[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
Speaking of wrestling, today I had a rude awakening about the unprecidented cardiovascular demands of the sport. I haven’t wrestled since February but I have done sprints, jump-roped, done circuits and anaerobic things like that.
Well, today I went to a wrestling clinic that was 1.5 hours of non-stop action and it was hell. I don’t think I have ever been so humiliated in my life, I gassed after about the first half-hour and felt like I was about to vomit or pass out the rest of the time. [/quote]
yeah dude, to be in grappling shape you gotta grapple. its a cliche, but true. thats not to say the other stuff doesnt have its place though.
I wrestled from middle school throughout high school, and no matter what I did during the off-season, I was always shocked at how out of “wrestling shape” I was.
Mat time is the only way to get into shape, period. The first match of every season felt like the longest six minutes imaginable. I learned a lot through wrestling, and most were lessons of discipline and how to deal with “failure”.
Now I put failure in quotes because, to me, I never really failed, however I did lose matches. There’s a distinct difference, between wrestling and other sports. It’s the only place where a person can give it his all, lose, but not fail.
To all of you who are stil able to get on the mat and compete; have no regrets.
So much of the training most wrestling programs do is absolutely foolish, many college programs included. They could be so much better if the coaches read up a bit on physiology.
Half hour runs before lifting at 6:30 AM? Why the hell would you do that to an anaerobic athlete?
We’ve got an ex-wrestler training MMA with us now, I’m not a good judge of height but he’s a pretty thick 185. Who’s the fastest guy in the gym? He is. Who’s the strongest guy in the gym. Who’s the oldest guy in the gym? You guessed it. At 39 years old, he still has his way with us young “studs”.
[quote]buffalokilla wrote:
So much of the training most wrestling programs do is absolutely foolish, many college programs included. They could be so much better if the coaches read up a bit on physiology.
Half hour runs before lifting at 6:30 AM? Why the hell would you do that to an anaerobic athlete?
-Dan[/quote]
Very often those types of runs are for losing weight more than they are conditioning.
Did you know that Iowa wrestlers under legendary coach Dan Gable trained for 2 grueling wrestling sessions a day,each 2 and a half hours long?!
and that doesnt include weight lifting and running!
[quote]Robert Monti wrote:
Straight up beast.[/quote]
That’s a true member of the brotherhood of iron. Since I’m making the transition from chubby PL to cut and sexy PL I’ve found no better ally to Westside lifting than USMC and wrestling training.
Good against the iron is one thing, good against a moving thinking 200 pound target trying to pin your ass to the floor is something much different. My hat is off to the wrestling house of the brotherhood.
im a sophmore in high school, and im on the varsity wrestling team as heavyweight and at every practice, we do intense technique wrestling for an hour, live wrestling for an hour, sprints, then at the end of every practice, we do finger-tip push-ups until failure, 3 sets and v- sit ups until failure x 3. and all this is after lifing and practice for 2 hours
[quote]Roy wrote:
Robert Monti wrote:
Straight up beast.
More like a fudge-packer.[/quote]
I resent that comment. One summer I worked in the “Fudgy factory.” For those who don’t know what a Fudgy is, it’s a chocolate ice cream treat on a stick. And my job was to pack them into cases as a box of 12 came down the assembly line.
[quote]texas-supreme wrote:
Did you know that Iowa wrestlers under legendary coach Dan Gable trained for 2 grueling wrestling sessions a day,each 2 and a half hours long?!
and that doesnt include weight lifting and running![/quote]
Although Gable has had extroadinary success both as a coach and wrestler, the 2 x 2.5 hour practice/day are nothing unusual in the upper echelons of D1 college wrestling. Some even train 3x a day in the off-season.
for you guys who wrestled in high school and such what do you do now to get some wrestling in? for instance, do you look for clinics and such in your area or what?
If you wanna get into wrestling when ur older, you need to find ur local club. Most cities have school teams, most have club teams, and a lot of universities have teams too, where you from?
PS. Ontario Senior Provincials tonight, wooo Go Lakehead.
I’m a wrestling coach, and we do so many different things. We do lots of strength workouts, a la the michigan one that was posted, plus alot of gpp (sledgehammer, sleds, tire flips, etc) and do a LOT of wrestling. Depends on wether we are pre, post, or in-season.
You can’t be a better wrestler unless you WRESTLE, so most of practice is doing just that. All the other stuff flies by the wayside during the season, except for brief lifting sessions of full body compound movements to maintain strength.
I once saw a thing about Scott Steiner (who wrestled in college at Michigan I believe) messing around with Tank Abbott when he came to WCW and it was reported that Steiner consistently got the better of Abbott when they would shoot fight.
I don’t follow Ultimate Fighting much, but I know when Tank Abbott ruled it, it was a lot more about punching and brawling, whereas Steiner with a wrestling background was more about holds and submission moves and I think after the UFC changed their style the Tank Abbotts of the world were left behind.
Go Lakehead.