Steve Austin used to say he was so broke that he'd eat 1 raw potato a day and a sandwich while he was wrestling in his early days. I don't know who he expected to believe that.
Just bodybuilding stuff basically. And probably just as many if not more machines and isolation exercises than actual bodybuilders. When you've got a job as physically intensive as being a WWE wrestler, the gym work has to be not too centrally taxing. Anytime they curl they're probably sitting down, same with most of their tricep work, and calf raises too, chest supported rows over barbell rows, probably more leg curls than Romanian deadlifts and probably more leg pressing and hack squatting than barbell back squatting.
Basically you know that doofus that says not to do the big five compound lifts, bench squat deadlift barbell rows overhead press, because it's too centrally taxing, that's potentially true for these people and they train around it
>good genetics (most of them were former hs/college athletes) >burgers and fries or whatever they could find in the shithole town they were in on that day >whatever workout they could get in in the local gym before the show >steroids >alcohol >coke
The camera also takes away 15lbs. So to look big on TV you need to either be enormous and lean, or more builtfat with visible abs. Old wrestlers were also covered in fake tan and oil that helps improve muscle definition. If you saw them in person without all the TV fraud, you'd think they were fat. The lean guys who look aesthetic in person look absolutely tiny on TV. Having less than 15% body fat and not being juiced to the gills is bad for TV.
>T. Wrestler who works with guys on TV all the time
I guess I mean early years of modern wrestling- obviously not fricking Gorgeous George eras lol.
But yeah before all the regional circuits got bought-up the whole circuit lifestyle was really tied up with body building. Alot of body building gyms would have a wrestling ring in a back room.
checked and based, do you work on the amateur scene? wrestle yourself? i found out this jacked dude at my gym who does rather odd lifts/routines is a fairly high-level amateur wrestler
Steve Austin used to say he was so broke that he'd eat 1 raw potato a day and a sandwich while he was wrestling in his early days. I don't know who he expected to believe that.
He wasn’t really in great shape in his early days. Once he got fired from WCW he got a clue, hopped on a cycle, and shave his head.
ok but you aren't going to function on 2-300 calories a day, especially as an athlete
Fricking concave forearms, I believe it.
90s wrestling was so fricking kino bros, i was more into wwf but wcw was good too
WHAT?!
Lol I heard that too and didnt believe it. Even hypothetically, why a raw potato I mean just boil that motgerfricker in salt water.
750mg test 750mg deca 6000kcals 600mg genetics and a bit of fricking around in the gym
Roids, volume, polymetrics, cardio, cocaine and stretching.
Steve Austin that you?
1. drink some beer
2. beat debra
3. raise some hell
4. aw hell yea
Its completely achievable, bro. Just eat a steroid sandwich and a carton of testosterone juice every 3 hours or so.
Just bodybuilding stuff basically. And probably just as many if not more machines and isolation exercises than actual bodybuilders. When you've got a job as physically intensive as being a WWE wrestler, the gym work has to be not too centrally taxing. Anytime they curl they're probably sitting down, same with most of their tricep work, and calf raises too, chest supported rows over barbell rows, probably more leg curls than Romanian deadlifts and probably more leg pressing and hack squatting than barbell back squatting.
Basically you know that doofus that says not to do the big five compound lifts, bench squat deadlift barbell rows overhead press, because it's too centrally taxing, that's potentially true for these people and they train around it
They wrestle for like 30 minutes a week.
Oh I thought we were counting the gay wrestling sex as wrestling
1. Wake up
2. Hit the weights
3. Gain height
4. Take a shower
5. Get a clue
They probably do a lot of trap bar deadlifts, squats, rows and chest press machines + an arm day
>good genetics (most of them were former hs/college athletes)
>burgers and fries or whatever they could find in the shithole town they were in on that day
>whatever workout they could get in in the local gym before the show
>steroids
>alcohol
>coke
So genetics and gear.
The camera also takes away 15lbs. So to look big on TV you need to either be enormous and lean, or more builtfat with visible abs. Old wrestlers were also covered in fake tan and oil that helps improve muscle definition. If you saw them in person without all the TV fraud, you'd think they were fat. The lean guys who look aesthetic in person look absolutely tiny on TV. Having less than 15% body fat and not being juiced to the gills is bad for TV.
>T. Wrestler who works with guys on TV all the time
Digits don't lie. Are you Hulk Hogan? The Undertaker? Edge? Rey Mysterio?
>If you saw them in person without all the TV fraud, you'd think they were fat.
This fricking cope. The old-timers were all jacked and they were legit 6+ feet tall.
The early years of wrestling circuits were really close-knit with the body building gyms and body building culture of the time
>The early years of wrestling circuits
Were 100 years ago lol. Wrestling became a body business in the 80s. Before that wrestlers were fat guys.
I guess I mean early years of modern wrestling- obviously not fricking Gorgeous George eras lol.
But yeah before all the regional circuits got bought-up the whole circuit lifestyle was really tied up with body building. Alot of body building gyms would have a wrestling ring in a back room.
checked and based, do you work on the amateur scene? wrestle yourself? i found out this jacked dude at my gym who does rather odd lifts/routines is a fairly high-level amateur wrestler
>666
frick off dwayne you're not welcome here
get cut from the CFL x 5