Wrestling in high school?

Question

I am going to be a freshmen in highschool next month, and wrestling starts in the winter. I already have training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, som I figured that can boost my game.

But, a friend of mine went to the same high school I did a few years back, and he said wrestling training is tough, and there is a LOT of running. So my question is, what can I do to prepare myself for extreme conditioning? If it isn't going to be as bad as I think, its always good to be prepared. Thanks

Answer 1

Football season is before wrestling season, so I played ball.  Some of the lighter weight class guys would build up to where they could do 12 minutes straight of continuous calisthenics like squats, push ups, sit ups, jumping jacks, bridges, dips, and so on.

Answer 2

Honestly, I don't think that you need to 'prepare yourself for conditioning.' Conditioning is what prepares you for the fight. Why do you need preparation for preparation?

Still if you're worried about running and want to get a leg up, start running. Doing interval training is a good idea.  

Answer 3

For the sake of your wrestling team and anyone else here who is not familiar with the rules of wrestling..

DO NOT PULL GUARD WHEN YOU GET TAKEN DOWN, DO NOT PULL GUARD WHEN YOU GET TAKEN DOWN, DO NOT PULL GUARD WHEN YOU GET TAKEN DOWN.

And also..

DO NOT TRY TO PULL GUARD WHEN YOU GET TAKEN DOWN.

If someone tries to take you down, your initial instinct should be to sprawl. If he manages to suck you in and take you down then go to your stomach, or better yet your knees and try to get back up. If you pull guard in a wrestling match you will look like the biggest DB in the tournament. Yes, even bigger then the guy at every tournament who slaps every inch of his body before a match.

Answer 4

What can you do to prepare yourself for H.S wrestling....Growing some nuts would be the first thing you ought to do

Answer 5

If you train in BJJ, you won't have any problem.

Answer 6

Wow. I havent asnwered or wrote anything in awhile. neway.

Look. BJJ will only help to the degree that you know how to shift your weight and use leverage and "feel" your opponent out. Otherwise, its actually detrimental. In folkstyle wrestling your gonna have to learn how to break alot of habits that you use in bjj. For example, getting on your back is something to be avoided. As much as giving your back to an opponent in BJJ. No one uses the guard. You will see and understand when you acclimate yourself to the rules. Wrestling and bjj are only in common in that you have to "feel" out an opponents center of gravity and weight. You will understand this more when you practice. They are both truly different sports. Bjj wouldnt help you like it would if you did judo. Bjj doesnt complement wrestling as well as wrestling complements bjj. That is that you bjj game will get better ebcause of wrestling a greater degree than vica versa.

Conditioning in folklore wrestling is arguably the toughest conditioning you can get in the sports curriculum at most high schools.

Because in most cases it pushes you, almost militantly to a mental breaking point. Because you eventually run out of the adrenaline needed to maintain the high intensity workout which you will be recieving. The best way is make sure cardio is of no problem. You dont want to waste valuable high intensity energy needed in a wrestling match all because you got tired of running and stuff.

Wrestling practice is really mental at first, but your body will acclimate itself to the extreme pressures demanded by it.

I wish you good luck.

And try to be as res tabula as you can. That is go in like you know nothing. Try to bring as little bjj as you know into the picture. You will need to learn new habits if you wish to succed in wrestling.

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thanks and again good luck

Answer 7

There is an old saying that once you've wrestled, everything else is easy.  My black belt test was easy compared to a regular wrestling practice.

I ran cross country and wrestled in HS (no football team).  Even with all that running I was not in wrestling shape so the first week of practice is painful.  You'll be sore in muscles you never even knew you had.  Lots of ice and Aleve will help.

To get prepared, other than running distances and lots of wind sprints, do a lot of sit-ups and push-ups.  Do leg lifts and reverse push-ups.  They may not teach it any more, but do bridges on your head front and back to get your neck in shape (that will save you more often than anything).  Do lunges and practice moving side to side in a horse stance, but with your hands in front of  you.  Do "up-downs."  Also, stretch a lot and in every which way you can with your arms and legs.