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Yup, I’m the guy in the red Iowa State singlet. I was an Iowa HS state champion in 1993 and wrestled at ISU for a couple years before retiring after my 6 concussion (most in HS football and wrestling.)

I was an Iowa state champion in HS and received a division 1 scholarship from ISU before retiring from wrestling my second year in college after my 6 concussion sustained in football and wrestling. I know the Sandersons personally. Cody, Cole, and Cael were my teammates. I can guarantee they would disagree with you that Strength and Conditioning are a waste of time. I also have a degree in Exercise and Sports Science. Micic and Arujau are great wrestlers, but have recently lost to athletes who do strength and conditioning outside of the wrestling room. Ono smoked Arujau at the world championships and he has content doing S&C on social media platforms. He’s more powerful and explosive than Arujau and it shows. There are two major ways you can get faster refine your skills to make them more efficient and get stronger and more explosive through S&C.

If you want to get into wrestling I would recommend you watch some of the great wrestling content available on TH-cam and then possibly volunteer to help coach a youth team if possible.

I do. Email me at mark@forged-strength.com and we can set one up.

Thank you I appreciate it!

Is 51 too old ? WTH . Can you run a mile in 7 minutes?

Yes, I probably can. The last distance run I did semi-competitively was a Thanksgiving Day run 8 K (so pretty much 5 miles) and I ran it in 36 minutes.

@@Gruff338 me no -- my mile is probably about 14 minutes with a knee brace on.

It’s a balance between very modest increases in calories for 3 to 6 months followed up by 3 to 4 months of losing the gained body fat and maintaining LBM and ultimately strength. Over 30 years of repeating this method you get really jacked and strong. It’s not really flashy or exciting, but it almost always works. Be thoughtful and consistent with training over a long period of time and stay patient.

Go for it, life is short.

That’s hilarious!! I mainly come up slowly because the ice has actually cut and scratched my skin up sometimes in the past.

I’ll take that as a compliment. Lots of working out and eating right for almost 50 years.

Thank you!

Thanks. This lift was over 8 years ago. I did learn how to pull the slack out and cleaned up my form eventually setting National deadlift and total records in the UPA and USPA when I was still competing. It was incredibly hard do make 132 and to compete at a national and world level at 148 I'd have to start using gear. So I basically stopped competing, but still coach powerlifters.

@@markbrandenburg great achivement mate, glad you made it

You’re welcome! I’m glad you liked it!

Usually an old Cannondale M200 or sometimes my Rogue Echo.

@@markbrandenburg 😂😂😂

I definitely contemplated not doing it, but I’m still very quick and strong for my size. If I do it again I will definitely make sure I can practice more than drilling a couple times the week of the tournament lol.

You can do jiu jitsu starting now.

It was in St Paul, MN. There was a 16 team tournament (6 weights each team) followed by an individual tournament right after. I believe there were even more wrestlers competing in the individual tournament.

Thank you. I might do more now that I'm not powerlifting competitively.

Thank you. I'm challenging the common narrative that our health and athletic ability declines so fast that we are reduced to golf and other similar sports by the time we hit 40. I train a lot of middle aged adults to do the same in their respective sports. As far as injuries, they're inevitable and the best way to reduce or recover from them is to consistently strength train through a full range of motion and recover to the best of your capability between workouts.

Thanks, I was considering not adding voice over because my kids, their friends, and my friends commentary was actually pretty entertaining as well.

Thank you. Eventually I’ll put out more and more content. I’m not very proficient at putting out videos on TH-cam yet, but I’ll figure it out.

I train when I can (between clients.) Usually early afternoon. I don't mind doing cardio fasted, but I prefer to eat at least once before weight/resistance training. If I don't eat before training my workout intensity drops and I tend to recover slower. Even if I consume the same amount of food in the day, if that makes sense.

@@markbrandenburg Cheers mate. I'm the same, can't do a proper strength session on an empty stomach. Keep pumping out the great content

Thank you! You're welcome!

Here's one. th-cam.com/video/xB1Dmf2lpFI/w-d-xo.html You can also contact me at mark@forged-strength.com

You’re welcome!

Thank you!

Lol chill out spaz

mans is basically kipping😂😂

I did the Marine Corps both 30 minutes before this one (Navy) and they said I did 32.

The bar was ridiculously flimsy, but I get your point. However, in battle it doesn’t matter how it gets done. It’s not bodybuilding.

It's does matter how you get stuff done in battle just can't go Leroy Jenkins

@@markbrandenburg Per MCO 6100.13A Marines must “lock out” at the bottom of the exercise and the chin must pass the bar with each repetition. I’m not downing you, I couldn’t do what you just did at the moment lol I’m good for about 18 dead hang pull ups right now.