Yesterday afternoon the HLG Wrestling Team embarked on a scenic run up the stairs leading to the Hannibal Lighthouse. The view and the run were both breathtaking! Earlier in the summer my two sons (Austin is 11 and Chase is 9) and I ran the same steps just to see how tough it was. 
We ran about half of what the team ran in totality and what we ran was definitely a good work out. The team received even a better work out as they did twice as much. I would say that everyone was working hard. However, we are out of shape. We could have done more, but it was apparent that some were starting to fatigue prematurely and we don’t want muscle injuries on the first day of conditioning. Because this was only the first day, I expect that we will see much improvement over the next couple of weeks as these wrestlers have a mind to work. After running the lower portion of stairs, running from the very bottom to the very top, running sprints at the top the wrestlers ran about 20 partner sprints, ran back down to the bottom, and then back up to the first level, the wrestlers did several sets of push-ups and mountain climbers. The one thing I noticed that we need to work on with our push-ups and mountain climbers is keeping our heads up/short necks. Coach Peterson use to hound us for letting our heads down when we did the same type of work outs activity. After a while and 
as a coach I understand a little better why he did this. If we kept our heads up all the time in practice, it wasn’t hard to do in a match. Sure there may be times that you need to duck/tuck your head in a match, but it better recoil back to the short neck very soon or else your opponent will be dominating your head. Coach Northcott closed us with prayer then we loaded up and headed back to campus. 
We ran about half of what the team ran in totality and what we ran was definitely a good work out. The team received even a better work out as they did twice as much. I would say that everyone was working hard. However, we are out of shape. We could have done more, but it was apparent that some were starting to fatigue prematurely and we don’t want muscle injuries on the first day of conditioning. Because this was only the first day, I expect that we will see much improvement over the next couple of weeks as these wrestlers have a mind to work. After running the lower portion of stairs, running from the very bottom to the very top, running sprints at the top the wrestlers ran about 20 partner sprints, ran back down to the bottom, and then back up to the first level, the wrestlers did several sets of push-ups and mountain climbers. The one thing I noticed that we need to work on with our push-ups and mountain climbers is keeping our heads up/short necks. Coach Peterson use to hound us for letting our heads down when we did the same type of work outs activity. After a while and 
as a coach I understand a little better why he did this. If we kept our heads up all the time in practice, it wasn’t hard to do in a match. Sure there may be times that you need to duck/tuck your head in a match, but it better recoil back to the short neck very soon or else your opponent will be dominating your head. Coach Northcott closed us with prayer then we loaded up and headed back to campus. 
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So, what is an Hannibal-LaGrange wrestling workout like?
My son wrestles for Fox High School, they do a cross training workout.
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