ASK KOLAT: How Did You Condition Yourself for Wrestling?

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

There's an old video of Olympic weightlifters using metal rods to massage their legs after a workout. Tried it, barely had any soreness the next day.

[@intellectualninjamonkey2496]

Amazing description of the logic behind your training. I also like the fact that below the video description there is a concise version of what you are talking about, written in a very neat way ( paragraphs, subject etc). You deserve more views.

[@gustavobaptista1361]

Many people stress the body with condicioning and forget their focus.

[@dineshbehniwal4455]

Thanks sir from india

[@vincentjoyce455]

Great advice. Thank you.

[@0hopscotch0]

Lifting comes after mat work. All ways

[@intellectualninjamonkey2496]

Coach Kolat, do you find any value in doing regular Olympic lifts for strength and conditioning as a wrestler? Or there is so much technique involved that at the end of the day you better concentrate on bodyweight, simple barbell moves and some plyos? Did you ever use the Olympic lifts yourself?

[@karlievbayram811]

3 time Olympic champion Arthur Taimazov of Uzbekistan used to train Oly weightlifting three days a week. It was pure Oly WL: snatch, clean & jerk. According to his words Oly WL exercises highly complemented his performance on the mat. Oly WL is extremely technical and it is impossible to learn it without professional WL coach, and wrestler will spend many years till he learn something. But Arthur was very lucky: his elder brother Timur Taimazov was an Olympic champion in WL, so he had really world class tutorial on a daily basis.

[@karlievbayram811]

If you doing Oly WL as a supplementary training for your major sport of wrestling you don't need to dedicate time for plyos. Any simple Oly WL program for wrestlers is already consists of several vertical jumps exercises + stretching. Do your basic Oly WL program as an accessory training to complement your performance on the mats. I think in a couple of years you will notice that your mat performance increased.

[@jk38thelastsamurai55]

Squats and cleans brother

[@coachprinci]

Great advice

[@jk38thelastsamurai55]

I didn't realize this till I hit 30, trying to go hard in every workout is barbaric and fuckin retarted in the grand scheme of things

[@jasongomez8944]

"Retarted" the irony lol...

[@darryl8806]

Agree.Wish I would have realized this years ago

[@ramoee359]

Can anybody explain his treadmill workout for a dummy? Couldn’t really comprehend what he does for his last 2 miles

[@delpierro213]

Same here......I don't understand...Can anybody write it please ?

[@ramoee359]

@@delpierro213 I think I was able to figure it out and do them. They’re tough but definitely doable. He runs first mile on 7 mph, second mile on 8 mph, Third mile on 9 mph, then you’re basically maxing out the speed and sprinting until the distance reaches 25 km. And do that 8 times to equal 2 more miles.

[@delpierro213]

@@ramoee359 Man 25 km is a maraton...I think that most should be 7-8 km long. Also he said quarter etc.. I understand until third mile mph...

[@ramoee359]

@@delpierro213 my bad maybe it not km then. If it was a track you would basically sprint a lap, 8 times total in intervals. Thats the last 2 miles

[@stephenfalkner5114]

Sounds like excuses if you say "coach my legs are dead from weight training"

[@somerandomguythatlikesmeme7396]

Yo that shit kinda look like coach kamogawa from hajime no ippo

[@vconsumer]

Yeah, I was thinking about that, too

[@jordanwatters2094]

Genius

[@leeturner1838]

have you every usd performance enhancing drugs?????????

[@countrymorgan2942]

Lee Turner to my knowledge never tested positive or even heard of a rumor, you know something we don’t?

[@Nate_Burre]

Although younger, grew up in the same geographical area... in no way whatsoever did this guy do anything inappropriate. He worked his tail off for years. Ppl amaze me when they question wrestlers & performance enhancing substances... wrestlers are just built different, they work extremely hard & consistently. It's the most important aspect of their daily life, they live for it & the great ones live for the preparation for their next match.