Any wrestlers?

[Nimbleness]

I ask, because I just got back from a tournament....13 hours long. It was at our rival school, and every school in the county(cow-n-ty) was there.

They were somehow about to cram 5 different mats into the gym. Most of my time was spent scoping out the other teams. I took a picture of one guy hitting the peterson (beautifully I might add), and then he beeped it up by forgetting the wrist.

Usually that all would be all fine and dandy except I got there late (Beleive me, I'm going to be hearing it all day at practice tomorrow), and they got the other 135 pounder to fill in for me. Basically I spent the whole time bored out of my mind, and watching a few certain slimeballs get caught smoking in the back.

I originally wanted 130lbs ,but it was too much for me since I'm at a point where the only weight I can lose now is water. I wouldn't eat for days and would constantly be carrying around a cup spitting in. Even then I'd usually be a few points over and get *****ed out.

One of my best memories is being .2 overweight; so when I walked to get weighed in for the match I dropped everything.

Hey, whatever works. I'm always going to remember my first match. I had to pee real bad; then I remember my name being called, and at which point I was so afraid I felt like I was really going to now. My team was already lined up and clapped me onto the mat. I ended up winning that one on points thanks having the loudest coaches in the area. Specifically, I remember being caught in a farside cradle, and a loud "DONT YOU GO OVER MICHAEL, POST, POST!!!!!" shot through my headgear.

I ran right off the mat after shaking hands, and into the bathroom for some well earned relief.

My only gripe with the sport is the constant practicing. The coach who conditions us is worse than a drill instructor.

[Boomhauer]

I'm a submissions type of wrestler. I'll put you (not you, but people in general) in dozens of hard-to-escape submissions. I also have truck power to pin, slam, shove, etc.

I'm into martial arts, like Kung Fu and Taekwondo, Jujitsu, Karate, Taiji and kickboxing.

[HumanoidTyphoon]

That cup thing I can remember my older brothers friend was a wrestler and had to do that. I've always wondered wouldn't that just dehydrate you and make you want to drink more? Also this thread reminds me of the Salute your Shorts wrestling episode.=D

[sidewinder]

I have never not have to pee before a match.

[OverdrivePrime]

Back in the day, I was captain of our team, and considering my 65% win ratio senior year, that should tell you about how good our team was. :sweat:

We had a blast though. JC was on the team, and our small squad was a pretty tight band of brothers (and one badass sister at 103 lbs). We were a suburban team, and so against other teams in the Milwaukee area, we actually did pretty well, thanks to great coaching and excellent conditioning. Against the teams from the country, we just didn't have the experience or raw pumptitude. It's pretty hard wrestling someone 6 inches shorter than you, who weighs the same, has been going to wrestling camps since age 8 and bench-presses cattle for fun.

My claim to fame in college was being the undefeated res-hall wrestling champ... but then I went to an engineering school, so that's kinda cheating. :p

If I can pass any advise onto my fellow wrestlers out there, it's this: dropping weight is 100% not worth it, unless you've got a body fat upwards of 8%. Sometimes, coach would call on me to drop 10 or 15 pounds in a week, and it totally screwed me up. Sometimes I'd win those matches, but usually I'd be too physically depleted to do anything. Plus, when you're dropping weight, you're constantly tired and irritable. My grades always slumped in winter, just because I'd fall asleep in class so often.