Chain Match Saturday Aug.14, 2010 ECWA Wrestling

Oh Yeah! This Saturday I will be taking part in a chain match with my long time adversary, Glenn “The Beast” Osbourne. I invite all to witness the end of “The Beast” as I plan to put him out of wrestling for good, with his own gimmick!
August 14, 2010 at the Boys and Girls Club, Bear, Delaware
Doors open 6:30, belltime 7:30pm


More info can be found here: http://ecwaprowrestling.com/

By: Josh Martin
You heard right! At the show on August 14 there will be a special 4 corners chain match featuring 2 Hall of Fame veterans, Glen Osbourne and J.J. The Crew Guy. Since The Crew Guy took it upon himself to use the unforgiving chain on Glen Osbourne at our last event, this promises to be a grueling and brutal match from the opening bell.
Osbourne who carries his signature chain with him to the ring did that when he entered the annual ECWA Summit on July 10. As usual he laid the chain on the apron and proceeded to enter the rumble style match. It is what happened next that left everyone shocked and left Osbourne almost out cold on the floor. As Osbourne was getting up slowly on the floor having just been eliminated, he was just getting his wits about him when he was victimized by his own chain at the hands of the sadistic man in the ECWA known as J.J. The Crew Guy. Osbourne never saw it coming.
This well orchestrated event by The Crew Guy has awakened "The Beast" in Osbourne. Many remember that Glen is a master of chain matches and now he will get his chance for revenge against the ever plotting Crew Guy at this next show on August 14. But one should never count J.J. The Crew Guy out of the picture. He is as ruthless as they come and he just may have something in store to defeat Osbourne on August 14.
Be there to see how it all unfolds!

Renegade Training’s July 2010 Certification Class

Renegade Training’s July 2010 Certification Class

“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance”

Socrates, Greek Philosopher (469BC-399BC)

As a Certified Sr. Renegade Trainer I am required to regularly attend certification classes, as well as maintain a number of CEU’s yearly. What does this meant to you, the client? It means that you are getting the very best, and up to date fitness training in the world. Like our clients, Renegade Trainers are constantly learning and perfecting the craft. This is not optional, as with other fitness certifications, but mandatory for our level of commitment. July’s 2010 Certification Program at the Fitness Edge in Fairfield, Connecticut was a perfect example. No matter how long we have been trainers, or involved in fitness, there is always something new to be learned. The July Cert provided me with the opportunity to further expand my knowledge into the latter levels of the Renegade exclusive DMC program. This was something that had to be experienced in person; learned by watching and by doing, it could not be translated onto paper or over the net.

The July 2010 Renegade Certification also allowed me an opportunity to discuss the rehabilitation and pre-habilitation benefits of the amazing RED2 system with a number of professionals. This was especially important and beneficial to me as both a trainer and an athlete that has used the RED2 system to rehabilitate a number of serious injuries. While the bulk of the two day, exhaustive, certification session was spent on the DMC/RED2 systems, all areas of training and business were covered. I spent time with a number of new faces and personalities at the session that all had a unique perspective to offer. Together we learn from each other, grow our knowledge base and bring back new techniques to incorporate into our programs. We always look forward to seeing each other at these sessions, to help each other learn and to grow ourselves as knowledgeable trainers ready to offer you the best, most up-to-date training program that we call “Renegade”.

-JJ

J. Johnston

Sr. Renegade Trainer

Founding DMC professional

Kettlebell Specialist

Sergeant of Arms for Renegade Training International

ECWA Showdown May 8: JJ vs Mozart

By: Justin Ayers
At our last event in March, in front of the crowd, it was a dignified ceremony until one of the inductees J.J. The Crew Guy went too far and attacked a fan! Then he had the unmitigated nerve to insult another fellow Hall of Famer, Chick Magnet, Mozart Fontaine backstage which ignited a ruckus. Now the loud mouth Crew Guy has to put up or shut up and defend himself as the time has come when he cannot hide behind his words!
The backstage area was buzzing from the brutal attack that J.J. The Crew Guy delivered upon a long time fan Jon Stoklosa last show. Officials had finally gotten the embittered Crew Guy into a separate area and they were trying to restore calm backstage after he completely wrecked the Hall of Fame Ceremony. The show went on and things were running smoothly backstage until part of the way through the show. Another Hall of Famer, Mozart Fontaine was coming back down the aisle way of the backstage area after suffering a hard fought loss for the Heavyweight Championship. It was there in the hall way that he bumped into J.J. The Crew Guy. What happened next was typical Crew Guy!
J.J. The Crew Guy got right in the face of Mozart Fontaine and began to hurl insults at him. He called him old and washed up and a disgraced Hall of Famer. He told Fontaine that he should hang up his boots and trunks and that the Heavyweight Championship would never be his, and that he didn't deserve the contender's spot he just left, and that the opportunity should have went to a more deserving, like himself.
Mozart, someone still winded from his tough match, tried to ignore the insults, especially since he has known what the Crew Guy is like since their early days in the business when they broke in together over ten years ago. Then things got worse!
The more Fontaine tried to ignore The Crew Guy and walked away, the more insulting and physical J.J. The Crew Guy became. He then made the mistake of shoving the already heated Mozart Fontaine. The angry Chick Magnet could take no more and flew into the Crew Guy with both landing punches and hurling insults. The two had to be separated by several other wrestlers and officials in the locker room area
The Crew Guy challenged Fontaine to a match which happens on May 8. If the match in the ring on May 8 is anything like their confrontation last show backstage, it promises to be a blockbuster event that fans surely do not want to miss!

Child Obesity

As a certified Renegade Trainer, and part of Renegade Training, we are working to tackle the problems of child obesity. Currently there is a great article on the subject posted by Renegade Training’s founder John Davies.
http://forums.prosource.net//viewtopic.php?f=34&t=16246
I urge you to read it, as it does offer specific solutions regarding the epidemic of obesity among the youth of today. The workout provided can be applied to children and adults of all ages. Feel free to join in the forum discussion and if you need help implementing the program just ask on the forum, or give me, or any other Renegade Trainer a shout.

JJ vs Special Olympics? Saturday Nov 14 2009

Big match this Saturday November 14 I will be applying my Renegade wares at the Greater Newark Boys and Girls Club in Bear, Delaware. It is really shaping up to be a great card as it is the “night of unusual matches.” You can check out the rest of the card as well as get directions at http://ecwaprowrestling.com/main/index.html


Now, you may read the official write up and say to your self “come on JJ, one of your opponents is a Special Olympian.” Make no mistake Jon Stoklosa is a beast too. I have seen this guy in the gym and he tosses up 355 on the bench like most people would 135. He is such a talent that Sports Illustrated for Kids did a whole feature on him. And make no mistakes either in assuming I will show leniency on my opponents because one of them is a Special Olympian. I will give not only Jon, but Glenn the beat down they deserve and show that once again Renegade Training will reign Supreme!

Official Writeup By: Josh Martin

Months of insults & bad blood lead to this!
It's been a wild past few months in the ECWA which saw a wily veteran and his demented manager almost cause riots with certain fans every time they enter the arena. With all the bad blood and insults another wily veteran selects one of the angry fans to be his manager and the scenario has intensified!

For many years devoted fan, Jonathan Stoklosa has been sitting at ringside and enjoying the hours of matches he has witnessed here in the ECWA. Jonathan is a well respected Power Lifting Champion with the Delaware Special Olympics and he has went on to national notoriety over the years. Well respected on a national level and here at home, you wouldn't want to find a nicer and more talented individual. Over the years, Jon has struck up a great friendship with The Beast Glen Osbourne as he and Glen have spent many hours sitting and chatting about Power Lifting. But a few months ago something in Jon snapped that surprised everyone, including his longtime friend Osbourne!

Enter the master of mischief, manager Sebastian Night and his ego driven maniac, J.J. The Crew Guy. Several months ago they began taunting Jon and the other Special Olympics athletes sitting at ringside. What started out to be selective taunts, became full all out insults hurled from Crew Guy and his diabolical manager. And most of the slurs and insults were directed toward Jonathan! What they didn't bargain for was that Jon and his friends would stand up to them in nearly causing riots that had to be quelled by security. The loud mouth duo also got something else they never bargained for. . . The Beast Glen Osbourne would stand by his longtime friend Jonathan Stoklosa and would go on to let Jon accompany him to ringside.

This has infuriated J.J. Crew Guy and his manager, Sebastian Night. So much so that Night and his superstar have challenged Osbourne and his friend Stoklosa to a special tag team match at ECWA's Night of Unusual Matches! No doubt more mayhem will ensue, but just who will back up their war of words? We will find out on November 14 at the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club.

JJ vs Special Olympics

This just in from the ECWA Booking committee.....



By: Josh Martin
Months of insults & bad blood lead to this!
It's been a wild past few months in the ECWA which saw a wily veteran and his demented manager almost cause riots with certain fans every time they enter the arena. With all the bad blood and insults another wily veteran selects one of the angry fans to be his manager and the scenario has intensified!
For many years devoted fan, Jonathan Stoklosa has been sitting at ringside and enjoying the hours of matches he has witnessed here in the ECWA. Jonathan is a well respected Power Lifting Champion with the Delaware Special Olympics and he has went on to national notoriety over the years. Well respected on a national level and here at home, you wouldn't want to find a nicer and more talented individual. Over the years, Jon has struck up a great friendship with The Beast Glen Osbourne as he and Glen have spent many hours sitting and chatting about Power Lifting. But a few months ago something in Jon snapped that surprised everyone, including his longtime friend Osbourne!
Enter the master of mischief, manager Sebastian Night and his ego driven maniac, J.J. The Crew Guy. Several months ago they began taunting Jon and the other Special Olympics athletes sitting at ringside. What started out to be selective taunts, became full all out insults hurled from Crew Guy and his diabolical manager. And most of the slurs and insults were directed toward Jonathan! What they didn't bargain for was that Jon and his friends would stand up to them in nearly causing riots that had to be quelled by security. The loud mouth duo also got something else they never bargained for. . . The Beast Glen Osbourne would stand by his longtime friend Jonathan Stoklosa and would go on to let Jon accompany him to ringside.
This has infuriated J.J. Crew Guy and his manager, Sebastian Night. So much so that Night and his superstar have challenged Osbourne and his friend Stoklosa to a special tag team match at ECWA's Night of Unusual Matches! No doubt more mayhem will ensue, but just who will back up their war of words? We will find out on November 14 at the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club.

Business Lesson: "Free has no Value."

A couple months back I had a young man approach me with questions about training. He wants to play varsity baseball after a several year layoff from the game. This is nothing new. I get approached all the time. We will call this one Joe. I have seen Joe in the gym often, he practically lives there. He is your typical gym rat stuck on a bodybuilding routine and a diet of protein shakes, chicken and stuff from the restaurant across the street in an effort to get “big” and “strong”. Very little, if any, of the work he does currently is going to translate to being competitive on the field (lots of machine/isolation movements combined with slow heavy poundage work with improper form.)
Joe appears too sincere and I tell him I can train him and this is my rate. Of course Joe balks and says he is broke, that he is only a student and can’t afford such a rate. Before you think me evil, I know for a fact his parents are well off and they more than just give him a small allowance for making his bed in the morning, but I play along and let him coerce me into training alongside instead of working up an individual training and nutritional program and all that jazz just for him.
“How bout Tuesday? You can workout with me, do what I do and figure it out from there.” Joe enthusiastically agrees but I still have that wait and see attitude. I have made similar offers to different people probably a 100+ times over, and it is usually ends the same every time. If he shows and up and has the right attitude and work ethic then I will of course do everything in my power to see he makes the team. I love mentoring young athletes, and I am quite good at it.
Well guess what, Tuesday’s Gone (how bout that Skynyrd reference?) and no Joe. Sure glad I did not wait before starting my workout. “Free has no Value!”

Before I became a Renegade Trainer, I owned and operated a Landscape business. During the five years of operation one lesson above all others seemed to keep recurring; “Free has no value.” Now that I have switched businesses one lesson above others seems to be recurring, now more than ever, “Free has no value.”
Never mind that I have been trained by the best.
Never mind that I have access to the knowledge base of the best.
Never mind that I have the backing of the WORLDS best trainers, Renegade Trainers.
If it is free, somehow it seems to be without value to the general public.
Perhaps I need to pose this riddle to Frank Gorshin?
I am sure Adam West could figure it out easily.
Aren’t the best things in life free?

More on Joe in my next blog, stay tuned.

The Cousin Ralph

While attending a private training session for Renegade only trainers over the weekend in Nyack, New York I stumbled upon several great experiences worthy of putting to pen. Yes, a few of them involve actual training. And yes I will write about them later in the week, but for those familiar with Renegade know it is not at all about the weight room but about style. Now style can be construed as what you wear, how you walk, how you talk, but also in how you eat. You will be hard pressed to find an out of shape, obese, Renegade practitioner, but unlike most “in shape” members of the gym we do not exist on “Engineered Protein Shakes” or cans of tuna, we know how to eat and that is where The Cousin Ralph comes in.

Setting; Main Street Nyack, New York.
Old School Italian Deli (the kind that has been purged from my neck of the woods by Subway, and only broken English is spoken)

The Sandwich aka The Cousin Ralph: Prosciutto Ham, Broccoli Rabe, Eggplant, Provolone, on Ciabatta, heated.

The Desert: Giant chocolate chip cookie with a hint of cinnamon.

Now that is eating folks!
Does your training/trainer have style? Maybe he or she should. Close to Delaware? Need training? I got style