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I never wrestled in college. I was in college in the 90s. I have spoken to a Nat'l Champ middleweight during that time that told me he put on 28lbs from weigh-ins until he stepped out on the mat the following day. Also, you hear some pretty crazy stuff in MMA of the cut in a day before scenario so I know what people used to do. I just assumed there weren't crazy cuts anymore in wrestling with the new rules but have seen things here and there about some high schoolers cutting more that I thought they would be and a bit ago saw a Bo Nickal podcast, actually the one right after the JB drama, where they were talking about why wrestling is harder than other sports and one of them brought up a 20lb cut. Super curious what weight control looks like over the course of a week and how much water is cut and how much weight is put back on prior to competition from those of you that have been there and done that in the modern era.

Edit: I have to say almost 12 hours later and very little activity on this post. Normally this is a pretty chatty group. I can't tell if it's because it's been asked and answered 1000 times before like the bi-weekly "I'm thinking of trying wrestling next year but I'm gonna be a Senior in high school, is it too late to became an Olympic and World Champion?" But I've been lurking here for over a year and haven't seen much of anything so I don't think that's it. Is it because the audience doesn't know what the elite guys are doing? I feel like that's not it either because plenty of people have weighed in on their D1 experience on this sub. Is it because even after the rule change, it's still college wrestling's dirty little secret?.. kinda like roids in Pro Wrestling, where everyone knows but no one talks about it. I think I'm leaning towards the latter. It's the only thing I can figure. People don't want to talk too much and end up with weigh-ins 10 minutes before the match. A bit confounded actually.

I’ll start I got to top 20 in California

I myself like Foot blocks and snags

I don’t grapple but did some for fun, my friend had me in a choke hold. Squeezed hard. My jaw been hurting and so has my inner ear.

Hello all, I am looking for a wrestling club in the North Bay that offers classes for adults with little experience. I am currently learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu and looking to improve my takedowns. I am in Sonoma county.

I wear 9.5 men and usually get wide shoes because my feet are wide.

I know how to hit a cradle but like i mean effectively. Every time i go to lock it up it just like doesn’t work lol. Where else can i hit cradles from? If theres a video how i’d love to watch it or feel free to explain it yourself. Thanks wrestling reddit you guys always help!

what would be the quickest ways to build strength to pick up people and be more explosive

Watching these olympic qualifiers and holy cow the chinese got so much better, i remember they used to constantly get teched but now theyre out here scoring quite a bit. Did they change up their training program significantly/get some coaches from the caucasus?

I’m a sophomore in highschool, about to go into junior year, and I’ll be at a new private school—one with around 300 or so kids in the upper grades. I’ve been wrestling for a while, and am allegedly pretty good at it, but what holds me back is my athleticism. This is all according to my dad. My dad has been doing judo, bjj, wrestling, boxing, and any other combat sport since he was a teenager, and he’s 48 now. He’s also been a marine since for about 30-31 years. I agree that I’m definitely not athletic enough, and I want to do something like football to help out with that. Problem is, I’ve never done it before, and I don’t know every rule. I also have bad eyesight. We were talking about it yesterday, and he was talking about how I’ll struggle because of these reasons, and I might also not be committed to it enough. I want to do it and I want to make him proud, but I don’t know where to start. I want to be more athletic and I want to be stronger but I don’t know where to even start.

NFL career?

What brand/company is the Iranian wrestling team getting their tops/shorts form?

High school heavyweight- 5'10 275. That might be relevant. I'll start out- running is not my strong suit. My fastest mile time was in 7th grade and it was 9:46. Long distance runs absolutely kill me- jogging for more than 5 minutes saps my energy for hours and leaves me cramping all night. On the other hand, I can wrestle live for 20 minutes to an hour and will be tired and sweaty, but I'll be at the same energy level as I was before- to say, I could do it again. I go really hard during practices and live go's but running before hand is like a superhuman feat. Why is this? Is there anything I can do to change it?

I dont really like them and I have one but i dont want to have another one. Do somebody have Caulibuds or earsplintz and can Tell me if this works and how do u use it to prevent

A year ago I was taken in by orthopedic doctor to see about my shoulder. It’s been bothering me because of my inability to not reach full rom who tout my shoulder feeling like it’s going to pop out my socket, it also sounds as if there is something grinding when I roll my shoulders back. It doesn’t hurt or anything but I haven’t been able to practice ever since then because I didn’t want to hurt my shoulder even more. Fast forward to today and I was supposed to meet with a surgeon but got canceled. Now I have to wait 3 weeks to see my surgeon but I don’t know how much longer I can wait. I love wrestling and don’t want to just sit around doing nothing whille my opponents are getting better. My shoulder does not hurt at all but it does not feel 100%. Should I continue to practice regardless or should I keep waiting more. I’ve been patient long enough and I can’t wait anymore and I just want someone outside of my opinion to see what they say. Please be honest

So Carroll, as a college freshman, won the last chance open at 97kg (213.8 lbs). He is coming off a redshirt year and many have pegged him to battle Surber for the 197 starting spot. However, he already was dropping weight to get to 97kg and we have seen top notch recruits (Trumble and Amos) struggle at 197 with a lot having to do with that weight cut.

Carroll was at 220 his junior and senior year of high school and was the pound for pound top recruit of 2022.

So OKST fans, what do you think is the plan? Force Carroll to drop to 197 (possibly hinging on Wyatt Hendrickson’s transfer decision 05/20)? Or have him bulk up some and go 285?

I think my son's coaches did a poor job of teaching the 5/6 year olds to shoot. There were literally only a few practices all season where they practiced shots and the coaches seemed to love going right from stretching/line drills to live wrestling. I thought this bizarre as I remembered growing up practicing many different takedowns every single practice. As a result, by the end of the season none of the 5/6 year olds would shoot because they knew they'd lose. The coaches also banned learning and using headlocks so by the end of the season the newbies were just trying to push eachothers heads down into the mat because it's all they really knew how to do on their feet. The coaches would yell constantly for them to shoot until finally one would try to grab a leg, and they were sprawled on easily and taken down. I don't blame the kids for not wanting to shoot when they knew it was a losing strategy.

I never said anything out of respect to the coaches, but I was/am very concerned because these will be the same coaches next year. I feel like the kids should've done 1000 double legs, 1000 single legs, 1000 ankle picks over the course of the season to build confidence in their shot.

Sorry for the venting but my main ask is this: How can I get my kid more comfortable shooting from home so when next season rolls around he isn't so lost when shooting? He wants to get better. He is a good worker. Can you practice penetration steps across carpet? He is also a lefty which makes it feel goofy for me when trying to show him. Any advice for lefties shooting appreciated!

Thanks for any advice!

So I've been down submission wrestling and BJJ for quite a few months now and have roughly learnt how to shoot. Although everyones posture is a lot more upright and what not as you'd expect so I often don't have to level change as much unless I'm going against someone a lot shorter than me. I've found a few times that I'll level change and shoot but sometimes my knee doesn't touch the ground and it's like a big step. Still get the takedown or the back depending on the intensity of sparring but I was wondering if this is right or wrong? When I practice shooting in my bedroom like that it's a lot more tiring than when you plant the knee, tho it feels like it would be good for strengthening a lot useful muscles for sub wrestling.

My understanding is that veterans wrestling is for over 30s . Is there a way to find out tournaments specifically for this age group. I've noticed the uww website has 1 or 2 but I'm wondering if there are other tournaments not listed on the uww website ideally in Europe but maybe also in usa

I am a second year high school wrestler on my women's varsity team and I was wonder what undergarments I should wear? It seemed that all season if I wore boxer shorts they would rid up and show worse then the briefs would, any reccomendations? (Side note, don't say thing because that just sounds painful lol)

This summer I’m going into my junior year and decided I’m gonna go to a wrestling camp. I’ve registered for Purlers 3 position camp and Jeff jordan state champ camp. For the people that have done any camps, is there anything you wish you did to get more out of it or any general tips besides being in shape.

I’ve seen a lot of very good wrestlers wear this were I’m from and I’m on the fence about getting one. Just wondering what you guys think. Is it good bad? Look ugly?

I’m really good at scrambling but it seems every time i go for a shot it leads to scramble and i just don’t know how to finish my shot so any advice ?

2 weeks ago I sprained my ankle playing rugby and its healed a bit. I can walk comfortably but cant really jump or sprint or do anything explosive ithout it hurting a bit. But there is this tournament in 2 days that i really want to compete in. Is there a way to wrestle with minimal pain?

Edit: i heard athletic tape helps is this true