Wrestling
Shoulder Flexibility for Wrestlers
Stretching is particularly important in wrestling, since you need to be flexible to to win matches and to resist opponents' attempts to pin your shoulders in awkward positions, which can [...]
View With Your Crew: Legendary
Every team faces adversity. But battling through it produces strong bonds. This September, WWE superstar John Cena hits the big screen in an epic tale about fighting back. Legendary (WWE [...]
Locker Room Quote of the Week: August 17
“Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” —Dan Gable, U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist It’s not the prize at the [...]
Cognitive Conditioning With Cornell Wrestling
When it’s late in the third period and a match is on the line, the grappler who’s better conditioned— physically and mentally—is the one whose hand gets raised. Cornell strength [...]
Read and React: The Edge: The Guide To Fulfilling Dreams
You can be in the best physical shape of your life, but if you’re not prepared mentally, you won’t perform to the best of your ability. To help shape up [...]
Agility Development With Wyoming Wrestling
In terms of a strength and conditioning program for a wrestler, developing agility, or quicks, is developing the ability to change velocity or direction rapidly. Carrying that over to the [...]
Four Ways to Maximize Your Strength Training
Maximize your strength training with advice from Josh Eidson, Indiana University’s S+C coordinator. 1. Dedicate time to exercises and movements you aren’t good at performing. Working only on the moves [...]
Speed Endurance From Iowa State Wrestling
The components of our wrestling speed work include: foot speed/quickness, reactive agility/movements, and overall total body speed, explosiveness and power. The goals of our training program are to be strong, [...]
Interview With MLL Star Matt Zash
Lacrosse has arrived. It took a little longer than lax enthusiasts had hoped, but the game is clearly now a prominent feature of the American sports landscape. With talented athletes [...]
Explosive Movement Tip For Wrestlers
“When you perform an explosive movement, you have to maintain balance and have tremendous body control. You have to be ready to defend or attack at any moment. An off-balance [...]