was scheduled to feature BJ Penn and Jon Fitch but both fighters were forced to withdraw from competition due to injury. Could this be a night that buries some of the washed up veterans from the UFC for good or extend their legacies?

Well for one fighter, I feel it will almost certainly be the former. That is Tito Ortiz. He has not won any of his last 5 fights, dating back to UFC 66. His last win was against a washed up Ken Shamrock who was on a 3 loss streak at the time. As to why Dana White allowed Ortiz to have this fight against Ryan Bader is beyond me. He is just asking to finish his career with another loss. Ryan Bader, 28 years old, has a 12-1 record with his only loss being against Jon Jones (who went on to become the light heavyweight ufc fight night champion two UFC events later). I can say without a doubt this will be the end of Tito Ortiz's career.

Another notable fight features Chris Leben against Wanderlei Silva. Both fighters feature knockout power and it is unlikely these two fighters go the distance. 70% of Silva's wins have been via knockout and 52% of Leben's wins have been via knockout. Although Silva has lost his last 5 of 7, his last fight was a win against UFC veteran, Michael Bisping. On the contrary, Chris Leben has won his last 3 of 4 fights, yet lost his last fight against Brian Stann. This fight could go either way, but I'll take Wanderlei Silva via KO, due to having a 4 inch reach advantage.

Not to go unnoticed of course is the main event between Dominick Cruz and Urijiah Faber. Cruz is 17-1, but is should be noted that one loss comes from none other than Urijiah Faber back in 2007. Many felt that Faber was too old to win against Eddie Wineland. He proved critics wrong by taking a decisive victory against him. Although Faber is 32, "the California kid" still has fight left in him. Cruz is only 25 though and may overwhelm Faber through his top notch conditioning and youthful agility. 10 of his 17 wins have gone the distance, demonstrating his pristine shape. I am taking the upset, and giving the veteran the win this time. Faber will continue to be Cruz's obstacle.

So although UFC 132 was formerly scheduled to feature Penn and Fitch, the event is still loaded with interesting fights. While none of the fights are exciting enough to be an originally scheduled main event, I see 4 of these 5 fights having co-main event interest and hype surrounding them. The fourth fight that I did not mention is Carlos Condit against Kim Dong-hyun. Kim is slowly creeping his way up

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UFC Undisputed 3 Pre-Order Contenders Fight Pack Trailer

UFC Undisputed 3 Pre-Order Contenders Fight Pack Trailer

THQ has done a great job with the UFC Undisputed series and with the third installment it looks like that stellar track record will continue with some great pre order bonus fighters. I am sure these fighters will be available after the game is released but I definitely want to administer some 209 beat downs with Nick Diaz. Guess I better shell out that pre order money to GameStop. Which of these…

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Maybe it’s because he cut his teeth primarily with the likes of Brian Stann and Dominick Cruz but the way Anik gels with other fighters vs how he and Rogan interact is....something. Such an abject lack of chemistry and cohesion.

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Brian Stann discusses viral clip predicting Khamzat Chimaev's rise, advises him to wait for title fight: 'No one goes through Kamaru Usman'

Brian Stann discusses viral clip predicting Khamzat Chimaev’s rise, advises him to wait for title fight: ‘No one goes through Kamaru Usman’

At UFC 273, Khamzat Chimaev picked up the biggest win of his career, earning a unanimous decision over Gilbert Burns. And Brian Stann told everyone it was going to happen. Stann, who served as a UFC analyst and color commentator until 2017, came back into MMA consciousness ahead of UFC 273 when a video was unearthed of Stann predicting the rise of Khamzat Chimaev three years prior. that Chimaev…

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5 Moment Terbaik WEC Mulai dari Brian Stann , Jose Aldo, hingga Miguel Torres, berikut 5 moment terbaik World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) versi UFC Fight Pass.

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How Much Do Stats Matter In Mixed Martial Arts?

June 7th

INTRODUCTION:

Around this time of the year about a year ago and the first time I truly endeavored to write anything about sports and it started with the 2019 NBA playoffs. I couldn’t help but think about how my blog should be filling up with play-off previews and game reviews. 

I should be pouring over field goal percentages and defensive win share stats, trying to predict a favorite in every series and seeing whether the statistical output of players is replicating itself from the regular season and if it matches what’s happening on the screen. Numerical analysis was a fun way of looking at the sport and gave a different insight into the game.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and I’ve sinced pushed my efforts into writing about MMA, and have also since then looked for a way to bring a better level of analyisis to my writing. 

It made writing about the NBA way more fun and detail-oriented than just relying on the old eye test. There’s no substitute for watching the game but you can’t remember every make and miss by memory and the same goes in mixed martial arts.

First, it was kind of difficult to find websites that had post fight statistics broken down in detail and UFC.com was the easiest source to find.  There are significant differences in the accuracy and availability of stats in MMA in comparison to basketball.

During an NBA season, post game box-score numbers are widely available. Multiple websites are avaliable and when you need deeper analytics, a site like basketball reference.com gives you advanced analytics in a heartbeat. Fight information, especially post fight stats regarding significant strikes, takedown attempts, strikes in the cling and ground control stats aren’t really available from UFC’s main home page.

Ultimately fighting is far more unpredictable than what a sports like basketball can be, given how there’s 82 games in a season. What 82 games mean is that sample sizes of information are obviously giving you far more data than what you can get from a full year of a fighter’s career. Most of who will fight a maximum of 4 times.

So what type of data and information is available?

First is ufc,com’s website which is okay for getting baseline stats, or at least what I’m going to call them. This is like the equivalent of season averages in NBA stats. Some of which are really in depth. There’s defense stats for both takedowns and significant strikes absorbed as well as average fight time, striking accuracy and percentage of strikes by position (both standing and on the ground).  

There’s a really cool article on itsbusiness.ca where a former MMA fighter advocates for the use of statistics on mixed martial arts. Former UFC fighter Brian Stann advcates the use of a statistics based approach to mixed martial arts and laments in the article that both coaches and fighters in mixed martial arts are behind in their use statistics and data.

A blog posted on breakingmuscle.com by Valerie Worthington about political writer turned MMA data statistician, Rami Genauer, who endeavoured to find data and stats about MMA fights by watching them and recording significant strikes as well as method of victory, and eventually creating FightMetric, the first collection/storage of raw MMA stats. 

This stack of data later helped the UFC enhance their broadcasts by giving viewers stats, aided video game software designers to render the most stylistically accurate versions of their fighters into the UFC video games and was used even for academic research.

Fightmetric.com was later renamed ufcstats.com and checking it out gave me a better idea of the depth of post fight analytics available. Stats like total strikes and takedown percentage as well as totals for head strikes, body strikes, leg strikes and strikes in the clinch and strikes landed from ground position. 

It also goes a step further and provides miss and hit percentages per round to create the most comprehensive MMA analytics website as far as raw data was concerned. Also including a list of record book rankings, so for example the site can tell you which fighter has the most submissions or takedowns or strikes landed in UFC history. 

We’ll get into the meat of this as we go along.

There’s an interesting video on MMAOnPoint’s youtube channel posted in February of 2020, that tries to use statistics and analytics to figure out what MMA champions/the best MMA fighters have in common. 

The video tries to figure out which stats matter. 

So it starts by looking at the stats of all UFC fighters and then figuring out which statistical outliers were most prevalent with the championship level guys. It’s a great video that goes through a lot of details but what the video concludes is that there’s three statistical metrics that really matter and set the championship level guys apart from their counterparts.

The first was takedown defense, the best MMA fighters are simply not getting taken down very often and as a result are spending far less time in bottom positions. The other big stat that the guys over at MMAOnPoint valued was takedown accuracy percentage. 

The best of the best were imposing their ground game on opponents with more precision than non-champions. This is an idea that seems to be backed up by prominent MMA voices like Joe Rogan and Chael Sonnen, who both seem to agree on the importance of a solid wrestling base in MMA competition.

 The last stat that was valued as an outlier among champions is victories via decision. Simply put, the championship level guys are able to go the distance. It’s another way of putting a value on cardio but also remaining more active than their opponents and taking the fight on the judge’s scorecards.

So let’s take what we’ve learned from MMAOnPoint’s video and apply it to one of my favourite fighters, Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman. 

By checking Usman’s stats on ufcstats.com he boasts an incredible takedown defense percentage of 100%. That stat puts him in elite company. To put it in context former UFC Bantamweight champion and Brazilian jui jitsu specialist Renan Barao boasts a takedown defense percentage of 91%, while current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones has a 95% takedown defense percentage. 

That’s crazy. 

One of Kamaru Usman’s recent opponents, Tyrone Woodley, also makes an appearance on the top 10 takedown defense list, boasting a 93.7%, a statistic that shows just how impressive the manner in which Usman was able to beat him really was when you watch how Usman controlled Woodley on the ground at UFC 235. A fight that Usman was able to win via decision, the other metric that was valued in MMAOnPoint’s video. 

In fact Kamaru Usman has a record of 16 wins and 1 loss as a professional, 8 of his wins have come by way of decision. If MMAOnPoint’s metrics are accurate, then this is the one that Usman is scoring the highest in with 50% of his wins coming by going all the distance. 

The last of MMAOnPoint’s metrics to measure Kamaru Usman is his takedown accuracy. According to ufcstat.com, Usman is finding success on 50% of his takedown attempts. 

That number doesn’t quite jump out at you until you think about it from a fighter’s or a grappler’s perspective. If Usman attempts four takedowns in a round, he’ll take his opponent down twice. Obviously to get a better analysis or reading on this we’d need to know how good his opponent is at defending takedowns but this statistic is still numerically impressive. 

To give you a better understanding of why, you can look at the takedown accuracy of high level wrestlers like Daniel Cormier who has a takedown accuracy of 44%. Khabib Nurmagomedov, the best grappler in the lightweight division has a takedown accuracy of 47%. 

Another stat that definitely indicates Kamaru Usman’s control of his opponents and how defensively astute he has been, is the combined time he has spent at the bottom over the course of his fights. A total 0:02 seconds and that comes to 0.01% in all his UFC fights. That’s the kind of combined statistical analysis that definitely validates my faith in the Nigerian Nightmare.

Takedown defense seems like a valued metric by a lot of sources we used for this article. According to an article posted on the bloodyelbow.com. The article delves into the statistical nuances behind how fighters control and or finish fights on the ground. It concludes that whether you’re in side control, half guard, mount or controlling the opponent’s back, you’re still controlling the fight, and therefore statistically improving his or her chances of winning the fight. 

I don’t think any fighter in MMA history validates this data like the legendary Fedor Emilianenko.

 In his prime, Fedor controlled the ground like no other fighter and while he wasn’t the only ground game specialist in Pride’s heavyweight division many of his knockouts came with his opponent’s back already on the ground. Out of his 45 career fights, Fedor won an incredible 15 fights by submission and ufcstats.com also backs this up, and according to them, Fedor averaged 2 takedowns every 15 minutes of ring time. He also averaged 1.9 submission attempts. 

However ufcstats.com really only tracks the stats for UFC fights and fighters and so much of Fedor’s career happened before these stats were tracked, so for a better statistical reading and analysis lets use another fighter for a test case. Enter George “Rush” St. Pierre. 

Data-wise, GSP reads like a smaller version of Fedor Emilianenko, averaging out at 1.1 submission attempts per 15 minutes and GSP  averages 4.16 takedowns per 15 minutes. However according to ufcstats.com’s record books page George St Pierre absolutely dominates top position time with a total of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 5 seconds in top position. Demian Maia comes in 2nd with 2 hours and 53 seconds. 

Some fun numbers based data that lines up with what you see when you watch Fedor or Georges.

So if we use what the data from ufcstats.com has shown us and pick a sample, say for instance, Stipe Miocic vs Daniel Cormier 2 at UFC 241, a fight I definitely enjoyed. 

It shows that Stipe Miocic landed far fewer strikes than Daniel Cormier in totality. Miocic only landed 123 of his 229 strike attempts for a significant striking accuracy percentage of 53%. While the numbers bear out that Cormier was more active and more accurate landing on 68% of his significant strikes at 181 of 263 significant strikes landed. 139 of which were landed while the two were in a standing position. 

Takedown attempts were identical with each man only managing 1 out of 3 successful takedowns. 

In fact, the only stat that Stipe Miocic really dominated, was significant strikes to the body. Stipe connected on 27 out of 30 strikes to Cormier’s body throughout the fight. 14 of which were connected in the fourth round as Stipe closed the deal and took the victory. 

So that gives us some further insights as to why Daniel Cormier may have gone onto his regular guest spot on Arieal Helwani’s podcast and said that he should have never lost to Stipe and felt like he “let up”. 

The statistics certainly bear out that Daniel Cormier was winning the fight, he was more active and made Miocic miss more often than Stipe did him. The numbers also show how valuable Stipe Miocic’s adjustment was when he targeted Cormier’s body. Those 14 strikes to D.C’s liver and midsection in the fourth round were the most impactful strikes thrown by either fighter throughout the fight.

However there’s room to go further if we look at both fighter’s career stats, stats that help shed light on what each fighter should focus on heading in to a potential trilogy. 

Ufcstats.com also tracks a metric called strikes absorbed per minute and it actually points out a huge disparity between the two that shows that the way Cormier was able to repeatedly land punches on Miocic was not an anomaly. Miocic averages 3.69 strikes absorbed and Cormier averages 2.75. 

What that tells you is that Cormier is a much better defensive fighter on the feet than Stipe and rewatching their second bout will illustrate this point as well. However looking at strikes landed per minute gives the advantage back to Stipe who averages 4.95 to Cormier’s 4.25.

It’ll be interesting to see whether this numbers based approach helps me to predict outcomes in future fights but I had a lot of fun writing this post.

In conclusion, stats in MMA are eye-opening and informative. However unlike basketball, there’s variables that cannot be accounted for through analytics and I honestly believe it’s far more interesting to observe the sport and it’s athletes without numbers. It’s still interesting though. But I’d rather not reduce MMA to numbers, the way I tend to do with NBA players and basketball.

SOURCES: 1. UFC.com

https://www.ufc.com/

2. UFCstats.com

http://www.ufcstats.com/statistics/events/completed

2. MMAOnPoint’s video about the statistics behind MMA Champions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CXwJj1e-Ho

3. Bloody Elbow Article On Statistics Backing Ground Control As biggest indicator of dominance:

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/3/26/5535044/ufc-mma-analytics-ground-control-fighters-win-knockout-TKO-submission-decision

4. Former MMA Fighter talks about the Analytics behind MMA on itsbusiness.ca

https://www.itbusiness.ca/news/former-ufc-fighter-says-data-analytics-should-be-used-in-mma/77375

5. Valerie Worthington’s breakinmuscle.com article on stats in MMA

www.blog.fightmetric.com

6. Miocic vs Cormier UFC 241 on ufcstats.com:

http://www.ufcstats.com/fight-details/6921344f8e706d0f

7. Daniel Cormier talks about losing to Stipe on Ariel Helwani’s podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJgyzmKi3U

8. Daniel Cormier’s career stats on ufcstats.com:

http://www.ufcstats.com/fighter-details/d967f0128c323de6

9. Stipe Miocic’s career stats on ufcstats.com:

http://www.ufcstats.com/fighter-details/d28dee5c705991df

10. Kamaru Usman on ufcstatscom:

http://www.ufcstats.com/fighter-details/f1b2aa7853d1ed6e

11. Fedor Emilianenko on ufcstats.com:

http://www.ufcstats.com/fighter-details/b8da6f5c80ae2d15

12. Georges St Pierrs on ufcstats.com:

http://www.ufcstats.com/fighter-details/6506c1d34da9c013

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SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Two Bay Area fitness giants with unique ties to the military, 24 Hour

Fitness and TRX, will join forces during Fleet Week to help honor our

nation’s servicemen and servicewomen for their selfless devotion in

safeguarding our country. Designed to celebrate and showcase the

critical importance of fitness to the U.S. military and local first

responders, the two fitness leaders will host a series of fun fitness

challenges and classes.

Held on Oct. 6 and 7 at the Marina Green, the exclusive fitness events

will include workouts with the military and San Francisco Police

Department. Also, highlighting the special activities will be an

entertaining fundraising challenge between 24 Hour Fitness president and

CEO Carl Liebert and TRX CEO and inventor Randy Hetrick.

During the challenge, Liebert, a former Naval officer and Hetrick, a

former Navy SEAL, will compete in the TRX 40/40 Challenge using the TRX®

Suspension Trainer

along with commanding officers from the

U.S. military. During the challenge, 24 Hour Fitness and TRX will donate

$50 to the Semper

Fi Fund for each perfectly performed Atomic Pushup and Low

Row completed on the equipment.

24 Hour Fitness and TRX are true American success stories and steadfast

supporters of the U.S. military and their families. Earlier this year,

the two companies donated 48 TRX® Suspension Training®

kits to a deploying troop from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in

Hawaii.

“24 Hour Fitness has had a long standing commitment to supporting our

military service members and their families. We are excited to partner

once again with TRX in showing our support and offering thanks to these

brave men and women,” said Carl Liebert, president and CEO, 24 Hour

Fitness. “As a former Naval officer, I am honored to be involved in a

challenge that will benefit the Semper Fi Fund, while emphasizing the

important role fitness plays in the safety and success of our nation’s

armed forces.”

“TRX couldn’t be more proud to partner with 24 Hour Fitness in honoring

our servicemen and first-responders, their incredible commitment to

fitness and the sacrifices they make for our freedom and safety,” said

Randy Hetrick, CEO, TRX. “We’re also excited to share our passion for

fitness and steadfast support of the U.S. military with our neighbors in

the Bay Area.”

The following outlines the fitness events hosted by the two companies

during San Francisco’s Fleet Week:

Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Marina Green

CEO Challenge, 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Liebert and Hetrick

will participate in friendly competition during the TRX 40/40 CEO

challenge; alongside commanding officers of the U.S. military. For

each rep of TRX Atomic Pushups and Low Rows performed, $50 will be

donated to the Semper Fi Fund.

Mission Readiness Challenge, 11 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Members

of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.

Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Berkeley Reserve Officer’s Training Corps

(ROTC) and San Francisco Police Department will challenge each other

in a friendly competition, as they participate in the grueling

total-body TRX Mission Readiness Challenge. Initially designed for

U.S. Marine Corps Officer and well-known mixed martial arts fighter,

Brian “All American” Stann, the workout will consist of several rounds

of some of the most intense TRX exercises.

TRX on the Green, 11:45 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. Hundreds

of military personnel will participate in a grand TRX workout led by

24 Hour Fitness vice president of group fitness Ingrid Owen and 24

Hour Fitness Group X® instructor and TRX senior manager of

group training Dan McDonogh.

Sunday, Oct. 7 at the Marina Green

TRX Classes for the Public Those interested in trying TRX

are invited to participate in one of three complimentary TRX classes

which will feature a live DJ. To sign up for a class, simply visit http://goo.gl/1SqAc.

Warm ups will begin 25 minutes before each of the scheduled classes:

Circuit Training, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Introduction to RIP Training, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Body Blast, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

24 Hour Fitness was recognized as a “Top 100 Military-Friendly

Employers” by G.I. Jobs magazine for its commitment to recruiting

and hiring U.S. service members who enter the workforce in the hundreds

of thousands each year. In addition, the fitness leader was named as one

of the “Top 20 Military Spouse Friendly Employers®” by Military

Spouse magazine.

Hetrick created the TRX® Suspension Trainer

, which is

available in many 24 Hour Fitness® clubs across the country,

from an old jiu-jitsu belt and surplus parachute webbing so his Navy

SEAL unit could stay in shape while deployed overseas. The TRX® Suspension

Trainer

is now prevalent in the gyms and training areas of

all branches of the U.S. military. With the TRX® FORCE Kits,

the company is rapidly changing the way soldiers prepare and train. TRX

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