About Us

Our Mission: To get more jiujitsu practitioners strong, mobile and out of pain so they can keep training

Our approach is personal.

After a decade plus of working with in-person clients, we built Kaliber Health as a way to offer custom, results-driven online strength training & coaching, so we could help more people, no matter where you live.

Why BJJ athletes?

We started personal training in 2010 and Brazilian Jiujitsu in 2019.

As we became more involved in the sport, we started to notice a gap: there was little practical guidance on how to strength train specifically for BJJ. We also began to witness how common injuries were in this sport, and how much conflicting advice exists around training through pain, recovering from injury and building resilience.

That’s where we come in.

We combine years or coaching experience with a deep understanding of strength training, injury management, recovery, and performance. More importantly, we genuinely love the BJJ community. Grapplers work hard, they’re patient and consistent — all qualities that make them some of our favourite people to work with.

Our passing for the sport inspired us to dedicate our coaching to helping BJJ practitioners become stronger, more resilient and perform at their best.

Our approach is personal, practical and free from dogma. Instead of chasing trends or promoting one-size-fits-all programs, we meet you were you are and build a plan around your goals, training history and lifestyle. By combining intelligent strength training with realistic guidance on nutrition, recovery and mobility, our goal is to help you become the strongest, healthiest, highest-performing version of yourself both 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.

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Certifications:

• PICP Level 1 & 2, Charles Poliquin

• Metabolic Analytics/BioSig 1 & 2, Charles Poliquin

• Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) Mobility Specialist

• Strength and Conditioning Internship with Preston Greene and Wolfgang Unsold

• Eleiko Strength Summit

• Atlantis Strength Summit

• Personal Trainer Certification (CanFitPro)

 
 

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.

To work with Jaclyn in-person, she is now accepting new clients at Fortis Fitness (11 Carlaw Ave, Toronto). Send an email to info@kaliberhealthonline.com to learn more and book a consultation.

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Certifications:

• Pre- & Postnatal Coaching Certification, Girls Gone Strong

• PICP Level 1 & 2, Charles Poliquin

• Metabolic Analytics, Charles Poliquin

• Fascial Stretch Therapist, Level 1 & 2

• Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) Mobility Specialist

• Intro to Competitive Weightlifting, Bryan Marshall

• Energy Systems Training, Darby Training Systems

• Personal Trainer Certification, ACE (American Council on Exercise)

 

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