porkrinder Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I'm a football guy (that's debatable)...ok, I coach it (again, debatable). I at least have an interest in football--we'll just say that. But, I know very little about wrestling (Although, I once wrestled a giraffe to the ground with my bare hands). But, I like the sport. I know of some old school wrestling coaches that discourage weightlifting. Is this still the case in most programs? Or is it a thing of the past? Busco is on the BFS program, and Coach Reisen is a very weightroom-friendly coach. He has his guys up there regularly. What do most programs do? No weights? Minimal weight-lifting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdanteague Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 BFS core lifts 2 times a week - takes about 20-25 minutes Core/Agility work 2 times a week - 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I coach at a small 1A school. I have the wrestlers in the weight room two times a week. When we are there we out number the football players that are not doing a winter sport. I know that some of the football players are going in the morning before school but overall the football guys that are not in winter sports are not in the weight room after school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I coach at a small 1A school. I have the wrestlers in the weight room two times a week. When we are there we out number the football players that are not doing a winter sport. I know that some of the football players are going in the morning before school but overall the football guys that are not in winter sports are not in the weight room after school. But...but...but, isn't that the reason they don't want to wrestle, so they can lift more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
529 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I could not agree more y2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasheet Mupans Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 There is a difference between the type of lifting a football player and a wrestler should do. Football is more about short burst of a lot of weight. Wrestling should be more focused on lighter weights for a longer time. It is good to build muscle strength as well as endurance for a wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdanteague Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 There is a difference between the type of lifting a football player and a wrestler should do. Football is more about short burst of a lot of weight. Wrestling should be more focused on lighter weights for a longer time. It is good to build muscle strength as well as endurance for a wrestler. Disagree with that statement. Still need plenty of short burst power in wrestling. Wrestling season is not the time to stop lifting for power. Adjust your auxillary lifts to build more muscle endurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkrinder Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Our guys do the BFS package with added wrestling-specific auxillary lifts. We took some pretty jacked-up duded to the Carroll Regional last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I know when I wrestled my coach didnt have required lifts during season but focused alot more on conditioning. we would have morning sprints twice a week and everything was to increase stamina. Now in the offseason we had morning lifts twice a week. Bu tme being a heavyweight, and on the football team managed to get my lifts in everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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