Today at practice I got paired with heavyweights as usual even though I wrestle 160s and during a takedown tournament one of the heavyweights said it wasn't fair for him to wrestle me because I could move so much faster. Of course, I responded that its a small price to pay for weighing 50 pounds less than him. After a short argument about whether or not bigger wrestlers have the advantage, I was finally told I could not walk a mile in a heavyweight's shoes.

My coach, a former All-American heavyweight wrestler, overheard and said, "I doubt you could walk a 1/4 mile in a heavyweights shoes. Pick up two 100 lb dumbbells and walk around the track. We'll see who's right when you can't even make it 100m before dropping them."

Whether he's terrible at math or wanted to challenge me... I don't know.

Of course I was motivated to prove everyone wrong and I was absolutely booking it around the track because I knew 400m of slow walking with 100 lbs in each hand would tire the forearms too quickly. Despite my failing grip on the last 100m I managed to complete the full lap around the track without setting down the weights.

I looked to my coach and said, "See. I didn't even need to put the weights down once."

To this he responded, "Actually I was counting on it. Now take this clipboard and pencil and write 'I don't have what it takes to be a heavyweight' 200 times."