Hey guys, new to this section, but I've been scrounging around for awhile, and I haven't found a really great workout to help me get ready for my wrestling season.
Right now, I weigh 143.8 ( electric scale, accurate ), and 5'7''. But I'm not totally ripped, and infact, I'm kinda out of shape. School starts in 9 days, and wrestling workouts start in 2 months. My goal is to try to wrestle in the 145-150 range. I can probably lose about 13 pounds doing cardio, but I really need to get muscle mass going ( Actually I'm not great on fitness at all, I could use alot of help understanding it all ). Anyways, do you fellow facepunchers have a good workout plan for wrestling?
Sprints, and compound excercises. Eat a lot of protein and a small amount of fat an you will be fine.
Oh good, nice and easy...Seeing my parents are force feeding me vegetarian and the nasty supplements.
Thanks though, I was about to go do Starter Strength or w/e Jaeger reccomended. Guess that would add to much bulk eh?
[QUOTE=SGTSpartans;37325855]Oh good, nice and easy...Seeing my parents are force feeding me vegetarian and the nasty supplements.
Thanks though, I was about to go do Starter Strength or w/e Jaeger reccomended. Guess that would add to much bulk eh?[/QUOTE]
no it wouldn't
Strength is crucial to fighting and especially wrestling, you don't need to "bulk" to gain strength
[QUOTE=Barbarian887;37394787]no it wouldn't
Strength is crucial to fighting and especially wrestling, you don't need to "bulk" to gain strength[/QUOTE]
It's actually mostly about technique. But strength definatly helps and makes it easier for you to win physically and mentally. The bigger you are, the scarrier you look, the more they'll think "fuck..." in their head.
[QUOTE=SGTSpartans;37325855]Oh good, nice and easy...Seeing my parents are force feeding me vegetarian and the nasty supplements.
Thanks though, I was about to go do Starter Strength or w/e Jaeger reccomended. Guess that would add to much bulk eh?[/QUOTE]
What the fuck I swear you asked this same shit before in another thread
Doesn't matter what program you do, nothing will add size on you without you eating to gain that size.
You should drop weight instead of trying to gain weight if you want to be good at wrestling. People are going to come at you with all this bullshit about how cutting weight is unhealthy, and it isn't the greatest thing to do to your body, but you have to make a little sacrifice to be competitive. Besides, there are good and bad methods for cutting weight which you learn as you improve in the sport.
If I were you, I would start running 3 miles every day (early in the morning is best), and doing lots of push ups, pull ups, sit ups, and stuff like that. Start with whatever feels comfortable, but every workout should be more intense than the previous one. If you don't feel like puking after working out, you're gonna regret it during the season when you're gassed halfway through a practice. Wrestling strength isn't like traditional strength. Quickness, endurance and brute strength all improve your wrestling strength. It's simply too close to the season to start hitting the really heavy weights and thinking about mass gaining. Do a program like starting strength after the season.
If you're expecting to lose 13 pounds just doing cardio, then wrestle 132. Or if you have a pair go 126
^^ Just try to get as lean as possible. Obviously keep working out but DON'T STARVE YOURSELF. You will only get weaker if you do it that way.
Yea starving yourself would be one of the less effective methods of weight cutting. It works but it drains you. You want to be about 3-5 pounds over your actual weight class so you can just sweat off that last 5 pounds right before the weigh in or the night before. Then you work on restoring as much energy as possible before your matches begin. Those are very general guide lines. Weight cutting is a science and if you're dedicated to wrestling you'll figure out all the little tricks before you starve yourself to death
When I used to wrestle, I did bare minimum in my training to get better, I knew what I had to do, but I never did it. As most people already said, eat healthier, and if you're going to run/lift, eat MORE.
I would run at least 3 times a week, for 3 miles at the very least, and work on doing High intensity intervals during your runs.
Obviously, you're going to want to work out every single part of your body,but pay close attention to your legs, you're going to need them to be nice and strong when you're going up against opponents
Here is a simple website to just check out exercises -> [URL]http://www.exercise.com/exercises[/URL]
Also, flexibility is important! So stretch and do flexibility exercises, When it comes down to it, you're going to be in tight spots where your body is going to be strained and you're stuck in a submission or hold. So That will help you last longer and manage your way over an opponent.
And with the legs, why they are so important is because you're gonna need that explosive power to push yourself or lift yourself if you have an opponent over you.
Overall, you're gonna need every muscle in your body to be developed and in shape if you want to have the best edge over other people, then the rest comes down to technique and perseverance. Hope this helped you!
Also use [url]www.flowrestling.org[/url] for a shit load of videos and techniques, helped me own people when i wrestled.
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