i do both football and wrestling.i wrestle at 215,but my football coach wants me at 250.after football season how can i cut down to 215 without losing muscle mass. also for football and wrestling i have a different weightlifting rutine.how can i balance the two without overworking my body

David,

Let me start off by asking you a few questions.

1. What grade are you in?
2. How long have you been playing football and wrestling?
3. Have you ever tried to cut this kind of weight before?
4. What is your current body weight?


Mike

i am in 9th grade or a freshmen in high school.i have been wrestling and doing football and weighttraining for these two sports since 6th grade or when i was 10 years old.i currently wiegh 240lbs and last year for wrestling i cut from about 235lbs to 215lbs.i am 15 years old right now and want to get stronger while getting lighter and faster.would i have to subscribe to one of your programs for help with this?

Here are my wieghtlifting stats.
Bench Press-315lbs max
Squat-355lbs max
Power Clean-215lbs max
Push-Jerk-225lbs max
Deadlift-515lbs max
i am 5 8" and currently weigh 240 with i guess about 18% body fat

David, it looks like you have a good power base already. As much I hate to see high school wrestlers cut weight I understand that it’s going to happen, what you need to do is start towards the end of football season trying to slowly lose each week this way when wrestling start you have minimal weight to drop.

To get faster for football you need to work on explosive power, this can be done using plyometric type exercises. Are you familiar with this type of workout? Plyometrics are high intensity, low volume type training that enable a muscle to reach maximal force in the shortest possible time.

We have posted some articles on plyometrics and football on our site in the last 12 hours so take a look

TO answer the question on programs, this option is set up for people who are looking to have a workout trainer and coach to help them with tracking their workouts and designing them, plus help with motivation when you’re having problems with your training or sport

I was a 3 sport athlete and understand the demands of training but what is different now is I have the knowledge to help athletes train instead of listening to coaches (like mine) who only know the 5 power exercises. I’m not taking away from coaches don’t miss read that but most just want to work on the old fashion power movements.

Remember wrestling is not football and you need to train different.

How many good pushups can you complete in 2 mins if you don’t mind trying this test for me.....Have Mom or Dad or someone time you so you can push out as many as possible.

Mike

i tested it and can do 90 pushups in 2 min.

David, check out the Training center for our circuit training. Give it a try and let us know how it goes

Mike

I am in 9th grade or a freshmen in high school.I have been wrestling and doing soccer.I currently wiegh 120lbs and last year for wrestling Im cuting from about 125lbs to 112lbs.I am 15 years old right now and want to get stronger while getting lighter and faster and stonger.Would I have to do one of your programs for help with this?

No,

Our bronze, silver, gold programs are one for people who are looking for personal one on one training. Advise is alway free