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Ep. #21: Sam Yos - 2019 Provincial Gold Medalist, BJJ Black Belt, Evolve MMA Niagara Owner & Head Instructor This week I got to sit down with one of the nicest people in the game! Sam Yos is a BJJ OG in the Niagara Region - along with being the owner and head instructor of Evolve MMA in St. Catharines, Sam is also a successful competitor who won gold at the...
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This week I got to sit down with one of the nicest people in the game! Sam Yos is a BJJ OG in the Niagara Region - along with being the owner and head instructor of Evolve MMA in St. Catharines, Sam is also a successful competitor who won gold at the 2019 Provincial Championships in the brown & black belt division! We cover a ton of topics like how drunk backyard brawls got Sam into BJJ, the early days of training before the social media explosion, Sam's competition experiences and his mentality, Sam's weight loss journey, the lessons he's learned about diet and nutrition and the importance of sustainable eating habits, his unique approach to off the mat functional training, staying healthy as an aging grappler, the challenges of being a head coach and more!
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SHOW NOTES:
3:40 intro
6:20 Dealing with Covid as a gym owner - we're not all in this together
12:09 Reflecting on the old days, drunk fight club & what motivated Sam to get started in BJJ
18:00 Starting at Niagara Falls BJJ, Sam's road thought the belts early days at Fight Club Canada
26:10 Competition experiences and Sam's mentality
35:08 The changes sam had to make to be successful in competition at high levels and the development of his off the mat fitness routine
43:29 The importance of functional strength vs max effort lifting in the gym: benefits of functional training
54:23Getting promoted to black belt, feeling lost and how your perception of BJJ changes over time
1:02:53 The challenges of being a head coach and growing as a leader
1:08:32 Sam's experience winning provincials, using that experience to help his, and the emotional year he had leading up to that win
1:20:00 Leaving his old coach, joining a new team and making tough decisions in BJJ
1:25:18 Sam's perspective on nutrition, the problem with social media's influence on dieting, struggling with weight over years and living a healthy lifestyle
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Erscheinungsdatum : 19.10.2020, 09:55:56
