Do you get pinned often because you "run out of gas"? You only potentially need cardio if the answer is yes.
However if you lack the necessary strength/power already at the start, cardio will not help at all. In fact it might make things worse as it breaks down muscles.
Instead of that, I would recommend you some good compound movement strengthening regimen, be it a name brand (pilates, kettlebells, whathaveyou) or just some other really basic stuff, like 5BX or something from stadion.com. Or yoga (be that name-brand, or just getting some good old yoga books and practicing from them). For wrestling you need strength in compound movements – your entire body working together as a unit. Doing weights (especially on machines) is not ideal for that... although if you do something like olympic weightlifting, with proper coaching and proper ramping up your load, then that would for example work nicely.
But of course first and foremost and most important is sleep and nutrition. I think one should eat rather low amounts of carbohydrates, a reasonable amount of good quality animal protein, and a good amount of good quality animal fats and connective tissues.
Gotcha; I will put a bigger emphasis on cardio moving forward. What 'zone' should I be in cardiowise–fatburning, or above that in the high exertion area?
You don't need to do specific exercises, but cardio massively helps. You just need to wrestle more or do BJJ/no gi. Technique is the key, learning to move, escape and frame. Then you nullify some of your oppos strength right away.
You certainly dont want to bench press an experienced guy off you. You're asking to be armbared.
Hey all; I’ve been thinking about my past meetups here and I’m wondering if maybe part of the reason I’m not getting as much out of wrestling as I should is because my level of physical fitness is pretty low? Because I’m spending most of the time being pinned, maybe that means I get more bruised up or get minor nerve damage?
Because of this, I thought I would ask: in general, what would you consider a baseline level of fitness that would ensure I have a better time wrestling / more even matches? (Anything like a chest press weight target, # pushups, crunches, squats, bicep curls, etc.?). I think if I can get my baseline strength / endurance to a high enough point that i don’t have to constantly struggle out of pins, I might be able to actually learn something.
ikf (24 )
12/06/2023 10:35 PMDo you get pinned often because you "run out of gas"? You only potentially need cardio if the answer is yes.
However if you lack the necessary strength/power already at the start, cardio will not help at all. In fact it might make things worse as it breaks down muscles.
Instead of that, I would recommend you some good compound movement strengthening regimen, be it a name brand (pilates, kettlebells, whathaveyou) or just some other really basic stuff, like 5BX or something from stadion.com. Or yoga (be that name-brand, or just getting some good old yoga books and practicing from them). For wrestling you need strength in compound movements – your entire body working together as a unit. Doing weights (especially on machines) is not ideal for that... although if you do something like olympic weightlifting, with proper coaching and proper ramping up your load, then that would for example work nicely.
But of course first and foremost and most important is sleep and nutrition. I think one should eat rather low amounts of carbohydrates, a reasonable amount of good quality animal protein, and a good amount of good quality animal fats and connective tissues.
neofyter (5)
12/05/2023 6:44 PMGotcha; I will put a bigger emphasis on cardio moving forward. What 'zone' should I be in cardiowise–fatburning, or above that in the high exertion area?
gymrat (35)
12/05/2023 4:11 PMno numerical targets - everyone is different. The target should be progress - cardio, strength, ...
it ain't rocket science. Just commitment.
legflexxxer (33 )
12/05/2023 9:06 AMYou don't need to do specific exercises, but cardio massively helps. You just need to wrestle more or do BJJ/no gi. Technique is the key, learning to move, escape and frame. Then you nullify some of your oppos strength right away.
You certainly dont want to bench press an experienced guy off you. You're asking to be armbared.
neofyter (5)
12/05/2023 3:52 AMHey all; I’ve been thinking about my past meetups here and I’m wondering if maybe part of the reason I’m not getting as much out of wrestling as I should is because my level of physical fitness is pretty low? Because I’m spending most of the time being pinned, maybe that means I get more bruised up or get minor nerve damage?
Because of this, I thought I would ask: in general, what would you consider a baseline level of fitness that would ensure I have a better time wrestling / more even matches? (Anything like a chest press weight target, # pushups, crunches, squats, bicep curls, etc.?). I think if I can get my baseline strength / endurance to a high enough point that i don’t have to constantly struggle out of pins, I might be able to actually learn something.