About Us

Why we started Kaliber Health Online

Our mission: Getting jiujitsu athletes STRONG, mobile and out of pain, so they can dominate the mats!

After over a decade of working with clients in-person, we developed Kaliber Health to offer high-quality, results driven strength training online, so we could help more people — no matter where you live.

Online training is another great option, if you’re looking for a coach without the price tag of 1-on-1 training or want the freedom and flexibility to do your workouts on your own time.

Why BJJ athletes?

We started personal training in 2010 and BJJ in 2019. Once we got more involved in the BJJ community, we realized there was a lack of understanding on how to effectively strength train for BJJ. On top of that, the rate of injury is quite high in this sport, and there’s a lot of misinformation on how to effectively strength train and support injured athletes in the gym. That's where we come in. We have experience and knowledge working with injuries and people in pain. We also love working with performance athletes (and people who are interested in performance in general — feeling good in their bodies and moving well). You guys work hard, and understand the concept of patience and consistency.

Because of our love of BJJ and the people we've met through the community, we wanted to dive deep and invest our time in becoming the best strength training coaches possible for those who train BJJ.

We take a personal approach and strive to be a non-dogmatic voice of reason in the sea of overwhelming and misleading strength and conditioning advice for grapplers. Using our strength training approach, alongside tailored accessory & structural balance lifts, plus our balanced view on nutrition, we meet you where you're at and teach you how to become the best performing version of yourself on (and off) the mats.

Meet Greg and Jaclyn

 

Greg

Greg struggled for the first 22 years of his life wondering his purpose, never excelling at sports or fitness until he found personal training. His personal fitness journey started like many – dealing with food issues, managing body fat, eating what he thought was healthy but having no clue... He began his career at a commercial gym in Newfoundland, Canada, where his co-workers introduced him to different leaders in the industry, one of which was Charles Poliquin. After learning from Charles’ and helping a couple of figure skating kids win nationals, Greg moved to Toronto. The city was rough at first, but he found Reach Personal Training – a boutique training studio that felt like home where he currently trains his in-person clients.

In 2019, he started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu and fell in love with its playfulness and because there is always more to learn. When he was a blue belt, he struggled with various BJJ injuries, all of which have been a good learning experience in how to manage his recovery with BJJ training intensity. Greg currently trains some of Canada's top jiu-jitsu athletes and loves to educate anyone willing to listen and learn about the nerdy side of strength training for grappling athletes.

 
 

Jaclyn

After retiring from competitive gymnastics at age 17, she got her first gym membership. Shortly after, she decided to get certified as a personal trainer and started training clients at a commercial gym, initially thinking “I’ll do this for a few years"... but those "few years" never came to an end. She was drawn to pursue a career in the fitness industry because of how much she enjoyed it.

Over the years of training various types of clients, she's taken a special interest in helping those who want to perform better, get stronger and feel good for their sport, but also for life. Like Greg, Jaclyn is also a student of the late Charles Poliquin – applying many of his methods to her own and her clients' training. Since 2019, she’s taken an interest in Olympic weightlifting and started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu. BJJ opened up a whole new world of training for performance. She fell in love with the sport and the community and absolutely loves helping grappling athletes get strong and mobile so they can feel their best on the mats.

If you want to work with Jaclyn in-person, or become a hybrid client (online + in-person), she can be found at Fortis Fitness (11 Carlaw Ave, in Leslieville). Email to book an appointment: info@kaliberhealthonline.com

 

The Kaliber Training Philosophy

  1. Movement – Master movement first using full range of motion and perfecting your accessory & structural balance lifts before getting to advanced barbell lifts. (Strength through full range of motion = healthier, stronger joints!)

  2. Tempo – Follow your prescribed tempo, a four digit number, i.e. 4-0-1-0 (you will learn what this is and how to read it)

  3. Weight – Once your movement & tempo are good, add weight!

  4. RPE – You will have a target RPE to hit each week (Rate of Perceived Exertion, on a scale of 1-10). You should not be lifting 10/10, maxing out or failing reps every week. This helps prevent injury and over-training