Wrestling can be a complicated sport. It takes hard work and practice to develop technique, perfect a new move, or improve weaknesses.

It’s truly a sport where one needs to learn how to crawl before they walk. In the end, setting goals and developing the little things over time can result in big gains. To achieve those gains, it’s important for wrestlers to focus on core exercises that can help a young wrestler develop.

“Wrestling is about controlling someone else’s body, and if you can’t control your own you will never control theirs,” says Travis Rutt, assistant wrestling coach at Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester, MN). Prior to his role at RCTC, Rutt spent three seasons as the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Iowa and for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. 

Rutt and Mike Favre, M.Ed., RSCC*D, CSCS, Director of Olympic Sports Strength and Conditioning with the University of Michigan Athletic Department, breakdown five core exercises wrestlers can focus on to develop core strength...............READ FULL ARTICLE HERE.