5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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On this episode of the Chewjitsu Podcast, we are joined by Amanda "Tubby" Alequin. Amanda is a Jiu-Jitsu back belt, high level competitor, and owner of “The People’s Jiu-Jitsu” gym.
Amanda discusses how she got the nickname “Tubby,” what motivated her to lose weight, how to find your ideal weight, the importance of strength training, the specific weight training that Amanda utilizes, her favorite exercise for upper body and grip strength for BJJ, if training at a high pace ever caused a negative impact on her Jiu-Jitsu, the empowerment that comes with training Jiu-Jitsu, how to deal with being disrespected on the mats, Amanda’s love for leg locks, how her BJJ game has evolved, prepping for a competition, her proudest accomplishment in Jiu-Jitsu, how teaching improved Amanda’s Jiu-Jitsu, the pros and cons of having a significant other that trains Jiu-Jitsu, how Amanda raises chickens and grows a garden in a city, her favorite competition ruleset, and her thoughts on competing at "ONE Fight Night 12" on July 14th against Tammi Musumeci on Prime Video.
Check out Amanda’s gym, “The People’s Jiu-Jitsu” https://thepeoplesjj.com/ and follow Amanda on Instagram @tubbybjj
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0:00.0 | What up, guys? Welcome to the Jiu-Jitsu podcast today. Today we have a guest, Amanda Alquin, goes by the moniker, the nickname Tubby, Tubby BJ, although she is like a 120, 115 to 125 pounds competitors. So we'll get into why she got the name Tubby. |
0:18.3 | But she is getting ready for a big match coming up at the |
0:22.0 | one fc against tammy musamesi i always feel like i'm butchering that last name there it's tough to |
0:28.2 | say you got to practice that's a that's a practiser musumetchi musumette yeah musumetchi like it was |
0:33.7 | like when kabib first came out like they're gonna you know something met off right like it was like that's how |
0:39.3 | and Ghanu they couldn't say his name. |
0:41.1 | He was like the got me so bad. |
0:42.5 | It was like the all the the guys that were coming out of that that Eastern block like Dagestani. |
0:47.4 | Those were the names that got me. |
0:48.8 | I was like I remember seeing Kabeep for the first time and I was like, did you see that guy? The guy, I don't wrote his last name, but Khabib, right? |
0:56.3 | But again, she's on the podcast. |
0:58.1 | Super fun conversation with her. |
1:00.0 | We'll get into everything from her conversation into her farm life and her chickens, |
1:05.6 | even though she's living in, I guess, near West Palm Beach. |
1:08.0 | So it's a fun conversation. |
1:09.7 | I had a great time with her. |
1:10.5 | So hopefully you guys enjoy the podcast, get a couple ideas for your upcoming competitions or training or |
1:15.7 | anything like that. I always feel like anytime I listen to people who are passionate about |
1:22.4 | what they're doing, regardless of the subject, I feel like sometimes what comes away from it is maybe not sometimes a specific thing, but there's something that rubs off on me. |
1:32.3 | Like when I'm listening to podcast myself, if I hear someone talk about something, it gives me some inspiration or some idea that sparks my head just because of the way that person is. |
1:40.5 | So hopefully it does something for you guys like that. |
1:43.5 | With that said, thanks for our sponsors for |
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