Wrestling Styles & the Ideal Nutrition Suited for Workouts

By Rob Sutter


I believe that when you're a fan of something for a certain length of time, you're allowed to critique what you feel is out of the ordinary. This is what the case seems to be in terms of professional wrestling for me. I am a fan of the spectacle but even so I can't begin to tell you just how many factors irritate me. Nutrition suited for workouts seems to be one of the factors that come into play more than others and it often results in matches coming off lazy, showing a total disregard for fans' entertainment.

When it comes to just about any athletic line of work you can think of, you can be certain that the nutrition suited for workouts should be seen no matter what. It's understandable that people can work out all the why want but the changes made to one's diet should accompany the exercise you go about. Companies the likes of Muscular Development can tell you just how well these elements go together. That being said, the examples displayed in wrestling's past caught my attention.

Matt Hardy, once one of the pioneers of what tag team wrestling could be about, slowly sank in terms of value. There were personal and physical matters which impeded him and he let himself go to an extent. It seemed like he didn't care about going to the gym as much anymore and his match quality suffered as a result. I believed that he was one of the better grapplers but it was almost like these changes caused him to become lazy in the ring.

This isn't to say that all wrestlers who have out-of-shape appearances are necessarily so. For instance, Bam Bam Bigelow was not one of the wrestlers who had the bodybuilder physique and yet he could move quite fast, pulling off moonsaults as if he were two hundred pounds lighter. Sometimes wrestlers have these looks on purpose in order to appear like monsters. As long as they can wrestle for reasonable stretches of time, it should be an indicator of their physical conditioning outside of the ring, too.

I believe that nutrition suited for workouts come as some of the most important aspects of any wrestler. You want to look your best for the cameras, of course, but it's not going to matter much if you're so out of shape that you cannot wrestle for lengthy stretches of time. Any match that the Rock or Ryback has had were painfully short or drawn out beyond compare. A superhero physique can certainly help but it should be considered a side mission more so than a priority.




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