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Uploaded by Ed Piccola | April 24, 2012

So this is what Hell must feel like...

Speakers: Mike Malinconico, Gary Dinmore, Ed Piccola

Categories: Workouts

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jbears78 1 year ago

Im a coach over here in Bakersfield, California my team completed the 24 hour lock in over the weekend. I participated in all of the workouts, and it was a great experience for my team and I. I want to thank you guys for posting this video, and allowing other wrestling communities to experience this great workout.

Ed Piccola 1 year ago

Wow, just read up on Justin Legg. That's one hell of a model American! I'll take his word over ANY anonymous coward. So Mike...when's the next lock-in??? :)

Mike Malinconico 1 year ago

Rhino Wrestling has it right. To the less-informed who most likely have not been bold enough to try, this is the same formula that builds Navy SEALs into what they are: relentless machines who will stop at nothing to win. While it is not quite on that level, and should not be for several very good reason, it is in the same vain and is in this SEAL's opinion a great building block in building the mental toughness to succeed when everything is on the line and all seems hopeless.
To the commenter who said an elite wrestler should be able to do 50 pull-ups at once: Before I went to BUD/S I did 60 pull-ups without getting off the bar. In BUD/S there were times I was so beaten down I could barely do 6 or 7. Exhaustion and sleep deprivation matter.
The commenter that said this is what will make the difference in top level tournaments hit the nail on the head. I have been through BUD/S, combat, cancer, organ transplants (2 lungs and bone marrow) and lots of other unimaginables. I shouldn't be alive and I shouldn't have been able to climb to over 12,000 ft on Mt. Denali with less than 40% of normal lung capacity. I did. This is where that kind of will to win against all odds begins. I'm looking for some of the wreslters from this school to be flat-out superstars as they progress. Hats off to Rhino Wrestling!! If you doubt my crednetials, google me, "Justin Legg, Navy SEAL".

"unimaginables"......

Thats a level of BAMF that I don't think I want to get to. Mr. Legg's a bad dude.

Mike Malinconico 1 year ago

Rhino Wrestling has it right. To the less-informed who most likely have not been bold enough to try, this is the same formula that builds Navy SEALs into what they are: relentless machines who will stop at nothing to win. While it is not quite on that level, and should not be for several very good reason, it is in the same vain and is in this SEAL's opinion a great building block in building the mental toughness to succeed when everything is on the line and all seems hopeless.
To the commenter who said an elite wrestler should be able to do 50 pull-ups at once: Before I went to BUD/S I did 60 pull-ups without getting off the bar. In BUD/S there were times I was so beaten down I could barely do 6 or 7. Exhaustion and sleep deprivation matter.
The commenter that said this is what will make the difference in top level tournaments hit the nail on the head. I have been through BUD/S, combat, cancer, organ transplants (2 lungs and bone marrow) and lots of other unimaginables. I shouldn't be alive and I shouldn't have been able to climb to over 12,000 ft on Mt. Denali with less than 40% of normal lung capacity. I did. This is where that kind of will to win against all odds begins. I'm looking for some of the wreslters from this school to be flat-out superstars as they progress. Hats off to Rhino Wrestling!! If you doubt my crednetials, google me, "Justin Legg, Navy SEAL".

WHOA

Justin Legg 1 year ago

Rhino Wrestling has it right. To the less-informed who most likely have not been bold enough to try, this is the same formula that builds Navy SEALs into what they are: relentless machines who will stop at nothing to win. While it is not quite on that level, and should not be for several very good reason, it is in the same vain and is in this SEAL's opinion a great building block in building the mental toughness to succeed when everything is on the line and all seems hopeless.
To the commenter who said an elite wrestler should be able to do 50 pull-ups at once: Before I went to BUD/S I did 60 pull-ups without getting off the bar. In BUD/S there were times I was so beaten down I could barely do 6 or 7. Exhaustion and sleep deprivation matter.
The commenter that said this is what will make the difference in top level tournaments hit the nail on the head. I have been through BUD/S, combat, cancer, organ transplants (2 lungs and bone marrow) and lots of other unimaginables. I shouldn't be alive and I shouldn't have been able to climb to over 12,000 ft on Mt. Denali with less than 40% of normal lung capacity. I did. This is where that kind of will to win against all odds begins. I'm looking for some of the wreslters from this school to be flat-out superstars as they progress. Hats off to Rhino Wrestling!! If you doubt my crednetials, google me, "Justin Legg, Navy SEAL".

awesome 1 year ago

some tough stuff great job guys, keep this up..building tough boys on and off the mat

jersey wrestler 1 year ago

mike is the man. he will do anything for his guys. if you don't like it then it's probably because YOU doubt that YOU can do it. good stuff, mike. building better wrestlers and better men day in and day out.

TP 1 year ago

This workout is not to get through a dual meet. It is to prepare you for the tournament you wake up and ride to at 5am. Weigh in and wrestle 7 matches. Then at 10pm you are still in the gym and you have to wrestle that last match. It is a different type of mental conditioning than wrestling for an hour straight. Sitting in a gym all day and wrestling at scattered times during a tournament is mentally draining.

Great stuff! Keep it coming

SERE 1 year ago

You can work long or you can work hard but you cannot work long and hard.

SERE 1 year ago

You can work long or you can work hard but you cannot work long and hard.

wow 1 year ago

hahaa the all the haterss...it's comical.

Ed Piccola 1 year ago

An insiderâs point of view:
I hit "THE WALL" around 3am (18 hours in). In what I expected to be my easiest workout, I found my biggest challenge. 5 ropes and 5 monkey bars...easy right? I can do ropes in my sleep. I can normally climb a rope that size in approx 2.5 seconds. I did 2 of 5 ropes, each one taking at least 30 seconds. Instead of pulling myself up arm over arm like usual, I had to use two hands at a time and pinch the rope with my feet. I haven't used my feet on a rope climb since I was in 4th grade climbing a knotted rope in gym class. Monkey bars? NOT ONE. Not a single rep of monkey bars. My hands were so shot I couldn't get past 3 rungs before I let go from the pain. I felt like a shell of a man. I think the reason it was so tough was because I thought that workout would be so easy. I overlooked it and it hit me hard. I bounced back after that workout but I wish you could have seen the look on my face during it. I was mentally fried. It broke me... and that's what this is all about.

I also still don't know how I went from just going there to get some footage to deciding I was going to participate. I need my head checked

Mike Harris 1 year ago

#1 This was all for building "mental toughness". And as a wrestler and athlete, throughout the season and especially the end, the wrestler who can maintain better focus and concentration through adversity usually wins.

#2 Dan Gable (aka the greatest USA wrestling coach) did tons of stuff like this and worse to his wrestlers. If you've ever heard them speak, some of them would rather "do time" than go through the practices they did.
#3 Make it harder on yourself so that you make it harder on your opponent come match time... This practice kicks A** because of the mental torture and discipline required to do it.
Great job!

adding to those who dont get i 1 year ago

Yes a match is only 7 minutes long, but in season most wrestlers are drained from being 20 pounds below their average weight already for 2-3 months straight. So as much as 7 minutes does not sound long to those whom never wrestled, That last 20 seconds of a match is hard on your body and mind.

planet x 1 year ago

if you are hating on this i will personally hunt you down and murder you

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

looks fun its good for kids to get calluses and blisters! this is simular to intensive wrestling camps!

awesome 1 year ago

this is great, i cant imagine what its like warming up and wrestling at 3am after a full day of working out! looks tough, great idea giving these kids the mental edge i would probably bug out working out for that long! keep it up!

awesome 1 year ago

this looks tough i agree with everyone who thinks this is tough..i cant imagine what it feels like to warm up at 3 am after a full day of working out.. great job!! definitely helps the mental aspect of wrestling

shut up 1 year ago

you try and do this before you talk.. sound pretty tough from behind your computer screen..you would probably strat crying around the 12th hour..btw try doing pull ups with hands torn apart..

Donald Carruth 1 year ago

TO ALL THE NAYSAYERS HERE:

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.....
DON'T DO IT!!!!!
ON THE OTHER HAND.....GREAT JOB MIKE

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

50 pullups in an hour an elite high school wrestler should be able to do 50 pullups in a row!

just so you know 1 year ago

most of the workouts only took about 20 minutes.. it was a mental game along wiht your body getting more and more beat up physically as each hour passes...dont talk until you try it..one of the most difficult things anyone has had to do

to those who don't get it 1 year ago

You have to look at it as a whole. Of course any serious wrestler can do any of these workouts within an hour. But after each workout your body gets more and more fatigued, making the next one exponentially harder. The guy talking in the beginning CLEARY says itâs not about the physical aspect. He said they will all be able to do it physicallyâ¦ It is mentally where they will have a problem. How easy (both mentally and physically) do you think it is to do pull ups and cleans when your hands are ripped apart? How easy is it to wrestle a 7 min match after every muscle in your body aches beyond belief and you haven't slept in 23 hours? Any how does this help a wrestler? In many ways... have you ever had to wrestle when youâre sore, running a fever, or been up all night because you can't sleep? How about wrestling in a national tournament that spans a 2 day period and your body is just plain exhausted. When you've wrestle a bunch of matches over 2 days, and you're losing 5-2 with 30seconds left...that's when it matters. And for all of you who say this is easy and doesnât help, I guarantee you wouldnât make it through one of these things. If Iâm wrong then maybe you should show up for the next one. You won't catch me there cause I've hung up the shoes and I'm not crazy enough to put myself through this. I applaud the young men who did.

Andy 1 year ago

This will help when your down 3-2 with 20 seconds left??? We got to stop pretending that matches are some huge endurance event. Even folkstyle wrestling is only 7 minutes of action. This is closer to a sprint in terms of endurance. Allowing guys to do pushups, pullups, squats, etc. with terrible form just b/c they are tired is not going to build mental toughness. It teaches you to drop your performance level when you're tired.

wrestler 1 year ago

I disagree the only mental toughness this thing has brought is working when your tired and want to sleep not when your extremely gassed in a third period other than the seven minute matches every six hours these workouts should be a piece of cake for any serious wrestlier. Like really 50 pullups in one hour? an elite wrestler can do that in five minutes

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

the guy below me doesnt get it... when ur losing 3-2 with 20 seconds left after doing this ul have the mental toughness to keep pushing.. and in a wrestling match do you always do a perfect squat? theres reasons for everything here man

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

Wrestling coaches look extremely stupid when they have their athletes do lifts with such terrible form. Doing 300 air squats with terrible form does nothing for you. How about we start doing stuff properly instead of trying to do a ridiculous amount with terrible form so we can brag about the intensity of our workouts.

Jason Troxel 1 year ago

If you have to ask, you'll never know

love this

Ed Piccola 1 year ago

why take 24 hours to do this? building mental toughness i guess, but those workouts were not that overly demanding, figure there were smaller children in attendance but any serious high school wrestler could do that effectively in half or less of the time

If you have to ask, you'll never know

Anonymous Coward 1 year ago

why take 24 hours to do this? building mental toughness i guess, but those workouts were not that overly demanding, figure there were smaller children in attendance but any serious high school wrestler could do that effectively in half or less of the time

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