Folkstyle, Greco-Roman or Freestyle wrestling strength coaches are constantly wondering how much strength, speed and endurance the wrestling athlete needs. Honestly, they need um. All. Strength. Speed. Endurance. On the mat, you can’t have one without the other. If one is lacking, the others are not operating at their full potential on the mat. That isn’t good. That’s a problem....

Who hasn’t heard a horror story of a wrestler cutting weight? The stories come across as part demonic possession mixed with zombie slithering. Wrestlers projectile vomiting prior to crawling across the floor to stand on the scale, eyes glazed as if in death throes, all to make weight for the match. High school coaches, children’s own parents even, force their kids to run around in trash bags, covered in sweats, while in a sauna, only to chastise the athlete’s poor performance on the mat...

The sport of wrestling is conducive to a wide range of body types, sizes and builds. There isn’t a composite of ideal human dimensions to be used to create the perfect human body type to be checkmarked off a dossier sheet to determine if a person will be more suited to be successful at wrestling.

Long and lanky people are successful at wrestling. Short and stocky people are successful at wrestling. You name it, there is a body type that has found success in the sport of wrestling....

Nick Gwiazdowski is a 2x world bronze medalist, Pan American Games gold medalist, 2x Pan American Championship gold medalist, 2x NCAA national champion, a NCAA national runner up, 3x ACC gold medalist and a 3x NCAA All-American. The man’s ability to go on the mat and prove how good he is is clear. The performances speak volumes. Nick goes on the mat and defeats his opponents time and time again...