Wrestling Workout For Conditioning

By: Jennifer Potts

Break Studios Contributing Writer

A wrestling workout for conditioning can help you become a better competitive wrestler. One of the most important parts of winning a wrestling match is being able to overcome your opponent. You can’t accomplish this without strength and endurance. However, it’s also very important to have wrestling skills and plenty moves that you have perfected to use during the match.

  1. Use your weight. When setting up your wrestling workout for conditioning, include exercises that use your own body weight, such as push-ups, pull-ups, squats and lunges. These exercises will help you condition to move your body through space, which is very important during a wrestling match.
  2. Incorporate the physio exercise ball. Workouts that include this exercise ball will help to build up your core muscle strength. Your core muscles can give you the power you need to overcome your opponent and execute wrestling moves. Sit-ups and push-ups can be done using the physio ball, but there are dozens of exercises you can incorporate.
  3. Build up endurance. A wrestling match generally lasts for two full minutes before there’s a break. This means that your body will need to be able to be in constant motion, using strength and endurance, for a full two minutes. No matter what exercise you’re doing, try to do it for two minutes before breaking.
  4. Add endurance to strength training. Wrestlers need to have lean muscles and too much bulk can interfere with your weight class. A wrestling workout for conditioning should include strength training that has an endurance component. This means you should be using lighter weights and completing strength training exercises at a faster speed than a bodybuilder, for example.
Posted on: Mar. 01, 2011