TRX Conditioning Boot Camp Video – Check it out!!!
If you haven’t made it in for a Wednesday TRX Conditioning Class yet, check out this video and see what you’ve been missing.
Ultimate Fitness Grappling Tourny – Cancelled!
Our next Grappling Tournament has been postponed due to a conflict with another tournament. We will reschedule as soon as possible and get the date out to you when we lock it in. Sorry for the inconvenience!
VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL!!!
One week only, Today, February 9th through Valentine’s Day get $50 Enrollment and free gloves and hand wraps with any 12-month contract! Why not give the loving gift that keeps on giving! Sign your honey bunny up now!
TRX Format and Schedule Change
We’ve come up with a plan to build our TRX program and to make it more accessible to more people. We are going to honor the class cards that we have on file right now. Those of you with classes already purchased will have until July 1, 2012 to use those classes. After that, non-members will no longer be able to purchase or take TRX classes. We’ve decided to “keep it in the family” so to speak. 
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Weight Loss Tip – Healthy Snack
If you’re like me and you’re sweet tooth is the only thing keeping you from a nearly perfect diet, I have a trick for you. I do really well with my diet all day. Read more >>
Special Conditioning Class This Wednesday!
Tomorrow’s Conditioning Class will be a special bootcamp style class with some TRX elements incorporated. If you have been wanting to try TRX, come take Conditioning with Rosanna tomorrow, Wednesday, January 11th at 4:15! Read more >>
Kids’ Membership Contest!
We are currently holding a contest to give away a 6-month Kid’s membership! Email your entry to carie@ultimatefitness.pro. Entrants must be 8 to 12 years of age and not a current or past member of Ultimate Fitness. Entries must include, child’s name, age, address and phone number, Read more >>
UF Will Close Early Friday, January 6th
The gym will be closing early this Friday, January 6th for an employee appreciation event. We will be locking up at 7 p.m. No KB classes will be affected and BJJ will still take place but will just end at 7 instead of 7:30 this Friday ONLY!
We’ll be back bright and early Saturday morning!
How Ultimate Fitness Came To Be
We often get asked the story of how Ultimate Fitness came to be, how Urijah Faber and Dr. Fisher came to be partners. It’s one of our favorite stories and we thought we’d share it on the blog.
Like so many people, Dr. Fisher has been a fan of MMA since before it was sanctioned. He had heard of Urijah Faber of course as he has always been a standout and they are from the same small town of Lincoln, California. Matt had been following Faber’s career and one day his real estate agent and friend, Dana Gordon, told him that she had sold Urijah a house. Matt wrestled in high school and loved the rigorous workouts. He wanted to meet Urijah and hopefully train with him so he asked Dana to give Urijah his number.
The two spoke and agreed to meet up to discuss training. They met at Dr. Fisher’s office in Midtown and hit it off like they’d known each other for years. They quickly realized while their paths had never crossed due to a 10-year age difference, they knew a lot of the same people from Lincoln.
During this first meeting, Matt casually asked if Urijah had ever considered opening an MMA gym and Urijah stated that he had been thinking about just that and was looking for the right partner. Within three days of this initial meeting, Matt and Urijah started looking at properties to build Sacramento’s premier Mixed Martial Arts facility. 1705 I Street was one of the first places they viewed and the rest is, as they say, history. After many months of 10 to 12 hour days, headaches, heartaches, bureaucratic red tape, tons of help from friends and family and a lot of physical labor, Ultimate Fitness was born. The partnership is a great match and they work amazingly well together. They have the same solid values and work ethic and it shows in the incredible product they have produced together.
We’re so glad you two met and started Ultimate Fitness!
January Specials Announcement!
To help you out, we’ve come up with some fantastic specials for the month of January! Check it out:
$25 Enrollment fee for the month of January with any 12-month contract.
$575 6-Month Paid in Full Membership (a $525 savings!). This membership gets you access to ALL classes on our schedule.
$30 for 10 TRX Classes.
Tell your friends, it’s a great time to sign up at Ultimate Fitness where we provide MMA fitness for EVERYONE!
Ultimate Fitness Action
Caught some Kickboxing action at the gym yesterday. Here’s Bethany Del Cid getting her punch on at Ultimate Fitness yesterday. Watching her made me want to change out of my street clothes and hit mitts all afternoon. Looking great, Bethany!
Holiday Hours
Ultimate Fitness will be closed the weekend of Christmas and the Monday after Christmas. Those dates are December 24th (Christmas eve), December 25th (Christmas) and December 26th (the Monday after Christmas).
We hope that you will all enjoy the holiday weekend with family friends and fabulous food! We’ll see you Tuesday the 27th!
New BJJ Class added to Schedule!
Effective immediately there is a new Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class on Saturdays. At 1 p.m. Saturday afternoons, our BJJ Director, Dustin Akbari, will be teaching an advanced class for Purple belts and above. This class will teach advanced techniques and work on individual skill development. We are very excited to offer this new class and know that Dustin will make it amazing!
Weight Loss Wednesday Tip – Artificial Sweeteners
Hello readers! Happy Holidays! We hope you are all having a wonderful season and are ready for Christmas.
During this time of year, it’s easy to get ahead on calories and behind on burning them. Today’s Weight loss Wednesday tip is all about sweets. Sweets are the downfall of many diets but did you know that artificial sweeteners can also take down your diet? I’s true. When the tongue tastes something sweet, our stomach prepares to digest that sweet and if it doesn’t get the sugar a craving sets in which can lead to binging. The fake sweet tastes sweet but doesn’t deliver so a craving for sugar can set in and stay until it is satisfied. You are better off just having a little real sweet that contains sugar or skipping it all together.
The problems with real sugar are many. Sugar spikes blood sugar levels, and when those levels plummet we crave sugar like crazy, sometimes causing a bad chain reaction aka binging. Sugar also strokes the pleasure center in the brain. It actually makes us happy to eat sugar. When you stop eating the sugar that happiness wains instantly and the brain wants, guess what?…MORE SUGAR! Don’t fall into the trap! The less you eat sugar and simple carbs, the less you will crave them. The weight loss is inspiring and you might even get on a serious power trip against these diet killers.
If you must sweeten your tea, coffee, yogurt, etc., try Agave nectar. It is a natural sweetener that does not cause blood sugar elevation like sugar and even honey can cause. Most importantly, if you blow it and eat a little sweets during this sweet abundant season, don’t beat yourself up! Don’t think, “I’ve blown it, I might as well really indulge.” Just let it go, move on and try to do better in the future.
Happy Holidays from the Ultimate Fitness Team!
TRX Special for December!
Ultimate Fitness is offering a great TRX special for the month of December. Anyone can purchase 10 TRX Classes for just 20 bucks! That’s right, a 10-class card for just $20 for the month of December at Urijah Faber’s Ultimate Fitness.
Happy Holidays!
