The World's Best Hand & Grip Strength Training Instruction
"How to Forge the Mind of A Champion"
Build mental toughness, erase stumbling blocks, develop confidence, gain desire and
discipline... No matter what kind of athlete you are Wrestling Tough shows you how to develop the mental training methods
to take you to the top of your game.
Dear Student,
The night before my first day of school in
seventh grade I stayed up all night reading a biography of Amateur Wrestling Legend, Dan Gable from cover to cover.
As a result I realized right then and there that you
can give yourself a huge advantage as long as you are willing to out think, out work, out fight and
out hustle your opponent... just like Dan Gable did.
I knew from then on, that no matter what I did athletically,
I would take my training to the limit.- while I may not have "won" every time, I was going to be damn sure nobody was going to train harder
than I would.
Understand, I played football in high school but never wrestled, in fact my school never even had a wrestling team.
For two years I tried to talk our bonehead athletic director into getting one going but no dice.
Regardless, I have always understood the value of the ways wrestlers train and incorporated
these methods into my own training program.
Stair running, up-downs, rope climbing, calisthenics - all great exercises and incredibly valuable if applied correctly
in the
program of every athlete.
Wrestling Tough by Mike Chapman
While these methods are top notch for building strength,
stamina and conditioning
the real key to putting them in your program is that exercises such as these build tremendous levels of mental toughness - an aspect
of development that few athletes pay attention to.
You see, wrestling requires a special type of courage and committment. The long hours of drills, the weight cutting, and performing
in front of hostile crowds are challenges that intimidate all but a special breed of athlete. Not to mention the sport's
very essence:
facing off against an opponet who wants to dominate you physically, destroy you emotionally and humiliate you mentally.
Wrestling Tough, the latest book from award-winning wrestling historian Mike Chapman, is a unique look at the
"stuff" that has characterized the greatest competitors to ever take the mat. Chapman begins by examining the common links
among wrestling champions through the ages. From there he takes an in-depth look at how and when these attitudes, thoughts
and behaviors manifest themselves in the training room and in competition.
Even the best athletes and most successful coaches will find something new in this book to add to their skill-set.
Let Wrestling Tough be your guide to a championship-level mind-set.
Here is a sample of what you'll start learning:
as soon as you turn the first page:
The 10 Fundamental Steps of Wrestling Tough and how to apply them immediately
Dan Gable's #1 key to overwhelming success and the only way you can make it work
The 2 most valuable components of wrestling according to 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Tom Brands
The 4 factors of Athletic proficiency according to one leading researcher
How Wrestling is unique among inter-scholoastic sports
Legendary Football Coach Bear Bryant's "Wrestling Test" and how it helped him build multiple National Championship Teams
The nature of toughness, the nature of skill and why "Mother Nature" doesn't matter
A definition of toughness that far too many people (especially on the internet) have no clue about
The 7 components of an optimal state of physiological and psychological arousal for performing at your peak
The importance of the right attitude and how to adjust it to move past setbacks
The valuable lesson that Ed Banach learned which allowed him to win his third NCAA Championship
The biggest difference between those who reach the highest plateaus and those who come close but don't quite make it.
A 2300 year old lesson in the Intimidation Factor and how to use it your best advantage
The biggest "Achilles heel" which separates the Winners from the Losers
From foundation to firm belief - How to build the confidence of a Champion
Lessons in persistence from Michael Jordan
The nearly insane training program that Dan Gable used to astound his Russian challengers
The unstoppable power of physical preparation and committment
How Matt Furey drew upon the writings of a 19th century writer and an early physical culture pioneer to bring home
a National and World Championship
How to grow discipline, forge desire, build will-power, add intensity and cultivate effort
How to remain calm under pressure
"Psyching up" vs. "psyching out"
How to achieve the right mind-set for ultimate success - lessons from the greatest athletes in other sports
How to remove barriers, get in "the zone" and understand the role of "Flow"
A simple method for measuring toughness
What they really mean by saying they "pay the price"
What hard work is and what it is not
The link between mental and physical toughness and the art of preparation
How to understand the roles of Underdog and Favorite
6 ways to developing the Will to Win
The three components of Dan Gable's training program that allowed him to whip every athlete
in the room even though he weighed all of 155 pounds!
The "Warrior Mentality"
Whew! - and that is just scratching the surface. Wrestling Tough is a treasure trove of information for
those willing to apply it. You will find yourself flipping though this book again and again - it really is THAT good.
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