MEET JULIO ALMANZA
Early life in Mexico and California As a child, Jc was regularly beaten, molested, drowned, raped and locked in a dark room for hours. He was a prisoner of torture and abuse from the age of 4 to 9 years old. His heart turned to stone. He was sent to live with his dad in the southside of Chicago 26th street. Gangs, drugs, alcohol, and brutal violence was an everyday thing.
Teenage life in the southside of Chicago
By age 15, Jc was a founder of the 59th street gang the Satan Disciples. Within months, he had risen through the ranks. By age 16 he was in Mexico working for The Sinaloa Cartel. Ruling the streets as a cartel and gang member JC's life got more violent. Arrested countless times, spending 17 years in and out of Mexican and American prisons, JC's future was hopeless. He was destined for prison or death.
Life in Arizona Moving to Arizona to get away. It was only a matter of time before JC was up to his old tricks. This time, part of a motorcycle crew and back in the the drug game...and ultimately, more time in prisons.
By 2007 he was on the federal gov list and was arrested looking at the rest of his life gone. He got one last run at life, coming home in 2013. New mind, new body, but not a new heart. Two years later, JC was sent back on a violation. Sent to one of the most dangerous prisons in the US, Victorville USPA and witnessed the scene of a man being murdered for a piece of chicken. He asked himself what he was doing with his life. Why did he not love himself?
Coming home in 2017 he was ready for a change. He hired motivational speakers, coaches, and trainers... but something was still missing, he felt empty and alone. This lifetime of Chaos had come to be normal... cheating, lying, drug use. A life of sin. Looking for a change JC enrolled in his first college class. John Humphrey was the professor, ironically John was a former cop and little did JC know that 4 years later John would be discipling him "yes discipling him".
JC is now a born again Christian trying to spread what God has done in his life. Today JC travels all over the world to share his testimony, reaching thousands who are lost and broken like he was.
The Lord created you in his image. He wants you to live a happy life and spread his light and joy to those around you and that is hard to do when you are stuck in darkness. Be a light to those around you and be happy with the life that God has given you. Live like God would want you to live and live for his glory. W2S Three prong approach
1. Spiritually: knowing the Truth will set you free. Foundational Biblical Truth.
2. Physically; Healthy diet and exercise.
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3. Mentally: positive life choices, good decision making, right mind set and world view.
My wife and I help men and women completely reshape their heart, body and faith all through Jesus Christ. Learning to be fit in all levels of life is one of the many empowering concepts of Wrong to Strong Fitness. Wrong to Strong was founded by JC Almanza, a Chicago southside born personal trainer, who has spent his life rebuilding himself and inspiring others to do the same through his transformational programs. He knows tragedy and he knows victory. While inside federal, state, and international prison systems, JC utilized his time to develop a method of exercises and weight training programs with core principles that now provide mentoring, community empowerment, and are transforming the lives of many from a place of hope, peace, non-violence, courage, and personal power. JC and his wife are now helping the masses on a larger scale, providing fitness and mentorship programs.
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