Bending And Wrestling...

[Hazerboy]

I train my grip for wrestling. Currently I do mostly thick bar work (deads, pull-ups, curls) gripper training, and pinch grip work (singles and timed holds). However I've also gotten pretty interested in bending. I've bent the green and some rusty looking 60D's I found in my basement, but I'm wondering if this will have much carryover to my sport. If not, oh well! Its still fun and if nothing else a neat party trick.

That being said, any wrestler benders out there? (My coach thinks I'm kind of crazy by the way... I do lots of other unconventional stuff, such as sandbag training).

[unseenbeat]

(My coach thinks I'm kind of crazy by the way... I do lots of other unconventional stuff, such as sandbag training).

A lot of older wrestlers are very much marred by tradition. Oh well.

Short bar and long bar bending will both complement wrestling a little bit, but I dunno how much. Perhaps the added chest crush strength would help on the floor.

[Crotchulla]

I don't think it has any direct carryover, but you can't go wrong with alittle extra wrist strength in grappling. I started grip training because of jiu-jitsu, and now I'm on a quest to close #3s, pinch lift stuff, bend bars, and tears cards. So even if it doesn't help too much, its sure fun to do.

[sideburns]

You could always break his arm DO style!

lol....

Actually, i think it would carry over nicely...wrist strength is very important...as the wrist is usually a VERY week point in a person. A number of locks involve using the weakness of the wrist against your oppenent.

Good luck!

[Dude]

I wrestle in college and since starting bending I've noticed a huge advantage in certain situations where wrist and hand strength come into play.

[Hazerboy]

Well thats what I was thinking - I do a lot of arm bars and tilts, and I would think it would be a big advantage on top.

Hah - sideburns, thats what my dad thinks I'm training to do: "Your gonna break some poor kids fingers next year!"