Background
Coach Josh DeSherlia is one of those rare coaches whose credential genuinely sets him apart. A collegiate All-American wrestler, he competed at the highest level of college wrestling before transitioning to a coaching career that has now spanned more than 20 years across every age group and skill level, he could have worked with.
Wrestling shaped everything about how Josh moves through the world. He attributes his success in life, not just in sport, directly to the lessons he learned on the mat. Discipline. Mental toughness. The willingness to push through discomfort when it matters most. As he often tells students: "Once you've wrestled, everything else is easy."
After two decades of coaching, Josh saw a gap in the local landscape: adult wrestling. Plenty of gyms across Colorado offer youth wrestling. Plenty offer BJJ, Muay Thai, and MMA for adults. But almost none take adult wrestling seriously, and the result is that thousands of former wrestlers, MMA athletes, and curious beginners simply have nowhere to train the sport. He joined Limitless to change that.
Beyond wrestling itself, Josh trained in and coached mixed martial arts for nearly a decade. That dual background makes him uniquely positioned to teach the kind of wrestling that translates to MMA and BJJ, not just folkstyle and freestyle technique, but the specific applications grapplers need: chain wrestling, scrambles, dominant top positions, and the wrestling skills that decide modern fights.
Why Adult Wrestling Matters
It controls every other martial art
A great wrestler decides where a fight happens. That's why every elite MMA fighter has a wrestling base, why BJJ athletes who add wrestling immediately get harder to grapple with, and why wrestling is the single biggest skill upgrade most combat athletes can make. Josh teaches it the way it works in real combat sports, not just in tournament rule sets.
It builds the toughest people in any sport
Wrestling demands more sustained effort, mental discipline, and physical grit than almost anything else you can train. Two decades of coaching have shown Josh exactly what wrestling builds in students, and it's something they carry into business, military careers, and the rest of their lives long after they leave the mat.
It's for everyone, not just former wrestlers
Total beginners are welcome and common. Josh has coached adults from every background imaginable: people who have never wrestled, former high school and college wrestlers returning after years away, BJJ practitioners adding takedowns to their game, MMA athletes preparing for fights. Whatever your starting point is, he'll meet you there.
What Coach Josh Teaches at Limitless
Adult Wrestling (Group Classes)
The core of his program. Open to total beginners, returning wrestlers, and athletes from other combat sports. Each class covers technique, drilling, and live work, scaled to the experience level of the people on the mat that day.
Private Wrestling Training
1-on-1 instruction tailored to your specific goals. Common formats include returning wrestlers building back into shape, BJJ/MMA athletes developing a wrestling base, and beginners who want focused fundamentals before joining group classes.
Takedown Development for MMA & BJJ
Specific work on takedowns, takedown defense, and scrambling for athletes whose primary sport is MMA or BJJ. Josh's MMA background means he teaches wrestling in the way it actually applies inside the cage and under modern BJJ rule sets, not just as a stand-alone discipline.
Coaching Philosophy
Showing up is half the battle
The hardest thing about wrestling isn't the technique or the conditioning, it's choosing to do it on the days you don't feel like it. Josh structures his classes so adults can show up consistently, recover well, and progress over time. Burning out is easier than people expect; sustainability is what wins.
Honest correction
Josh tells students what they're doing well, what they're missing, and what to work on. The honesty is what makes adults trust the coaching, they know if he says they're improving, it's because they actually are.
Wrestling is for the long haul
Josh isn't trying to turn every student into a competitor. He's trying to make wrestling something they can train sustainably for decades, building skill, conditioning, and the kind of mental toughness that compounds over a lifetime.
Train with Coach Josh
Adult wrestling is one of the most underrated forms of training an adult can choose, and we have one of the few coaches in the area qualified to teach it at this level. Your first session is on us.