Sign-ups are finally available to the public for our 2nd JASSA Retreat happening here in beautiful Chico, CA, March 2nd – 6th 2016!! Our first retreat which took place in September was a SOLD OUT EVENT and the response was so overwhelmingly good that we couldn’t wait to get the next one on the books! Space is extremely limited so do NOT delay and also be sure to take advantage or our early bird pricing that lasts only through November 23rd.
Click here to reserve your spot TODAY and below is the details of the event, line-up of our AMAZING speakers (did I mention that we secured Doc Parsley to speak at this retreat???) and our current itinerary of events!
JASSA Retreat – March 2nd – 6th in Chico, CA
We are so excited to announce that the JASSA Retreat 2016 will be once again hosted by JS Strength & Conditioning in Chico, CA. The dates of the retreat will be March 2nd – 6th and will include 12+ hours of lecture with some of the most renowned experts in the field of health and fitness, over 5 hours of movement and lift coaching, breathing and mobility and small group break out sessions that include cooking demos with Sarah Fragoso! There will also be times set aside for optional hiking, yoga and brand new for this retreat – Primal Pilates! Included in the event as well – lunches on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, two exclusive and private dinners with the speakers, a private farm tour at Massa Natural Meats, and of course plenty of time for relaxation and most definitely LOTS of FUN!
The retreat will only be open to the first 65 people who sign up so this will be an extremely exclusive and intimate event with the opportunity to spend quality time with all the coaches and trainers in order to get the most out of your time spent in beautiful Northern California.
Early bird $699 (early bird ends November 23rd).
Regular Price $749
Couples $649 (per person) -Email john@jsstrength.com to get signed up with couples discount.
Sign up Here!
Cancellation policy: Cancellations will be refunded at 50% through December 31st, as of January 1st, 2016 no refunds will be given.
Early Arrivals: For those who wish to come early there will be an optional outing of golf at Bidwell Golf course and/or Hike into Upper Bidwell Park. Please email john@jsstrength.com if you would like to participate. Cost of golf is not included.
Here is the 2016 JASSA retreat itinerary:
Wednesday March 2nd
The retreat will kick off on Wednesday evening with a welcome reception from 7-9pm at the Rendezvous, Beverages and light snacks will be served.
Thursday (at Rendezvous)
8:00-9:00am Yoga with Lisa Weber
9:15-9:30am Introduction and Welcoming
9:45-10:45am Speaker Jason Seib
11:00-12:00pm Speaker Sarah Fragoso
12:15-1:15pm Lunch Provided (at Rendezvous)
1:30-2:30pm Speaker Dr. Kirk Parsley
2:45-3:45pm Speaker Jim Laird
4:00pm–6:00pm Body weight movement mechanics
6:00pm Private Dinner – (at Rendezvous)
Friday (at Rendezvous)
7:30-8:30am Primal Pilates with June Kamerling
8:45-9:45am Speaker Dr. Kirk Parsley
10:00-11:00am Speaker John Fragoso
11:15-12:15am Speaker Jason Seib
12:30-1:30 Lunch Provided (at Rendezvous)
1:00-2:00pm Speaker Tracy Corbett
2:15-3:15pm Speaker Mark Rogers
3:30-4:30pm Speaker Duane Massa
4:30-6:00pm Massa Natural Meats Farm Tour or Free Time
Saturday (at JS Strength and Conditioning)
8:30-10:00am From the Ground Up with Lucy Hendricks
10:15-12:30pm Big Lifts with all Coaches
12:30-1:00pm Q&A
1:00-2:30pm Lunch provided by Roots Catering (at JS)
3:00 -4:30pm Break Away Sessions or Free time
Cooking with Sarah Fragoso (location TBD)
Movement Assessment with John Fragoso (Location JS)
Meditation with Jason Seib (Location JS)
Jim Laird and Lucy Hendricks (Location JS)
5:30pm Private dinner Sin of Cortez
Sunday (at JS Strength & Conditioning)
9:00-10:00am Yoga with Lisa Weber
10:15-11:15am Speaker Jason Seib
11:30-12:30pm Speaker Sarah Fragoso
12:30pm Book Signing and Q&A
(*Itinerary is subject to change.)
During the retreat there will be plenty of time for you all to explore beautiful Chico and the surrounding areas or just relax and enjoy northern California.
Coffee, tea and water will be provided each morning.
Remember, space is extremely limited so sign up today to reserve your spot!
Over 12 hours of lecture on health and fitness from our panel of experts
Over 5 hours of coaching on movement, lifting and mobility
Breathing with Lucy Hendricks
Lunch is included (Thursday, Friday, Saturday), Private dinners (Thursday and Saturday)
Hike in Upper Bidwell Park
Massa Natural Meats Farm Tour
Yoga with Lisa Weber
Breakout Session – Cooking with Sarah Fragoso
Some additional pics from the JASSA Retreat September 2015, Chico, CA
Now, I would like to introduce you to our esteemed team of presenters and coaches:
Sarah Fragoso – Sarah Fragoso is a national best selling author of 6 books, co-owner of JS Strength and Conditioning, co-owner of JassaFit, and founder of Everyday Paleo. Sarah also is the co-host of the popular JASSA pocast and conducts workshops and seminars nationwide on the subjects of nutrition and fitness.
Her message is from the heart and she carries a genuine desire to help other families looking for guidance. These attributes have contributed to her successes and provide the drive to keep the discoveries coming.
Jason Seib – Jason Seib is the author of Alt-Shift, The Paleo Coach, co-host of the popular Paleo Lifestyle and Fitness Podcast, founder and co-owner of CPC Fitness and Fat Loss, a successful small gym in the Portland, Oregon area, as well as founder and co-owner of JassaFIT.com, an on-line training site and community. He is speaks on the subject of fat loss regularly, delivering his Sustainable Fat Loss Seminar around the US. Jason’s passion is guiding normal people to extraordinary levels of health and fitness and he has built his career by helping thousands of people change their perspective and find a healthy, sustainable path to their goals.
Dr. Kirk Parsley, M.D., served as a physician for the West Coast Navy SEALs, from June 2009-Jan 2013. While there he developed and supervised the group’s first sports medicine rehabilitation center. He is a former SEAL (Class 164), and a graduate of the military’s medical school in Bethesda, (USUHS) in 2004. His internship was in Obstetrics and Gynecology, at Balboa Naval Hospital in 2005. He then completed a Navy residency in Hyperbarics and Diving Medicine in 2006.
Doctor Parsley served as Naval Special Warfare’s expert on Sleep Medicine, and has been a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine since 2006. He is certified in hormonal modulation (Age-Management Medicine) and has worked as a consultant for the Life-Wellness Institute, in San Diego. Doctor Parsley has lectured extensively on sleep, wellness, and hormonal optimization. He is currently completing a book on sleep optimization.
His philosophy for wellness is that we all need to live more closely to the way we have evolved as a species, in order to optimize our health and get the most out of our bodies and lives. He believes that many diseases and disorders that have come to be considered “typical” in modern society are unnecessary complications of living in a toxic environment, eating foods we are not designed to digest, excessive stress, and poor sleeping habits. His passion is to help his patients live the highest quality of life possible, and achieve their health, performance, and longevity goals.
John Fragoso – John Fragoso is co-owner of JS Strength & Conditioning, owner of Fragoso Chiropractic and the mobility guru for the online fitness site Jassafit.com. He has worked with various fitness organizations both locally and internationally and has been in the industry for over 10 years. As a sports chiropractor, Dr. John has a passion for rehabilitation and patient education, understanding that it’s only through active participation that clients attain their goals. Through clinical and self-experience Dr. John has developed a sound understanding of what it takes to be healthy and capable. This system includes movements that build a solid foundation and fitness programs that facilitate sustainable training, nutrition that your body understands, and a strong regard for the impact that sleep and stress management has on our bodies.
Jim Laird – Jim Laird has been working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach helping clients achieve their goals since 1997. He has 4 years of Division One coaching experience and over a decade of working with clients in the private sector. He has worked with everyone from housewives who just want to look good and feel good, to professional athletes in the NFL, LPGA, and MLB; his most notable client being Scott Downs who is currently with the Cleveland Indians and is going on his 14th year in the MLB. Jim has helped dozens of young athletes achieve athletic scholarships to Division 1 schools and also trains a team of female Powerlifters, The GYM Laird Team.
As an elite level Powerlifter, Jim pushed his body to the limit for years, and now understands the difference between working out to be healthy, and working out to achieve a high level performance goal, and he want to help others do the same. Jim has a reputation for two things: getting more results from less work, and getting his clients both strong and healthy. Jim’s motto of “Training Smarter, Not Harder” has earned him the respect and recommendation of numerous orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists.
Lucy Hendricks – Lucy Hendricks is a graduate of the Lexington Healing Arts Academy Personal Training program and a current Student Massage Therapist. She has her FMS certification and is also a certified Restorative Breathing Coach. She is a bright, young coach who, at the age of 24, has already had the opportunity to study underneath great coaches and physical therapists like Jim Laird, Sarah Martin, Lois Laynee, Mike Robertson and Bill Hartman.
Lucy’s journey into personal training and her passion for helping clients started with an internship with Jim Laird five years ago, and she hasn’t looked back since. For the last four years, she’s been an integral part of the GYM Laird Strength and Conditioning team, working with hundreds of clients each week, making a huge impact in all of their lives. Lucy is very passionate about helping clients move and feel better through good movement and strength training! This is just the beginning for Lucy, she’s excited to continue expanding her knowledge in the years to come.
Mark Rogers – Mark Rogers is a human being being human and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. One of his goals in life is to help people realize that they can get healthy, sleep great, eat how humans are supposed to eat…all while enjoying life and spending time with family and friends. He has been married to the same beautiful, smart woman for 12 years and is the father of two daughters and one son.
Lisa Weber – Lisa began practicing yoga 15 years ago while training for marathons with the intention of balancing the endurance training of running with the physical and mental benefits of yoga. During that time, Lisa discovered what yoga truly has to offer. Lisa is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) at the 200-hour level through Northern California Yoga Institute. Lisa’s teaching style is deeply rooted in the Integrative Dynamic Yoga (IDY) method. IDY blends classical yoga and meditation practices with contemporary exercise science and fitness methods to establish optimal health, wellness, fitness and spiritual awareness.
Traci Corbett – Traci Corbett currently works as a Health Coach and Seminar Facilitator with JumpstartMD, a leading Bay Area Healthy Weight Loss and Wellness clinic. In addition, she provides individual, family & community education and coaching in Fitness, Nutrition & Healthy Habit Change as the founder of WholeLifeLifted.
She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree as well as a BA in both Developmental Psychology and Exercise Physiology. Traci has worked professionally in Human Services for over 15 years in corporate, non-profit and government organizations, earning her a clear and reputable identity as a holistic health specialist; She has a seasoned background in working with Children, Youth and Families and in the fields of Education, Fitness and Nutrition. She holds a variety of certifications including NASM Certified Personal Trainer and CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, as well as an AFPA Holistic Nutritionist Certification. Traci is passionate about self-care, fostering healthy relationships, generating and building joyful paradigm shifts in community, and inspiring health and wellness in the world. Traci lives in Pleasanton, CA and has four amazing children ages 16, 15, 12 and 11. She is fully embracing living, loving and learning every day!
Taq Hernandez – Taq Hernandez’s history with sports and fitness is extensive, in fact, Taq’s mother says he hit the ground running and by age of 5 Taq began competing in sports and continued to be active and competitive throughout high school. When Taq couldn’t compete in organized sports, he could be found outside skateboarding, or playing beach volleyball in Oxnard California where he grew up.
Taq’s active nature took on a new form in 2002 when he stumbled upon Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu. While training in these two sports, Taq met a coach and soon to be mentor, who taught him the fundamental roles nutrition and fitness play in succeeding in athletics, preventing injury, and in promoting vitality and overall health. This led Taq to his current passion of researching and implementing the right way to exercise and the right way to fuel the human body. Taq took his newfound passion seriously and everything he learned he would share with his friends and family. Taq’s enthusiasm for helping people train smart, led him to work with both athletes at the competitive level, as well as, individuals who were brand new to the fitness industry.
Taq graduated from Chico State in 2007, and continued to further his knowledge of fitness and health while pursing a career in the health industry. Taq’s journeys eventually led him back to Chico where he discovered that his old friends John and Sarah Fragoso had recently opened JS Strength and Conditioning. Taq completed an internship with John and Sarah and today is a vital part of the JS team. With Taq’s extensive background in fitness and nutrition, Taq continues to serve his clients as a knowledgeable strength and conditioning coach, helping those that he works with to achieve their goals.
Sharon Larson – Sharon has been practicing massage in Chico, Ca. since 2008 and is a graduate from California State University Chico with a Bachelor’s of Science in the field of Biology. Sharon uses her training as a massage therapist, along with her formal education, to provide a superior level of service to her clients. With her background in biology, and as a life-long athlete, Sharon has a deep understanding of the human anatomy and functional movement.
Sharon uses this knowledge to help educate her clients on proper posture, movement patterns, and self-care. She is passionate about helping people achieve their health and wellness goals. She has had success in helping many clients free themselves from chronic pain and discomfort using massage as a tool for pain management.
Sharon is also passionate about living an active and balanced lifestyle. When not helping others to improve their lives through massage and movement training, Sharon can be found on the soccer field, in the yoga studio, lifting heavy weights, snowboarding, or playing in nature. She balances her active time with meditation, spending time with family and friends, reading, or going for leisure hikes in Chico’s own Upper Bidwell Park.
Michel Laine -Michele Laine’s history with movement and fitness began at the young age of 3 when she first fell in love with dance. She grew up in Woodland, CA, where she was an avid dancer all the way through high school. Through the years she also played competitive team sports including basketball and softball, but the dance floor was her true passion. Michele graduated UC Irvine in 1997 with a BA in Dance; Teaching Emphasis and spent many years not only dancing professionally, but also teaching classes in tap, hip hop, and jazz dance in Southern and Northern California, as well as Hailey, Idaho.
Being active her whole life, Michele was no stranger to the gym. She spent time training in boxing gyms, dabbled in weights and spent hours on bikes and treadmills in the “globo-gym”, but she was looking for more and when she dove into the world of strength training, she realized it was the prefect fit. Her introduction to personal training began shortly after the birth of her second daughter in 2006. Michele began working out Norcal Strength and Conditioning under the watchful eyes of Nicki Violetti and Robb Wolf, which helped Michele regain her strength and improve her conditioning. During this time, she was also introduced to a new way of eating, exercising, and overall thinking. Over the next 9 years, Michele became more than a clean eating advocate and avid weight lifter – she also realized the importance of positive thinking and visualization and how the mental aspect of getting healthy is extremely important to achieving ones goals.
A successful entrepreneur, Michele loves finding ways to combine her hobbies and passions into her work. Her own health journey eventually led her to her good friends John and Sarah Fragoso, and JS Strength & Conditioning. Pursuing her passions by combining her knowledge and background into the health and fitness industry, Michele now blogs lifestyle pieces on Everyday Paleo and helps coordinate events for John and Sarah such as the JASSA Retreats through her company, Laine Consulting Services. Michele is a certified personal trainer and she uses her studies in nutrition, movement, kinesiology, and dance injury prevention and rehabilitation combined with the philosophies taught at JS Strength to help her clients achieve their goals. Michele has a passion for improving lives and is excited to share her journey with others who want to improve theirs as well.
Duane Massa – The Massa’s operate a multi-species farm with cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens, and horses raised naturally on pasture using sustainable farming practices. They truly are a family operation. Duane & Wendy personally take a hands-on role with every aspect of the business from breeding & raising, to customer-service, marketing & shipping. Through selective breeding and careful range management, the Massa’s are uniquely creating a group of animals that have become a healthy and sustainable alternative to factory farm practices.
Recommended Accommodations: *Coming soon
Some things to enjoy while you’re in Chico: *Coming Soon
Cancellation policy Cancellations will be refunded at 50% through December 31st, as of January 1st, 2016 no refunds will be given.
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