Wrestling strength training should change across the year. Learn how to periodize your off-season, pre-season, and in-season lifting and conditioning so you build size and strength in the summer, convert it to power in the fall, and peak for the postseason. Coach Brandon Smitley of THIRST Gym lays out the full blueprint.
The glute ham roller three-way ab fallout is an advanced ab wheel rollout progression that trains your abs, obliques, lats, and shoulders by rolling right, center, and left on every rep. Learn proper setup, coaching cues, common mistakes, and how to program this core exercise for wrestlers, powerlifters, and serious lifters.
The glute ham roller pike-up is a scalable bodyweight ab exercise that builds abdominal strength, hip flexor strength, and healthy scapular upward rotation in one movement. Learn proper pike-up technique, common mistakes, and how to program and progress it for athletes, powerlifters, and general fitness clients.
Most personal trainers are undercharging — and it’s costing them income, energy, and their careers. Learn why fitness professionals underprice, what the market actually pays, and a step-by-step framework to set your rates, build coaching packages, and handle price objections with confidence.
The kettlebell Jefferson curl is a slow, controlled loaded-flexion exercise that builds lower back strength, spinal mobility, and multifidi control at the same time. Learn how to perform it correctly, why loaded spinal flexion isn’t the enemy for healthy lifters, and exactly how to program it as a warm-up, recovery tool, or standalone back-strengthening movement.
Learn how to perform the glute ham roller jackknife, an underrated anti-extension core exercise that combines plank-style bracing with trunk and hip flexion to target the lower abs and hip flexors. Strength coach Brandon Smitley of THIRST Gym breaks down the setup, technique, common mistakes, progressions, and programming so you can build a stronger, more controlled midsection. Ideal for wrestlers, powerlifters, and stiff athletes who need more flexion in their training.
The glute ham roller buzzsaw plank is a scalable anti-extension core exercise that builds the trunk stability athletes actually need for sport. Learn how to coach the setup, avoid common mistakes, and program it for time, reps, or added load — plus who benefits most, from wrestlers and powerlifters to beginners. A go-to buzzsaw plank variation from strength coach Brandon Smitley of THIRST Gym.
The glute ham roller hamstring walk is a concentric-only finisher that torches the hamstrings while doubling as prehab and injury-prevention work. Because it emphasizes knee flexion without heavy eccentric loading, it’s one of the few hamstring exercises you can program in-season without adding soreness. Learn how to set it up, coach it, load it, and program it for athletes in any sport.