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Have you wanted to know “How do I get better at bridging in wrestling?”.

How Do I Get Better At Bridging In Wrestling?

Practicing the stretch for a bridge is best if you’re gonna do it. It’s easy learning how to bridge in wrestling but should only be practiced if you’re in that sport where it’s used in a match. The action overall is in question which makes knowing if it affects your career important probably.

How do I practice a bridge for wrestling?

It takes being able to lay on your back with your knees bent according to Legendary Strength.

They add further detail including you putting your hands by your head.

You’ll be adding your feet to the equation by using it to travel around up to a 360 angle.

I noticed a forum called Strong Fist has a member that suggests you start from a plank position.

Another from Reddit shares an experience with ‘weird’ neck exercises to replace the bridge.

Fanatic Wrestling includes an important detail in having to practice breathing I want to acknowledge.

Breathing is going to be key in order to have the right amount of strength to get off your (at least what I would imagine).

If you have another body over your adding pressure keeping you down it’s going to take air going to your muscles to explode off your back.

How to bridge in a wrestling match

Is bridging only for wrestling?

I checked a forum where credentialed professionals contributed a conversion about the same thing.

This is what a certified instructor had toto say.

It may be bad to do altogether

I came across another Reddit thread that started a discussion about the bridge possibly being bad for your neck.

This is the video they shared.

Without a doubt a bridge can be bad for your neck if you’re not a wrestler.

Why else would you even do it outside of the sport anyways?

But if you’re a wrestler you should be okay.

It’s a defense mechanism against a pin.

The move is legal and mentioned in plenty of wrestling reading material.

There hasn’t been any major injuries with the move after applying a review of how the action’s designed.

Will bridging affect my career in wrestling?

After checking a few of the replies on Reddit I mentioned earlier, I found a member that surprisingly made a podcast with the thread author and had this to say.

It’s a little lengthy but the main point that helped answer our question is that youth plays a factor.

If you’re young and are practicing you’ll be in shape enough to do a bridge.

You’ll be practicing and competing against people who are skilled enough to do a bridge as well.

That’s being generous maybe but it’s something we’ll assume.

Final thoughts

These are the ways you perform a bridge a wrestling again:

• Start off in a plank

• Place all of your weight on your head to a balance

• Rotate freely in one direction or the other to a full 360

That’s the basics to performing a bridge.

Did I miss anything?

Leave a comment with your thoughts.