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Russian training

January 10, 2009

Day 3:

well this is about the 10th time I have tried to write this blog. My email isn't working that well because I am in Vladikavkaz Russiatraining with the best wrestlers in the world. I have to keep this short so the email goes through. I am having a great experience and it's like wrestling in the world and Olympic championships everyday. The Ossetians have been very helpful and kind to me so far. I have counted in the wrestling room 6 world champions, 1 olympic champion, and 4 olympic medalist and one 5th place.

Day 7:

Well I have been gone a week now and it feel like forever. I have almost been able to sleep through the entire night. The training here has been very hard. Everyday we run about a mile at 8am in the snow,
it's about 32 degrees here. Then we do about 20 minutes of drills on our feet and some manual lifts and squat jumps. At 9am we eat breakfast. There is a short break and at 11 we leave for our second
workout. It starts at 1130, we warm up for about 20 minutes and for the most part start live right away.

They really don't drill much and when they do they shot in and make sure they have great posistion, no finishing at all. This practice usually lasts 2 hours. We head back to the dorm and eat lunch at 2pm.
At 5pm we head back to the gym for another westling workout which is almost all live and situations. Again this lasts about 2 hours before we head back to the dorms for dinner at 8pm. This is a lot of volume in training, the intensity is not great but they learn to wrestle tournaments that last all day long.

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#20	Joe Mc January 21 at 12:21pm Andy....You're the man! Can't wait to get you back in our practice room. Keep working hard buddy! Good luck! reply
#19	Canadian Osset January 17 at 9:55am Andy, thank you for your warm words towards Ossetians. I hope you feel good practicing there and having well known Ossetian pies for dinner sometimes. :-) I used to coach there, and I know that Ossetian wrestling is different. They also have a different approach, relying on their feelings more rather then on phisical abilities. Nevertheless, I wish you good luck for Krasnoyarsk tournament. And one more thing. Most of the people coming here do not know who Ossetians are and what the difference is between ethnic Russians and Ossetians (who are Russian citizens as well). Give them some ideas, please, to better understand Ossetians. Also here is the source on Ossetians. Checking the sport chapters you can find lots on Ossetian Olympic, World, European and National champions and well known coaches. http://ossetians.com/eng/ reply
#18	Earl Butler January 12 at 1:39pm Andy, thank you for your post and thank you to Flowrestling for really spreading the word for Amatuer Wrestling news and results. i really apprecaite this forum as post like your Andy really give us USA guys a view behind the curtain of how the Eastern Europeans training. Thank you again reply
#17	Russell Hvolbek January 12 at 12:00pm This is exactly the type of training my son has when he trains with the S.K. Golden Boys our here in Los Angeles. 20 minutes of warm-ups and then live wrestling. For the past year my son's partner was a recent Afganistan immagrant, Ali Naser. The room is run by Sarkis Dermenjian, a silver world medalist. reply
#16	Tyson Young January 12 at 10:14am Great blog - Keep up the good work! reply
#15	Joe January 12 at 3:09am beast it in 2012 reply
#14	Zebulin Miller January 11 at 9:26pm Love it Silent H! Keep up the hard work! reply
#13	NorCal January 11 at 1:01am Awesome post! I'm so happy for you to partake in this wonderful experience. You are going to come back to the states at a new level of wrestling. This is what it takes to win that gold medal. reply
#12	Deserving January 11 at 12:43am Andy, you are deserving of this opportunity. When you're in the snow just pretend you are cross country skiing. When you are doing the drills, just pretend you are learning ji jutsu for the octagon. When you are going to dinner at 8 PM just pretend you are on last serve on a cruise ship.....! All with tongue in cheek, but you get the drift. Thanks for thinking of us back home. Wishing you the best. reply
#11	Let Er Rip January 10 at 10:41pm God Bless you Ted Marchibroda, for posting here. reply
#10	lmc08 January 10 at 5:43pm You left out some of the best parts! The tackle-basketball, the discovery channels, the lack of electricity.... reply
#9	Frank Jayne January 10 at 5:40pm SEHS--Thanks for the great holiday coaching. Keep learning and share the wealth. Coach J. reply
#8	Jfrizzle January 10 at 3:50pm andy, i can't commend you enough for your decision to take your training to the next level. clearly the russians are the best and as all of our coaches used to tell us, only steel sharpens steel. you are already the best in the US so to get the training you need to become the best in the world will take sacrifice and hardship on your part. clearly you have made the decision to give up all that is comfortable and "normal" to you to achieve your athletic goals. keep up the great work and blogs and here's to hoping that more elite level US wrestlers will follow your path... reply
#7	TJ X January 10 at 2:49pm Andy, do they eat regular food like the rest of us humans? reply
#6	Kolesnikov Gena January 10 at 2:11pm yeah Ossetian wrestlers is good!!! keep good man! reply
#5	Cliff Fretwell January 10 at 12:20pm It's awesome to see this perspective and that some of our Olympians and national team guys are trying to stay in the international game and progress instead of one and done. I also understand why most don't but I hope the US Wrestling folks start making it worth you guys while so this type of training and progression can continue. reply
#4	Kevin Walsh January 10 at 12:03pm thats pretty amazing what a opp. reply
#3	Ted Marchibroda January 10 at 11:07am How much coin is this costing you? reply
#2	Joe Williamson January 10 at 10:52am That sounds tough Andy. What a cool experience. reply
#1	Martin Floreani January 10 at 9:53am Awesome blog Andy, Keep them coming, I love the specifics!!!! reply