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Old 07-08-2009, 07:03 PM
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The reason my coach matches me up with the bigger guys is because I was strong before I was a wrestler (I've only been doing it about a year). It gives coaches absolute fits when a case like this happens because people will get success they don't deserve initially because of their sheer power and will unfortunately lack in technique later on. It isn't until athletic types get to late regional or state competition where they get whooped and learn the lessons they should've learned the first month... the hard way. To avoid having me be "the guy who could've been good had he started earlier", my coach wears me out first and then has me wrestle the big guys so I literally won't be able to get anything done unless I do it right. Sometimes thats just what you got to do when the upper echelons of competition in your weight class aren't available.

He doesn't actually have a heavyweight bias or anything. He's just always looking for excuses to push me hence the farmers walk and as anyone whos done hard grip training before, nothing requires more concentration than writing something legible afterwards.
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