RealTalkAJ

I’ll be explaining why wrestling is the best sport.

I’m probably biased in this discussion considering I participated in the sport for as long as I did.

There’s people who would agree that never did the sport I’m sure.

It has a reputation for being the toughest and pure sport out of the rest.

We’re gonna look at why wrestling would even be considered the best.

Here it is:

Why is Wrestling the best sport?

Wrestling is the best sport for several reasons.

It’s the perfect foundation for other sports.

It builds character.

It’s also the oldest sport to date.

You earn a significant advantage with its use in fighting situations.

And it’s also great for conditioning.

Why is wrestling considered the best background to develop before transitioning to MMA?

Many experts believe that wrestling’s needed in order to reach competitive levels of MMA.

The rules of the sport tend to favor wrestlers most.

Some of the most elite MMA stars have a wrestling background.

In theory any focused profession could help you transition into MMA.

But wrestling continues to prove to be the most useful.

And as far as MMA’s concerned it’s incredibly difficult to win a championship without any wrestling background.

Why wrestling is the best sport for character

Wrestling is the best sport for character because it’s an individual sport in just as many ways as it is a team sport as well.

It’s unique in how it teaches the athlete how to make adjustments to win the competition during action.

It teaches everyone that control over your situation is in your grasp.

There’s a plethora of life lessons that the sport teaches.

And in the end of your career it helps make you the best employee that a team could ever ask for.

What is the oldest sport besides wrestling?

Running is definitely in contention.

I’ve even come across the likes of Cricket.

Wrestling is for sure one of the oldest thanks to historical paintings that suggested it being the sport practiced worldwide.

There’s also Archery and even other ball-dependent games.

We could even look at Equestrian friendly sports that have a well known history.

Why does wrestling give the advantage in fighting situations?

Wrestling provides the advantage in most fighting situations because as the wrestler you can take your opponent down at will.

There are some disadvantages but the average wrestler beats out whoever’s average in another combat sport too.

A skilled wrestler makes being the same size a significant disadvantage and winning nearly impossible.

The only other sport that comes close in this scenario would be Judo.

If your opponent can’t touch you they can’t win either.

Why is wrestling great for conditioning?

Wrestling is great for conditioning because of the type of workouts most wrestlers are expected to go through.

One of the most popular ones are bleacher workouts.

Chael Sonnen puts things well by claiming “fatigue makes a coward of us all.”

Just the act of wrestling itself is a conditioning workout and it’s usually followed up with more of it afterwards.

If you’re looking to increase cardio it’s best to do short bursts of high intense activity for top results.

Conditioning proves to be a high priority once you reach competitive wrestlers in high school.

Final thoughts

These are the reasons wrestling is the best sport again:

• It’s the foundation for most sports
• It uses the word level change
• MMA superstars credits wrestling as being the sport to help them be successful
• It teaches self pride and discipline