By Scott Goodpaster The Stability Ball Neck Bridge is one of Cincinnati Functional Fitness’ favorite neck exercises for our wrestlers. These stability ball neck bridges develop the neck in conjunction with the back, hamstrings and glutes. In the picture below wrestler Ryan Gordon demonstrates a stability ball neck bridge. • Start with your head [...]
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By Willie Saylor In a busy week for high school state championships across the country, the big storylines came out of the “I” states: Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, as many of the Midwest states culminated their seasons. In a continuing series of enews updates recapping this championship season, we keep you abreast of some of [...]
By Willie Saylor You can safely point to early February as “Championship Season” for the bulk of the country. Last week we noted each state’s tournament dates. There were 11 championships staged last weekend. Sixteen more will be contested this weekend, with another fifteen the following week. We’re right in the midst of culminating state [...]
By Scott Goodpaster At Cincinnati Functional Fitness, we love to use a power development phase in-season for our wrestlers. The power phase uses a traditional exercise for five heavy reps, but not to failure. Rest one minute and follow it up with an equivalent unloaded explosive exercise. The whole idea behind the minute recovery is [...]
By Scott Goodpaster Box Jumps are a great exercise for developing explosive power in the lower body and hips. At Cincinnati Functional Fitness, we understand our wrestlers need power development. When one of our wrestler’s wrist, elbow, or shoulder is injured, box jumps are an awesome alternative to the Power Curls. • Notice how wrestler [...]
By Willie Saylor Wrestling is officially sanctioned in 49 out of the 50 states (c’mon Mississippi!) in this country. And, believe it or not, it’s that time of year. As February is upon us, we’re on the verge of ramping up state tournaments across the country. By the end of this weekend, 15 of [...]
Detroit is among a dozen cities … and more … teaching the benefits of wrestling to young people By Mike Finn When it comes to coaching kids in wrestling, Mike Rodriguez is second to few. But even the legendary coach, who recorded over 700 wins in 50 years at Detroit Catholic Central, needed [...]
Editor’s Note: Matt Doyle is the Director of the Athletic Training Outreach Program for University of Iowa Sports Medicine. From 1999 until 2011, he provided athletic health care for the University of Iowa wrestling team. This is an expanded version of the Q&A that appears in the Feb. 8, 2012 printed edition of WIN magazine. [...]
By Willie Saylor When Max Askren walked off the mat in Omaha in 2010 with an NCAA title at 184 pounds, many people, including Max himself, thought the next step in his career would be at the international level. “After my senior year at Mizzou, I had back issues and got hurt training for the [...]
By Scott Goodpaster Stability Ball Reverse Hypers are excellent for developing core extension. Good core extension strength is necessary to keep the lower back and hamstrings healthy and strong. At Cincinnati Functional Fitness we put a lot of focus on strengthening our wrestlers’ posterior strength. By strengthening the low back, glutes, and hamstrings, this will [...]
