Posted by stevepreston on 27 August 2010 filed in Wrestling Tips
If you’re a wrestler and have trouble gaining weight to move up a weight class I can sympathize…
It can be just as difficult for young wrestlers to gain weight as it is for overweight people to lose it.
It becomes even harder for wrestlers because you’re always in a “Catabolic environment.” That means you’re body is constantly ‘breaking-down’ muscle… instead of building it.
Check out the video below to see what you should eat ‘immediately after you wake up’ if you want to gain muscular weight and strength for wrestling this season!
They are “young athletes”… and this should always be kept at the back of any parent of coach’s mind.
In order to keep a consistent and optimal growth and development of the CNS (Central Nervous System) that helps maximize their abilities as “total athletes” it can be necessary to not “over-specialize”… the point at which kids are injured through repetition of drills.
For this reason, I like to add in a little “twist” to traditional sport-specific skills. In this exercise we have the young wrestler jump up and spin around in a 360 before landing and then executing a shadow takedown.
The Scramble to Balance is a very effective, wrestling-specific bodyweight exercise series… it is one of my favorites for Youth Wrestlers, as well as High School and beyond!
When you add these to your program you can:
~ Increase Strength
~ Improve Conditioning
~ Improve Balance
~ Develop Into A Better Athlete
~ Increase Speed
In fact, I recommend it to wrestling programs often. It’s best used a couple of times per week.
If you plan on cutting weight you must do exactly that… PLAN!
If for some reason you are way over and have to lose a bunch of weight with only 3 days before you have to weigh-in, I’d suggest trying this 3 day weight-cutting plan:
The week of weight-cutting needs to be a scientifically-sound, well thought out process. It should never be just a binge and purge scenario week in and week out.
In this video clip I’m going to talk about 5 of my favorite weight cutting foods…
You’ll learn about why you need “nutritionally-dense” foods in your meal plan if you want to cut weight without losing too much strength and energy.