Moving up a weight class

[whatsup13579er]

A lot of recruiting threads projecting future lineups going on here. All the time I see "They both project at 133. There's not room for both of them." That leads me to ask a very simple question that might not be as easy of an answer as I assume. If you have Wrestler A and Wrestler B both weighing in at 133 this season and Wrestler B wins the wrestle off to be the starter at 133 this season, how hard is it realistically for Wrestler A to redshirt and train all season to wrestle next season at 141? Is it really that hard? Is it easier to go up or down and be competitive?

 

[1stplacehawk]

Genetics plays a significant role in how easy this is or isn't

 

[UndercoverHawk]

Unfortunately I'm starting to move up weight classes not of my own doing. Damn those beers

 

[CowboyUp61]

Unfortunately I'm starting to move up weight classes not of my own doing. Damn those beers

Dont feel bad, I have moved from 167 in 1979 to barely being able to make 275. Damn BBQ and Budweiser anyway! (not to mention the 14 knee surgeries and defective heart valves)

 

[Mendoza77]

Dont feel bad, I have moved from 167 in 1979 to barely being able to make 275. Damn BBQ and Budweiser anyway! (not to mention the 14 knee surgeries and defective heart valves)

Not meaning to "out" your name....but are you Fred?

 

[CowboyUp61]

Not meaning to "out" your name....but are you Fred?

no sir

 

[jvclark]

A lot of recruiting threads projecting future lineups going on here. All the time I see "They both project at 133. There's not room for both of them." That leads me to ask a very simple question that might not be as easy of an answer as I assume. If you have Wrestler A and Wrestler B both weighing in at 133 this season and Wrestler B wins the wrestle off to be the starter at 133 this season, how hard is it realistically for Wrestler A to redshirt and train all season to wrestle next season at 141? Is it really that hard? Is it easier to go up or down and be competitive?

Really depends on the kid, their body makeup, genetics, and even how hard they want to work.

Personally, I haven't been able to drop even a single weight class since my senior year in high school, 32 years ago.

 

[YoungGun07]

I can still make my high school weight class, but I was a pretty small HWT, otherwise I wouldn't have a chance.

 

[lookleft goright]

If I were able to use the Daniel Cormier towel at weigh ins, I would at least have a chance.

 

[woodsiding]

This is where Ohio State does a great job. It seems like the second the NCAA's are over they have a plan in place to make sure guys get to the weights they need them, and it traditionally involves an unbelievable amount of gained muscle mass and a bitchen tan. The opposite seems to be Minnesota, who traditionally has someone in the lineup that is cutting way too much weight.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

If I were able to use the Daniel Cormier towel at weigh ins, I would at least have a chance.

I would have a chance if Earth's gravity became more like the moon's

 

[pablow]

This is where Ohio State does a great job. It seems like the second the NCAA's are over they have a plan in place to make sure guys get to the weights they need them, and it traditionally involves an unbelievable amount of gained muscle mass and a bitchen tan. The opposite seems to be Minnesota, who traditionally has someone in the lineup that is cutting way too much weight.

They got one hell of a weight room in Columbus -

 

[Kwoodhawk]

I would have a chance if Earth's gravity became more like the moon's

Interesting story-a bit long- relates to your post-kinda

Several years ago at the Midlands Tournament on the second day before wrestling started I went over to the booth that Ben Peterson had. He was the gold Medalist at 90 KG in the 1972 Olympics.

He was talking to some kids and their dads and signing autographs and doing pictures so I waited till he was done. I introduced myself and said I just wanted to shake his hand as I don't collect autographs. i told him I had ONE autograph I had gotten many years ago and felt that until I came across someone who could top this one........that I didn't need any more.

Here was an Olympic Gold Medalist and I didn't think he could top the one that I had. He was intrigued. He got a slight grin and asked whose autograph I had. I told him it was a man by the name of James Irwin. That's when he got a really BIG grin and said "I know who that is. I was just talking about him last week to my class." He said "He was an Astronaut and he walked on the Moon." I told him that he was correct that Irwin was an Astronaut and was one of less than a dozen people who have walked on the Moon.

Ben then said that the reason he had mentioned Irwin to his class was because he had wanted to be an Astronaut too. He then said that the reason he wanted to be an Astronaut was because "can you imagine how far you could throw somebody on the Moon".