Unleash the Beast
This is not a rec program. Altered Beast is an elite youth wrestling academy for boys ages 5–18 — five nights a week of high-level coaching, relentless mat time, and one standard: earn it. Wyoming Valley wrestling is coming back to the top of Pennsylvania, and it starts in this room.
Programs
Three programs, one standard — days and times are right on the card. Nobody gets turned away for being new, and nobody gets to stay comfortable.
Foundation · Movement · Love of the Sport
Where it all starts. Little Beasts learn the fundamentals the right way — stance, motion, balance, and basic takedowns — through high-energy practices built for young athletes.
Technique · Live Wrestling · Competition
The engine room of the academy. Junior Beasts build complete technique chains, wrestle live every practice, and test themselves at tournaments across Pennsylvania.
Advanced · State & National Stage
For junior high and high school wrestlers chasing the podium. Advanced technique, film study, strength & conditioning, and a competition schedule built for state and national events.
New to Wrestling?
Brand new to the sport? Here's exactly what happens — no surprises, no sink-or-swim. Every Beast starts on a ramp built for beginners, and nobody skips a step.
Week 1
Stance, motion, balance, and the rules of the room. Coaches assess movement, coordination, and experience to map your wrestler's starting point. No live wrestling — none. Week one is foundation only, so your kid learns the right way before anyone turns up the heat.
Weeks 2–3
Partner drilling with wrestlers at the same level — same size, same stage. Technique chains get sharper rep by rep, and coaches introduce controlled live situations at a pace a beginner can actually handle.
Week 4
The first real live goes — matched by age, weight, and experience. Coaches evaluate, place your wrestler in the right program, and lay out the development plan from there. Earned, not assumed.
The Beast Rule: Beginners are NEVER thrown in with advanced kids. Not in week one, not ever. Levels stay separated until a coach — not a calendar — says your wrestler is ready to move up.
Coaching Staff
Altered Beast is building a coaching staff to rival the best club programs in the country — competitors who have lived it, not just studied it, and who came home to forge the next generation of Wyoming Valley wrestling.
Head Coach
Coach Rich sets the standard for the entire room — practice structure, competition schedule, and the development path every Beast follows from age 5 to 18. Technique first, effort always, and accountability in everything: that's the culture he built Altered Beast on.
His philosophy is simple: you don't build champions by throwing kids into chaos — you build them rep by rep, with technique drilled until it's instinct and standards that never move. Every wrestler in his room, from a first-year five-year-old to a state-title contender, gets coached like he matters — because he does.
Rich's track record is developing wrestlers the right way: novices who walk in knowing nothing grow into disciplined, confident competitors, and advanced wrestlers get the detail work that separates district placers from state medalists. Development in his room is staged, measured, and safe — nobody skips steps, and nobody gets fed to the wolves.
Background-Checked · SafeSport Certified
Coach · Head of Strength & Conditioning
Omerao Kellom — Coach Omar to everyone who steps in the room — runs the engine room. On the mat, he drills fundamentals until they're instinct and mentors young Beasts into confident, aggressive competitors. Off the mat, strength & conditioning is his specialty — he built and leads Beast Strength & Conditioning, the academy's training program for power, speed, agility, and injury prevention. His age-appropriate programming is why Beasts are still attacking in the third period when the other kid is running on fumes — and it's open to any athlete ready to outwork the competition.
By day, Omar is a Corrections Officer — a profession built on leadership, discipline, and integrity under pressure. He brings all of it to the mat: calm when the room gets loud, consistent every single practice, and a mentor before he's anything else. His philosophy is to lead by example and build respect through consistency and accountability — because he believes wrestling builds determination, mental toughness, resilience, and self-discipline that outlast any season.
Ask him his goal and he won't talk about medals: "Prepare young athletes to become confident leaders who carry the lessons learned through wrestling into every aspect of their lives." That's why his room runs on teamwork, sportsmanship, and academic success — a culture of respect and accountability that follows his athletes off the mat and into the classroom. He coaches the same way with Lady Beast Wrestling Academy, the girls program at Odyssey — same standard, both rooms.
His philosophy: strong is a skill, and it's built — never rushed. Omar programs age-appropriate by design: movement quality and technique before load, progressive strength work matched to each athlete's stage of development, and conditioning that builds kids up instead of breaking them down. Safe and effective isn't a slogan in his room — it's the programming.
His track record is the athletes themselves — youth wrestlers and multi-sport athletes who got faster, stronger, and harder to injure under his coaching, and who keep coming back season after season because the work works. Continuity is his edge: the same coach, the same plan, week after week, compounding into results you can measure in the third period.
Background-Checked · SafeSport Certified
Train with Coach OmarThe Beast staff is still growing — more coaching announcements are coming ahead of the season opener. Interested in joining the staff? Contact the academy.
Club Membership
Altered Beast runs on membership — simple, recurring, and built for families. Go monthly for total flexibility, go annual and get two months free, or go Elite Competitor and put Coach Omar's strength & conditioning on your wrestler's schedule every single week. Either way, your wrestler gets every scheduled practice in his program.
More Than One Beast? — 30% sibling discount. Every additional wrestler in your family trains for 30% less.
Simple and straight: recurring monthly payment, auto-renewing, cancel anytime — no contracts, no fine print. Your dues cover coaching and mat time — tournament fees and travel are covered by the Booster Club, and gear is purchased separately. Monthly members get priority booking for open mats, clinics, and special sessions. Register below and we'll set up your plan.
Club Membership + Weekly S&C with Coach Omar · Ages 12+
The full weapon. Elite Competitor welds your club membership and Coach Omar's strength & conditioning into one program — the mat work and the weight room driving the same plan, week after week. No gaps, no guesswork, no plateau. This is how Beasts separate from the pack: continuity that compounds into results.
$150 / month
The $75 club membership plus weekly S&C with Coach Omar, bundled into one rate — Omar's standalone S&C membership alone runs $150/month.
Recurring monthly payment · Auto-renews · Cancel anytime Go Elite — RegisterRegistration
Registration is open for the new season at Odyssey Fitness Center. No tryout theater, no politics — fill out the form and we'll place your wrestler, set his first practice date, and tell you exactly what to bring.
New to wrestling? Good. Everybody starts somewhere — the Beasts in the highlight reel did too. Come see the room, meet the coaches, and watch a session before you commit.
Beast Strength & Conditioning · By Coach Omar Kellom
Not a corporate gym — no mirrors-and-smoothies fitness, no hiding in the back of a class of forty. Small-group and 1-on-1 training led by Coach Omar Kellom at Odyssey Fitness Center, for wrestlers and athletes from every sport — football, hockey, lacrosse, baseball, soccer, plus adults who still train like athletes. If you compete, this is where you get faster, stronger, and harder to injure.
Age-Appropriate Tracks
Kids are not small adults. Every athlete trains on a track built for their age, their body, and their stage of development — technique first, load second, always.
The foundation track. Movement quality, coordination, and bodyweight strength progressing to properly coached lifts. Sprint mechanics, change of direction, and the habits that keep young athletes healthy while they grow.
The performance track. Max strength, explosive power, top-end speed, and conditioning that holds up in the fourth quarter and the third period. Built for varsity demands, postseason runs, and athletes with college ambitions.
Serious training for adults — former wrestlers and competitors, and anyone done with casual fitness. Strength, work capacity, and mobility, programmed and coached like an athlete, because you still are one.
Strength & conditioning starts at age 12 — wrestlers ages 5–11 join the club only, and S&C joins their plan when they turn 12. That's why the Elite Competitor club plan (club + weekly S&C) is ages 12+.
Sessions & 1-on-1
Private and small-group training with Coach Omar — for Altered Beast wrestlers, athletes from any sport, and entire teams. Pick your option and send a booking request; Omar confirms your slot personally.
1-on-1 Session
$50 / session
4-Session Package
$175 · Save $25
Team S&C
Contact for pricing
Monthly Memberships
The serious option. Monthly memberships put you on Coach Omar's recurring schedule — small-group sessions, a real progression, and priority booking on every slot. Recurring monthly payment, auto-renewing, cancel anytime.
Monthly S&C Membership
$150 / month
Recurring monthly payment · Auto-renews · Cancel anytimeMonthly Unlimited S&C
$225 / month
Recurring monthly payment · Auto-renews · Cancel anytimeMonthly members always book first — priority booking on every session slot, before single sessions open up. All training runs at Odyssey Fitness Center in Wilkes-Barre.
Wrestlers on the Elite Competitor club plan already have weekly S&C built in — no separate booking needed. This form is for standalone S&C bookings with Coach Omar.
Booking Request
Tell Coach Omar what you're after and when you can train. He confirms every booking personally — no call centers, no apps, no runaround.
Proof of Work
No highlight-reel fluff — pace, pressure, and finishes, earned the hard way.
Takedowns, turns, and pins from the mat — straight from the academy's Facebook page.
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Real Kids · Real Results · Real Gear
No stock photos, no staged shoots — this is the original Altered Beast run, 2018–2020: the room, the medals, and the kids who set the standard. Flip to the Gear tab for the official team line.
The real Altered Beast gear line — the same custom sublimated gear our wrestlers wear in the photos. Every piece is made to order, and every back carries your wrestler's own last name, shown as YOUR NAME in the designs. Include the wrestler's name, item, colorway, and size in your order. All sizes run youth through adult, and custom gear turnaround is approximately 3 weeks.
The official Altered Beast singlet — full custom sublimation, beast across the chest, your wrestler's last name down the back. Pick your colorway.
Front & Back · Three Colorways
Custom sublimated q-zip — the warm-up and podium standard. Your wrestler's name across the back.
Front & Back
Custom sublimated team tee — practice days, tournament travel, and repping the Beast anywhere.
Front & Back
Compression shirt and shorts in black and gray — the under-the-singlet layer and off-day training kit.
Front & Back · Shirt + Shorts
Custom sublimated grappling shorts — built to move, built to last a full season of live goes.
Front & Back
Gear Packages
Outfit your Beast in one order. Packages are built from the same custom pieces above — singlet, shorts, shirt, and q-zip — with your wrestler's name on every back.
Package #1 — The Kit
$127.50 / package
Package #2 — The Full Beast
$168.00 / package
Order by email or at the front desk during practice — gear is custom-made and distributed in the room. Sizes run youth through adult, and custom gear turnaround is approximately 3 weeks. Sizing runs true; exchange unwashed items within 30 days.
Booster Club & Fundraising
The Altered Beast Booster Club is the backbone of the academy. Run by our parents and supporters, the booster club raises the funds that keep training affordable and send our wrestlers to the biggest stages — so no Beast ever misses an opportunity because of cost.
Covers entry fees for local, state, and national events — from a first-year novice's first tournament to the national circuit for our Elite Beasts.
Fuel, vans, and overnight lodging for competitions more than 75 miles from Wilkes-Barre — so the whole team travels together, every time.
Gear is purchased separately by families — this fund provides scholarships that help cover gear and training fees for families who need a hand, so no Beast sits out over cost.
Bronze
$250 / season
Silver
$500 / season
Gold
$1,000 / season
Parents power this program — running concession stands, driving carpools, working tournament tables, and leading our fundraisers, from car washes and basket raffles to our annual golf outing. Every hour and every dollar goes straight to the wrestlers.
Why We Exist
Wyoming Valley wrestling was once a dominant force in Pennsylvania — feared in every bracket, respected in every gym in the state. That standard slipped. Altered Beast Wrestling Academy is here to take it back.
And it was never just about wrestling. Altered Beast started with family — built for Emily and Johnny, the reason this club exists at all. What began as one father's mission for his own kids grew into a home for every young wrestler in the Valley who needed a place to belong and a standard to chase.
Here's how the money works — straight up, no fine print. Membership dues cover coaching and mat time. The Booster Club covers tournament entry fees and team travel. Gear is purchased separately. Cost should never be what keeps a kid off the mat — and the Booster Club is there to help families who need a hand.
Altered Beast is reopening its doors at Odyssey Fitness Center in Wilkes-Barre. The room is ready. The standard is set. All that's missing is you — bring your wrestler ready to work.
A staff that rivals the best club programs in the country — technique-first instruction scaled to every age and level.
Five nights a week of drilling, live wrestling, and conditioning. Champions are built in the room, one practice at a time.
From a first-year novice to a state-title contender, every Beast follows a development path toward district, state, and national podiums.
Contact
Questions about registration, sponsorships, or the booster club — reach out. We answer fast during the season.
Odyssey Fitness Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Practices Mon–Fri evenings & Saturday open mat.
Call or text — leave a message during practice hours and we'll call right back.
