Rebel Sport & Fitness

06/20/2026

06/15/2026

Today… She finally got it!

05/24/2026

Come join us for our annual FREE Memorial Day Workout to honor fallen soldiers and recognize the fighting spirit and courage they possess.

A small gesture of recognition and an opportunity to share in a great workout.

Monday 8am
Rebel Sport and Fitness 842 N California

04/11/2026

Since we get points for unpopular opinions… Let’s redefine what functional training is. In my opinion true functional training are movements that produce an effect that can be measured beyond the movement itself. The height of the jump in the jumping step up, the height of the ball in wall ball, the height of the jump in weighted jump squat. While ballistic movements and throws are the low hanging fruit in exercise selection cleans,snatches, thrusters, are also full expressions of the kinetic chain. What the industry calls functional training is generally shades of gray of physical therapy. Having people move limbs into precise novel positions that expose weaknesses at little to no velocity is akin to being injured. While they may be the starting point to bring mental awareness to a weakness it does very little to crossover into the velocities of real life. When they trip and fall at the speed of gravity all those little balance exercises have caused no structural soft tissue changes to absorb the force appropriately. Moreover they haven’t built truly useable movement patterns and all the nuances therein to handle the dynamics of a fall. Accidents don’t happen in perfect scenarios. Can we stop loss of elevation, possible rotational mechanics, and acceleration to the floor? Burpees are a dumb exercise until you fall for the first time and break your wrist! Go train!!

02/21/2026

Today’s Cardio Day workout: 140 Wall Balls/100 Jumping (no bounce) Medball Slams/100 chest to floor burpees /200 Calories Cardio Machines Any which Way (Row machine/Ski Erg/ Air Bike/Spin Bike/treadmill/stepper)…. Conditioning for warriors... Summer body ready for the fitness crew. Real workouts for real results! If you want unusual…. do the unusual!! Our workouts can be tailored to any level. We bring normal people up to the point where they can handle these workouts. We turn civilians into superheroes! Come join us…

12/31/2025

My new favorite Xmas gift from my HS athletes!

12/31/2025

Here’s how we end the year at Rebel!
(This was a great workout, that was too good not to share…)

12 Days of Rebel Xmas Workout:

1 x Power Clean or Bear Crawl Set -12
2 x 2KB Snatches -22
3 x 2KB Front Squats -30
4 x Clean/Press -36
5 x MB Zercher Squat -40
6 x Burpees -42
7 x 2KB Bent Over Rows -42
8 x 2KB OH BS Lunge -40
9 x Push Up -36
10 x TRX Jump Squats or KB Swing -30
11 x Weighted Sit ups -22
12 x 2DB Thrusters -12

Progress through each round. Always restart at exercise #1 and increase numerically. The number exercise equals the number of reps performed each round.

Post your times to complete in the comment section. Let me know any adjustments or different exercises you may have used. (The number after the dash is the total reps you will attain upon completion of all 12 rounds… for all my volume nerds!)

Happy 2026 from Rebel Sport and Fitness / Ambush BJJ

We hope you come join in on the fun!

12/28/2025

2025 Rebel Photo Dump: The queen Of Rebel Gym. The one and only Melly Dimples. She is the glue that holds the gym together as well as its most consistent performer. Generally doing 2-3 workouts per day… she is the epitome of A badass Rebel.

12/27/2025

2025 Rebel Photo Dump: Ambush Jiu Jitsu Kids Program. This year our kids made their mark on the competition scene. They’ll crush even more this next year.

12/27/2025

This year was bittersweet as we lost our great friend and gym mascot, Badger. However we were blessed to welcome our newest family member, Milo “Bolo” Buttas aka Biscoff.