[quote]trailer36 wrote:
EC,
HOw do you know Pat Myers?!?! He was my roommate for a year at college!! He is a good buddy of mine and I actually need to give him a call, i havent talked to him in a while.[/quote]
He basically lived next door to me when we were growing up. We were good friends, played a ton of sports together, and graduated in the same class at Kennebunk High School.
Small world, huh? Send him my best.
Eric whats your view on introducing a warmup similar to ethan reeves warmup - i.e. lots of forward rolls/ handstands/etc. I’m a rugby player and would not mind the increased proprioceptive ability from gymnastics.
BTW in my position - Openside Flanker I do a lot of having to get up of the ground quickly to either avoid being kicked or to chase the ball, would this wrestler based warmup benefit me?
This is the warmup which someone at another site posted -
Warmups are not supposed to be too easy. They should make you pant, sweat and should work the muscles from a variety of angles to get you ready to go. Crossfit has given us a great example of a warmup in a previous article. Here is a tumbling routine that I learned from Coach Ethan Reeve (from Wake Forest) that also fits the bill: 3 forward rolls, 3 backward rolls, 3 quick rolls, 3 dive rolls, 3 backward split rolls, forward roll to bear crawl, back roll to crab walk, cartwheel-fwd roll-cartwheel,fwd roll to high knees, fwd roll to butt kicks, seat roll to carioca (both ways), seat roll to shuffle (both ways), wheelbarrow or handstand walks, double leg hops, single leg hops, backward run. This is great for agility, working the muscles from different angles, dynamic flexibility, coordination, athleticism, and learning to recover from different positions. Not bad for a ten minute warmup. All you need is a mat or some grass.
I’ve posted before - 18, rugby, Ireland train at home with weights and a huge grassy playing area to pratice my rugby skills.
What’s your age? 56
What’s your sport? tennis
At what level do you compete (high school, college, semi-pro, pro, adult amateur)? amateur - club level team
Where do you train (e.g. housewife gym, or athlete-specific facility)?
home gym
Where do you live? Massachusetts
you don’t want to be mentally unprepared to lat gun.
This is awesome stuff, everyone. I’ll be on tomorrow (Thursday) night to get to the rest of these questions. In the meantime, keep it up in my absence; it’s nice to know that we’ve got a wide variety of athletes here with a ton of different goals.
Hey,
25 year old male.
-Semi Pro Football, former college player. I play TE and NT.
-Olympic Lifting, I compete 1-2 times per year in the +105s.
-Judo. I don’t compete, just take it for fun and self-defense.
I would love to get into some strongman comps. if there was anything within a billion miles of south jersey.
Oh, I train at home. I have for about 5 years now…even while in college (our college weightroom was horrible).
keeping the thread alive
What’s your age? 21
Weight- 235
Bench- around 430
Squat- around 550
What’s your sport? Football/wrestling
Fullback/Heavyweight
At what level do you compete (high school, college, semi-pro, pro, adult amateur)? College
University of North Carolina
Where do you train (e.g. housewife gym, or athlete-specific facility)?
Football or wrestling facility
Where do you live?
Chapel Hill
Age:23
Sport: Strongman, Powerlifting, Oddlifting
Level: Amature
Gym: Clarks Championship Gym, Columbia MO
Just got back from lifting with the famous Mr. Cressey. Good times! I survived and even got my best squat numbers in a long, long time. Cressey was busy doing all his crazy box squats with bands and deadlifts with chains. I must confess I thought there would be more screaming “YOU OWN IT DUDE!” so in that regard, I was feeling a little let down. sigh
But I will say that “the dungeon” had some great atmosphere to it… and some kind of funky smell that defies description. (Photos over on CT’s thread showing picture of his work out areas) Anyone who is ever in the Hartford area needs to go and check this place out sometime.
EC, until we meet again…
Kuz
Age: 19
Sport: Football (WR) /Track and Field (Sprints/Relays)
Level: Junior College
Where do I train: School’s weight room, Gold’s Gym in Santa Rosa, or back at my old high school’s weight room.
Where do I live: Santa Rosa/Napa, CA
[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
What do you think of the Canadian Ascending-Descending system? Also, what exercises would you reccomend for a high school wrestler?[/quote]
Think of the movements you do in a match…lift explosive.
Lunges, Squats, Chin ups, Dips, Deadlifts, Bench, Military Press, Olympic Lifts
I was thinking of that and they most resembled front squats, deadlifts/cleans, pull-ups, bent rows, and incline bench press.
[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
I was thinking of that and they most resembled front squats, deadlifts/cleans, pull-ups, bent rows, and incline bench press. [/quote]
and you would be correct.
Age: 16
Sport: Baseball and Swimming
Level: High School
Where do I train: During the swim season, I train at school, but during baseball I train at home.
Weight: 170
Height: 5-7
Bench:215
Squat:285
The only deadlifts at school are hex bar, and I’ve gotten 320.
I’m an athlete but can’t talk now…gotta go to work. I didn’t see you anywhere else so I had to jump on this thread with an off topic…sorry.
Can you tell me which exercises and GPP in your NNM articles can help me to fix my Excessive Lordosis and Kyphosis (spelling was horrible, sorry)…everything else appeared okay (maybe a little head tilt), so I’d like to make a workout focusing on these elements but still keep lifting heavy for the other compound exercises?
Hope this isn’t a stupid question.
TB
[quote]Springcoil wrote:
Eric whats your view on introducing a warmup similar to ethan reeves warmup - i.e. lots of forward rolls/ handstands/etc. I’m a rugby player and would not mind the increased proprioceptive ability from gymnastics.
BTW in my position - Openside Flanker I do a lot of having to get up of the ground quickly to either avoid being kicked or to chase the ball, would this wrestler based warmup benefit me?
This is the warmup which someone at another site posted -
Warmups are not supposed to be too easy. They should make you pant, sweat and should work the muscles from a variety of angles to get you ready to go. Crossfit has given us a great example of a warmup in a previous article. Here is a tumbling routine that I learned from Coach Ethan Reeve (from Wake Forest) that also fits the bill: 3 forward rolls, 3 backward rolls, 3 quick rolls, 3 dive rolls, 3 backward split rolls, forward roll to bear crawl, back roll to crab walk, cartwheel-fwd roll-cartwheel,fwd roll to high knees, fwd roll to butt kicks, seat roll to carioca (both ways), seat roll to shuffle (both ways), wheelbarrow or handstand walks, double leg hops, single leg hops, backward run. This is great for agility, working the muscles from different angles, dynamic flexibility, coordination, athleticism, and learning to recover from different positions. Not bad for a ten minute warmup. All you need is a mat or some grass.
I’ve posted before - 18, rugby, Ireland train at home with weights and a huge grassy playing area to pratice my rugby skills.[/quote]
Truthfully, I’m not a fan of it prior to resistance training sessions; it compromises specificity in this instance. I’d rather see these movements performed as part of separate conditioning sessions. Ethan Reeves is definitely a great coach, and I respect his work; I just respectfully disagree on this point.
Some people turn their warm-ups into complete conditioning sessions; I’ve known coaches that will actually spend 45 minutes warming up and 15 minutes doing the actual programming! Do enough to get you going, and save the rest for separate sessions. Personally, when I get to the gym and am fired up to lift, I want to take advantage of this motivation and do only as much warm-up as I need to get to the task at hand safely.
[quote]Major Dan wrote:
What’s your age? 56
What’s your sport? tennis
At what level do you compete (high school, college, semi-pro, pro, adult amateur)? amateur - club level team
Where do you train (e.g. housewife gym, or athlete-specific facility)?
home gym
Where do you live? Massachusetts[/quote]
Little skeleton from my closet: I was an all-state tennis player. Hell, I even worked at a tennis club for eight summers growing up. Now I’m a powerlifter; how weird is that? 
Where in MA do you play?
[quote]Spencer Nadolsky wrote:
What’s your age? 21
Weight- 235
Bench- around 430
Squat- around 550
What’s your sport? Football/wrestling
Fullback/Heavyweight
At what level do you compete (high school, college, semi-pro, pro, adult amateur)? College
University of North Carolina
Where do you train (e.g. housewife gym, or athlete-specific facility)?
Football or wrestling facility
Where do you live?
Chapel Hill[/quote]
I remember this guy. Glad to see that you’re doing well. You ought to try out for the basketball team; Roy Williams lost so much talent to the draft that he could probably use your size, strength, and athletic ability next year!