CATZ Success Story

After working out with CATZ for just over a month I wanted to measure my progress in a 5K race on 7/21/07. After the race I was excited to learn I had dropped over 3 ½ minutes off my 5K time from 2 months earlier. This was a minute faster than my goal for the race.

Later that night when I returned to work as a police officer I responded to a disturbance in progress. Once I arrived, I was confronted with a subject, 4 inches taller and over 40 pounds heavier than I was, yelling at me. I later found out that this subject was a violent felon, ex-con with several prior arrests for assault and aggregated assault.

In just a few moments the situation escalated to the point that this violent subject attacked me by striking me with his fist several times in an attempt to take me out ant get away. At the moment, I knew my back up was still about 2+ minutes from arriving and I found myself in a violent fight for my life.

As the fight began, I soon realized that I was faster, more agile, and had more explosive power than the subject fighting me. As the fight continued, I had the endurance to sustain my explosive power, quickness, and was able to maintain my center of gravity. The fight soon ended, with the violent felon overwhelmed with exhaustion and handcuffed as I stood over him. He was charged with assault on a peace officer.

IR17;m convinced that the last several weeks of my CATZ training made the difference in my ability to overcome this situation and provided me the enhanced skills needed to perform at the highest level when the moment arrived. I felt a considerable difference in my quickness, explosive power, endurance and ability to maintain my balance. I was also able to escape with just a few bruises resulting from the strikes and no performance related injuries such as sprains or tweaks.

Thank you to Omar Vela and the other coaches at CATZ for the success of this performance training program. I recommend CATZ for every police officer to increase their athletic performance. For me CATZ is no longer just a workout, but a lifestyle change.

Sincerely,

Sergeant Brian Grubbs

Patrol Supervisor

Hutto Police Department