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migo Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/01/06	2004/07/23, 06:20 AM ============ Quoting from millenia: Yeah im at 8lbs now and getting higher! I want to havew some muscle and be a bit more toned. I need to be able to pick people up so i need quite a bit of arm strength! ============= Nope, you don't need arm strength to pick people up. Leg and back strength is most important. If you do it properly you just position youreslf underneath their center of gravity and stand up (from a squatting slightly bent position). You're really just using your arms to hold on to them. That goes for anything in wrestling, you need to condition your arms to be able to hold on to your opponent, being able to lift with your arms really doesn't matter.
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/06/25, 06:38 AM I've started going to wrestling classes. It's fun and exciting but for warm ups its just a run around the ring and touching your toes. I need to work on my uper body a bit. I go on my bike for at least half an hour everyday. so my legs are in pretty good shape but my upper body is not exactly toned any suggestions? i also need to work on my arms :surprised:
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2004/06/25, 11:07 AM neo, are you wrestling with the FWA or the academy? -------------- I found this site whilst looking for low cost shoes. A.D.F.
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/06/25, 02:16 PM I live in scotland so it's not with the FWA, Im wanting to build up strength and tone, especially my upper body :)
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2004/06/25, 02:42 PM i was thinking of turning up to a regional training class at BRAWL in East Anglia, i just havent got round to it. i remember you millenia, cos someone told you to start lifting 12kg straight from 1.5kg. for strength and toning, depending on how much strength and tone you want you could use body weigt, or free weights, which i know you have from the other post. you should take a look at the resources on the site and then see if theer is anything else you want to know. -------------- I found this site whilst looking for low cost shoes. A.D.F.
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/06/25, 04:25 PM Yeah im at 8lbs now and getting higher! I want to havew some muscle and be a bit more toned. I need to be able to pick people up so i need quite a bit of arm strength!
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2004/06/26, 10:10 AM if yuo can stand on your head, i reckon you should try to press your own weight, a sort of upside down shoulder press if you get me. i think that would help with balance and body co-ordination, and also strength,which you need for the sport. standing on your head can actually help with toning, loads of tiny movements taking place when you keeping balance, like yoga i suppose. you should never under estimate the power of the press up. -------------- I found this site whilst looking for low cost shoes. A.D.F.
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/06/26, 06:24 PM Kelw i will try that! :big_smile:
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/07/06, 06:31 AM really? excellent its something ive always wanted to do. I was put up against this woman wh weigth 24st and i couldn't lift her. so i just kept giving her a shining wizard lol
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/07/07, 05:44 AM I have been a big fan of wrestling since i was little. I'ver always been interested in it, and now im old enough to do it :big_smile: im a bit tierd of getting laughed at coz im not as butch as some people though:(
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/07/08, 09:46 AM i don't go to a gym. My aunt is a gym instructor so she helps me build muscle and makes sure im doing things properly. Also she tols me to eat more eggs and chicken :big_smile:
migo Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/01/06	2004/07/24, 12:52 AM Being able to press someone is only useful if you're mud-wrestling. There's lots of things in wrestling you need to condition your arms for, but lifting isn't one of them. If you work your arms for lifting you're just wasting time you could spend training them for something you're actually going to use.
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/07/24, 09:22 AM yeah, i've been doing alot of cycling for my legs any other suggestions?
migo Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/01/06	2004/07/24, 06:40 PM squats, rabbit jumping, bridges, flys, crunches, back extensions, towel pull ups, any excercises that work your lats, lunges, rope skipping... that's all I can think of off the top of my head
millenia Posts: 133 Joined: 2004/04/03	2004/07/25, 11:34 AM Oh:big_smile: i do alot of rope skipping too!
oscarg Posts: 198 Joined: 2004/04/05	2004/07/25, 02:16 PM For wrestling you should do some weighted dips (triceps), bent-arm pullover (chest and back), barbell curl (biceps), squat (quads, hams, butt), curl-up (abs), seated twists (abs), wrists roller/curls (wrists). Good Luck, ============ Quoting from millenia: I live in scotland so it's not with the FWA, Im wanting to build up strength and tone, especially my upper body :) =============
Sidume Posts: 70 Joined: 2004/01/28	2004/07/27, 12:19 PM Wresting is an area where you really need strong core strength. FOcus on weight training on the back, abs (including obliques - lots of twisting yourself sideways), chest & thighs.
migo Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/01/06	2004/08/31, 06:44 AM How's weighted dips going te help? I can't imagine a position you'd end up in in wrestling where you'd want to perform the kind of motion you do with dips.
migo Posts: 20 Joined: 2003/01/06	2004/08/31, 06:48 AM Never mind, I forgot about scoring on gutwrenches.
Pritchard Posts: 1,212 Joined: 2004/03/02	2004/08/31, 07:08 AM it would help shoulder and tricep strength, so it would help over all. -------------- guns dont kill people, rappers do call the police, woo woo woo. stay dumb, you know it makes no sense. This site is best viewed on a monitor connected to a computer. A.D.F.