IOWA Weights : Speakers & Interviews

pokemon i couldn't agree with you more. everybody needs to shut up about how "bad" they're lifting. as long as they have a straight back and don't injure themselves, they're still getting stronger.

Ha i have been a long time hawkeye fan and i would like to say that they are the best for a reason...its for their practice not for their lifting they go thru an amazing practice workout that is probably the toughest i have seen...so anyone who has a problem with then i say go try to hang with them im pretty sure you cant

i like how ppl are critisizing the way they lift. If you know so much where's your national title?

anyone know what that bar was called they were clean & pressing?

they wrestle a lot better than they lift.

That is a pretty sweet workout!!! I need to get back into the Gym.

Apparently all of you posters are body builders who lift primarily for muscle definition
These lifts are not harming them in any way because they are not bending their backs or lifting it wrong, they are throwing around heavy weight not only focusing on a specific muscle group, but to make it more total body orientated. These type of workouts get your heart rate up much higher than a standard lift idiots, thats why they do them.

Yeah dude sweet, they are lifting about no weight and using horrid form, excellent iowa workouts real good.

i love watching iowa workouts

horrible saturday practices dont even know why i keep joining wrestling every year, not eager for upcoming season

ive been lifting like this since i saw this video, i get a lot of strange looks..i also lift naked

This Style of weightlifting makes state champions into national champions

you can say what you like about these guys form but it works for them out on the mat
which is what counts
tough workout man
i couldnt do it lol

their form does suck pretty bad

we do wat works george dont question it

y do they all joke around about deep throating each other

at least you can see how human these guys are lol. sometimes you get the idea that they train this way with great big smiles on there faces and asking brands if they can do more. tuf workout, tuf group.

the form on their bench press is atrocious.

Where is Covington? They lift in groups? notice how there is only 4 of them? there more than 4 wrestlers on the team.... use some common sense

Where is Covington?

Yeah I found a link to that site on another message board, its pretty cool...wish michigan had a site like that

Interesting the Yellow Shirt is from Iowa wrestling website Iowa Wrestling Insider. http://www.iawrestlinginsider.com

I like this. So many haters posting. Iowa is back baby. Keep talking trash, but why don't you start backing it up sometime?

I can bench more thant Metcalf, what a .

they lift in groups, not as a whole team

Why are they all wearing shirts?

4 real, where is the rest of the team?

As long as the core and glutes are tight, the rocking and dynamic movement are excellent ways to improve functional wrestling strength. These athletes are not body builders. They need to be involved in dynamic unstable explosive movments. This meets the demands of the sport. As long as they are in control, injury is not likely. I would say this is a great way to reduce the risk of injury because of the similar actions that take place during the sport of wrestling. Speed during the concentric parts of the movments are important and I see this being done. Wrestlers at this level have incredibly high levels of core strength. The activities performed are effective and should improve performance and reduce the risk of injury

I do not miss this part of wrestling one bit...

i like how they barely spot themn.

it did happen but he was done with the workout???

They don't try to lift with good technique, it's all about getting the wieght up. It's supposed to be like a match, you are not going to lift someone up with perfect technique every time, you have to just get the guy up sometimes

Whatched it again! Even more intense the 2nd time.

My video stops working around 4:45......

the guy in the yellow shirt is a freshman, 2x Iowa HS champ Mark Ballweg

The video won't play for me it keeps stopping at aound 3minutes.

Who is the guy in the yellow shirt?

Yes the technique is from the seventies, but the effort is vintage IOWA, and Mr. Palmanator, you do lance no justice by talking . Both of the wrestlers are intense competitors and will battle. Score board metcalf one NCAA title the rest 0. Go back to your xbox and smack there this is for the ones that pay and what ever the workout these guys are leaving it on the mat.

I can lift same veights
no cheating dem up like dos veak backs on wideo.

I will terminate Metcalfless...

This is why Iowa is so tough. They live tough.
TJ X= are you kidding. You must not be a wrestler.

The only thing worrisome about the horrible form in cracking out these reps is that somebody can get a serious injury, either a vertebral injury or a hernia of sorts. It doesn't seem like anybody is wearing a weight belt or using wrist, elbow, or knee wraps which may prevent to some degree tendinitis. Other than the risk of serious injury, all is well again in the world with the collegiate wrestling season approaching.

Where's the rest of the team?

no - the close up shows that the 45 plate has a seam and just makes it look like there are two plates

This video's lifting session appears to be a little less intense than the previous one. The form and reasoning behind it appears to identical though...

is that 295 that Metcalf is pushing - looks like 4 45's and 2 35's??? Can that be??

Where did Metcalf's calves go? Like little girly legs...Palmer vill crush him this year....

hey anonymous coward

10:47 it did happen

I had to walk up from the bottom row to get an ice cream cone once...it was a killer.

If your suprised by this video, you have never seen the likes of royce alger, penrith, the brands, the steiners, goldman, heffernan, and gable. This type of intensity has been there foundation, agree or not with the method, the results are the bench mark.

I LOVE THIS S***!!

welchs', that um, didn't happen

Ho.........leee..........shti

That looked pretty intense. Thought it was funny when Metcalf got through with his last stair climb, he bent over to catch his breath and looked over to find the camera on him and he immediately hopped up and walked off. Brent Metcalf doesn't get tired, Brent Metcalf doesn't take a breather!