Have you ever starved yourself all day when you have to make weight later in the day? It sucks! You feel light-headed, weak, irritable, and hungry. Then you rely on stuffing food into your body and consuming Sports Drinks to try to get your strength back. But the problem is that you don’t get all [...]

Many times great wrestlers start off at a young age. More years of repetition can make the difference unless you are amazingly gifted… a natural. The problem is the strength and conditioning methods that are used with Youth wrestlers… A youth wrestler is a young athlete who is at a different stage in their overall [...]

In this part 3 of Michael Martin’s takedown mini-clinic, he shows you some Russian tie-ups that you can use today.  This is really cool stuff

While there are hundreds of different exercises you can do when you train, I feel that the following are wrestling-specific.  If you’re a high school wrestler or coach high school wrestlers be sure to include some of these exercises this Offseason to gain the advantage for next season! 1. Inverted Rows – These are performed [...]

I recently caught up with Cael Sanderson for a half hour phone interview… We discussed things like technique, conditioning, mind-set, nutrition and setting up wrestling practices for success. There were a number of ‘gems’ in this interview… One thing that I found really intriguing was his tip for becoming an Olympic Gold Medalist… When he [...]

This is part 2 of the great mini-clinic I caught with Michael Martin.  In this clip, he shows you a cool snap-down from a tie-up… and it works at the College level as well. It can be taught at all levels too. The best part is almost nobody does this stuff! But don’t take my [...]