How can Olympic medalist wrestlers have serious cardio issues? (Romero)

[Dream20]

I don't know much about wrestling. You don't need great cardio to be world class?

 

[Hi-Tech]

Romero has great cardio and finishes fights in 3rd round

 

[chunglii]

3rd Round Romero. C'mon people...

 

[ThulsaDooom]

Getting punched and kicked takes a lot out of you.

 

[Teh_Lulz7]

For a man his size, those scrambles he had with Kennedy are extremely tiring. On top of getting punched and kicked.

 

[PCKT$]

The same way a basketball player will get tired playing football or a football player will get tired playing soccer.
Different sports, different training and different movements.

Wrestling isn't mma

 

[PivotPunch]

He is 40 years old and his cardio isn't nearly as bad as some say

 

[The-AxeMurderer]

Well lets not downplay the fact that he is 39.

Also has finished most fights in the 3rd, so he is outlasting younger dudes.

 

[Sonny Qc]

he got pretty good cardio for a man that age and size.


not like a lombard

 

[The guest]

Cejudo had no cardio issues.

MM just beat him up.

 

[Andy Anderson]

He's an explosive and his crazy moves take lots of energy from his tank

 

[Gilday]

Romero has cardio problems? All but one of his UFC fights have gone to the 3rd round, and he's finished all but one of them...

 

[MCS]

Striking taxes cardio differently. It's more like a marathon, whereas wrestling is a constant power push. So a lot of wrestlers tend to overload on their strikes and have shoulder stiffness, tenseness that drains cardio as well. Resting in those 2 sports is also different. In striking you take breaks by clinching, moving on the outside and resting in between rounds, while in wrestling you lean on the other guy (I'm sure there are a bunch of other tricks as well). Romero wrestled his whole life, he's used to one aspect, but he's a relative rookie in the other and you combine the 2 in MMA, which adds another dimension.

 

[Bogeyman]

CM Punk is a world champion professional wrestler with no cardio issues.

Professional > amateur.

 

[sutherland]

I don't know much about wrestling. You don't need great cardio to be world class?

wrestling has way shorter rounds

 

[myjohnson9]

Punching will take the wind out of somebody who has wrestling cardio. It's pretty simple actually

 

[dontlaugh]

Different fight dynamics, different ways to use energy etc.

 

[tenniswhiz]

Punching will take the wind out of somebody who has wrestling cardio. It's pretty simple actually

Yes.

Also, Mark Coleman used to talk about how they trained for explosive 2 or 3 minute rounds.

 

[smart.feller]

As others have said, it's a different kind of conditioning for striking vs. grappling.

 

[lalaland]

Olympic wrestling matches are 2 times 3 minutes.