I wanted to do a quick write-up on what makes a great wrestler. I put a couple pictures of Graettinger-Terril’s most recent state champions-  Jared Enderton & Nate Howard. I just referred to myself in the 3rd person- that was weird haha! One thing is very evide

You know I had to talk about my HS wrestling days after all the recent talk about State Wrestling!  I gave Nate Howard a lot of props on one of my recent blog entries…Saying he had one of the most dominating seasons I can remember. The only way I could compete with the season he

Iowa’s State Wrestling Tournament just wrapped up. I grew up in a small town of about 900 people called Graettinger. This year we had 9 wrestlers qualify for districts, and 5 guys qualify for state. That is no small feat in Iowa wrestling. Wrestling in Iowa is like football is i

I just wanted to do a little write-up on his season. I believe he pinned every single kid except 1. That kid was Tony Becker from Don Bosco, who he beat 7-3. That is an extremely impressive feat. I’m not sure what the exact # of people is that have pinned every kid throughout th

Yesterday was by FAR my WORST day so far at California Strength. Fridays are almost like mock meets. The morning session is lighter than any other one in the week, just prepping us for the afternoon session. The afternoon session is always the most intense, and people usually hit the

I just wanted to share one of my favorite videos on youtube: He was one of my biggest influences when just getting into strength sports. That guy was awesome to watch, and an even better guy. He used to train in olympic style weightlifting as well. I know he’s missed by a lot of