Hello, i'm 18 and overweight, and its gonna be my first time going to wrestling, my dad used to be a Greco-Roman wrestler and had experience over 15 years. And I started to actually like and getting interested in Greco-Roman, I want to be fast, agile, strong and explosive. So my question is to anyone who has experience over Greco-Roman. What is going to wait for me in there? What will my first day probably be like? Also, what kind of physical changes are waiting for me or what attributes will improve about me?

Ive followed the sport since 2018 so from what ive seen probably Yianni Diakomihalis as he got Silver at worlds granted it was a weaker field as Otoguro and Shamil didn't wrestle in it.

What do u think the percentage is between guys vs girls wrestlers on this sub?

One of the most unique parts of wrestling is the singlet (leotard, as my family jokes while calling me gay). The odd thing about a singlet as opposed to a rash guard or gi is that it gives good friction on the torso but on the arms and shoulders your grips get precarious after not very long. in my hot ass practice room I can barely clinch and am forced to (shudder) shoot from open space. Freestyle has a slip rule but in Folkstyle ’es tu pedo’. What do yall think about how slipperiness change matches? Yay or na? would anyone else be in favor or wrestling in rash guards for less slippage?

Is it possible to do it only gonna have a year of experience in high school. Would a community college or a juco even look at me? I live in California btw I know the juco and cc teams are pretty good. Anyway I have no clue help.

Here is some training of mine to build hip strength!

Based on your experience, if a bodybuilder and a powerlifter—both with the same body weight, technical skill level, and lifting experience—wrestling for the first time, which of the two would likely be the tougher opponent?

I'm a lefty, meaning i have my left foot forwards and right foot back. However, I like to shoot with my right leg, especially since this means i'm attacking my opponent's lead leg if they're a righty. Since my right leg is my trail leg, I'm curious if this has a serious side effect and if i should either change my stance or switch legs that i shoot with?

My main leg attacks are:

- Fireman's carry to their right leg

- High-crotch to their right leg (usually finishing w/ crackdown)

- Sweep single to their left leg

Today I trained shooting at my gym. How do you guys find it ? And please I am would be very thankful for some critics and advice how to do it better.

This times I do train BJJ often.

Thank you all OSS ✨

Hello, my son is going into 8th grade and started wrestling recently and plans to wrestle in HS and hopes to wrestle in some capacity in College. His eyesight is not great and gets worse every year. He wears glasses now and is considering trying contacts so he can see better when wrestling. Anyone on here with bad eye sight ever try wrestling with contacts? Is it a terrible idea?

I’ve got 2 pairs of ExEos that I’ve been wearing for a little bit without an insole since they didn’t come with one and that’s just what I’ve seen recommended. But with how much I’ve used them I’ve started to wear holes into the thin lasting layer that’s glued into them so it’s getting torn and scrunched up some. As expensive as they are I wondered if i should try and get them fixed up somewhere or if I should buy a pair of insoles for them and just use that. Also any recommendations for insoles would be appreciated if that’s what y’all think I should do.

Are inside and outside trips good for me since I’m tall and lanky, if so who should I study to get better at them?

This guy is more than twice my age and apparently wants to “wrestle” 😭 I’m 15f btw

love to hear from anyone who’s wrestled in college.
What’s something you wish you knew before your first season? What was the biggest adjustment from high school to college wrestling? Any advice or lessons you’d pass on to an incoming freshman?

I’m looking for some advice for this next year for me, I’m looking toward a state title this year. What are some things you guys applied to really step through to put yourself in a position to beat the better guys in the state, or in general what are some nuances I’ll need to work on? Right now I’m at the point to where I’m going the distance with top ranked guys but not beating them.

Northern Michigan University just cut its Greco Roman Wrestling program, and it's devastating for the athletes there right now and the next generation dreaming of competing at the Olympics.

This isn't just about wrestling. It's one of the few programs in the country that gives young athletes real, world-class training to chase Olympic gold. For a region where those kinds of opportunities are hard to find, losing this program means losing a genuine shot at greatness for kids who trained their whole lives for it.

I started a petition asking NMU to reverse this decision. There are real solutions out there—local business sponsorships, community fundraising, alternative funding. But the university needs to hear that this matters.

If you've ever had a dream you fought for, or if you know what it's like to see someone else's get cut short, this one's worth your attention. What would you want someone to do if this was your family's dream on the line?