Preseason Conditioning for Wrestlers
Increasing your work capacity and outlasting your opponent on the mat is one of the keys to getting more pins.
You may not be the strongest wrestler, or be the most technical but never let anyone out work you.
I put together a quick conditioning session guaranteed to increase conditioning for wrestlers in the preseason.
It takes about 20 minutes and will have you sucking wind now so you won’t be this winter.
Set your Gymboss timer for 20/10 work-rest for 8 sets! Complete 4 rounds. Rest one minute between rounds.
READY? GO!
It’s not that complicated! – K.I.S.S. Training for Real Results
Keep it simple stupid! You’ve heard that saying a million times before, right?
Well, your training is no different. I’m here to tell you it’s really not that complicated.
Every time you turn around there is a new ebook, manual, fitness dvd, training system, etc,. etc, etc. Hell, any time I want to find out the latest fitness fad all I have to do is click the little blue button on my DirecTv remote and voila, there are nearly two dozen infomercial channels!
4 minutes a day using only a screw driver and this pulley and you too can have abs of steel. Insanity, kettleworx, P140X, they are everywhere. You get my drift. The fitness world has become so inundated with junk, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees!
I had a new client come the other day. He wanted to get stronger and gain some weight. He told me he had been training pretty hard for a while but just wasn’t getting the results he wanted. He handed me his workout logs from his local country club gym and I was shocked! He said he had been working with a trainer, if that’s what he called himself.
This man’s sheets were filled with cable this and ball that. I told him to promptly throw those things away because they weren’t going to help! I told him it wasn’t this complicated. What do you mean, he says? Well for the sake of time, here’s the short answer. This is all you need to do to get real results! Here is what I told him:
Squat
Deadlift
Pushups
Pullups
Pressing
Heavy Rowing
Climb Rope
Dips
Sprint
Jump
Take this list and it’s variations and get to work. It’s all you really need. These are the nuts and bolts to any successful training program. No fancy equipment, no craziness, no insanity, just good ol’ fashion blood, sweat, and tears!
Master these movements and your results will sky rocket!
Just K.I.S.S.
Double Kettlebell Complex for strength, power, and athleticism
I have a quick training update for you today.
A few weeks ago I started experimenting with KB complexes.
Today, I stepped it up with a double KB complex. There’s nothing like challenging your manhood on an early, hot, sticky, and nasty morning!
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Drop a comment and let me know what you think!
Kettlebell Practice and Deload Training
This week I’m deloading so that means a lot of practice and fun training.
I always have fun training but it’s a nice mental break on a deload week when you can just walk in the door and decide what you feel like doing! During the course of a normal training cycle, I plan everything. I have specific goals in mind.
Deloading is a time to rest your joints. It’s also a time to practice those things that you tend to shy away from because you’re not quite sure how to integrate them into your training.
Over the last several months I’ve purchased my first kettlebells. I’ve been practicing the basics and like to think I’ve gotten them down pat for the most part. Unfortunately, I haven’t been exactly sure how to rotate them in to my normal training cycles.
So, to celebrate America’s Independence Day, I decided to do a little kettlebell practice. The first move I hit was a combo of the double kettlebell clean, front squat, and press. I combined that with pullups and hit five reps of each for as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes. The second movement I practiced was the double swing with a band pushups for the same 15 minute block.
Take a look. Feel free to offer an feedback on my form.
Lean and Mean Conditioning
What do you do to stay lean and mean?
I’m not on some crazy quest for Abercrombie abs. I enjoy beating up the iron too much for that.
However, I do love conditioning work. No, not crazy 45min slow pace cardio sessions, but quick intense finishers or stand alone conditioning session that last no more than 25 minutes.
Staying strong is paramount, that’s why I keep conditioning sessions relatively short and only hit a max of 3-4 each week.
It’s all about staying lean and mean!
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