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| - Firstoff, I must warn that this is going to be a very long review, but hopefully for those that stick with it, it will be a useful one.
I have been to many gym/academies/stables/whatever-you-want-to-call-them in my lifetime; none have been as good as Xtreme Couture MMA. I will stick to the grappling and facility/staff, and later when I have more firsthand experience with the stand-up I will update.
BJJ:
Vinny Mag. It does not get any better than the reigning ADCC Heavyweight Champion teaching you BJJ; it truly doesn't. He is laid back and ultimately helpful with advice on how to clean up your technique so you can fix happy accidents that exist in your game. He has promoted none to Black Belt so maybe you can be the first, if that is your thing.
Catch Wrestling/Submission Grappling:
Neil Melanson. What an absolute monster. The stuff you will learn with Coach Neil will open up your game to a whole new level of ultra aggressive grappling and his Pro team and regular classes is populated with tough, challenging rolling partners. Try to make it on the Pro team if you can. He has promoted only three individuals to Black Belt: Randy Couture, Patrick Begin, and Frank Trigg. One could be in worse company for sure. Pat also instructs classes that are really beneficial for improving grappling skill.
Facility:
Four different showers with soap dispensers that always contain the finest smelling soaps so you can not only avoid the dreaded staph but smell better than a bag of shit after leaving the gym. The giant training areas are self-explanatory: big cages, big rings, big mat areas and a small one upstairs. A sauna with a radio and clock attached to it. A SAUNA! Maybe I need to visit more than just BJJ academies because I had never been a member of a gym or even visited one with sauna for members. This thing is not for octogenarians to sit around and chat about their prostates, like you will find at Gold's or 24Hr Fitness, where it is set so low you cannot use it to cut weight. This motherfucker heats up. I cannot recall exactly how high it goes but lets just settle on hot. Rowing machine and other stuff I would never use. Full athletic therapy setup where you can get massages and so forth but I have never used that either (I believe it is complementary for members); try and find that at another gym. Microwave so you can heat up your leftovers you brought in. If I left anything out, go check it out for yourself.- E
Postscript. They always run ridiculous promotions that make it a no brainer to sign up; all up on their website.
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