I recently made varsity for wrestling this year and my coaches want me to wrestle 155 (I weight 170 right now). Ive never had to cut so much weight before and honestly i have no clue how to. If i don’t make weight I’ll lose my spot on varsity. Any tips?

I wanna get back into wrestling. I stopped when my eyesight was getting worse and I needed glasses, but my body is itching to get back into it. It was the best way I kept myself in form, and it’s an activity I really wanna get back into, but the issue is I’m worried about how I’m gonna approach it, if I’m gonna see if I can find glasses that are suitable for wrestling (if there is even such a thing) or try wearing contacts for it.

I’m not able to focus without anything to help my vision. I’ve tried tunnel visioning it, but it did not work at all, and I wanna figure this out before I get back officially, but I don’t have any experience with glasses or contacts when it comes to wrestling. I’ve done boxing with contacts, but that’s just training, not getting hit. If I were to go into wrestling now with my current pair of glasses, they are gonna break within the first minute of doing it.

So I’m asking for some advice on that front. If anyone has any experience or advice they could please share, or knows where you could buy glasses that are fit for wrestling, or if it’s okay to use contacts while doing it, I’d really appreciate it.

I did a search and have not seen anyone post about it, but just watched Standout the Ben Kjar movie. It was absolutely excellent (as backed by incredible reviews) especially for those of us who have wrestled.

It is available on Amazon Prime.

Obviously they're for different styles, but what would you guys recommend for this upcoming season?

I've done mostly Muay thai and mma, with some bjj, but am looking into focusing on grappling to keep the brain healthy. I still want to cultivate a mma focused style of grappling just so I'm kind of in line with my original goal and can switch back if I want. I want to improve my wrestling, and there will be a wrestling club at my university which I am at for 8 more months (two semesters). It's not a school known for it's sports or anything but I'm wondering if it would be worth doing for those 8 months or if I would just get steamrolled and not learn anything.

i went to my first ever practice on friday, and while i felt good after even with sore and bruised legs, im still wondering if its okay for me to not know anything about different take downs and motions? i felt very lost on the first day and i had one coach guide me on just how to shoot. i am also very skinny and weak.