Anyone trained in a gym same time as wrestlers?

[Darren Avey]

I wondered what they throw up, like for real, not what its says on "wwe.com" 

Ill bet Haku was strong

[funk51]

years ago rocky johnson=aka the rock's father at fitness america in whitehall pa. was playing with 225 lbs bench press with two blondes spotting him..i was just leaving when he just started lifting, so i imagine this was a warmup set.

[Nick Danger]

I wondered what they throw up, like for real, not what its says on "wwe.com" 

Ill bet Haku was strong

Haku when he was known as King Tonga used to train at my gym when he was in town. I think he was the first guy I saw benching 5 plates.

I trained with Edge once at a gym in Toronto, good shape but he didn't lift heavy.

[NelsonMuntz]

Haku when he was known as King Tonga used to train at my gym when he was in town. I think he was the first guy I saw benching 5 plates.

I trained with Edge once at a gym in Toronto, good shape but he didn't lift heavy.

Montreal West Island by chance?

[Nirvana]

pro wrestlers are larger than life

[HTexan]

I wondered what they throw up, like for real, not what its says on "wwe.com" 

Ill bet Haku was strong

Naw, I don't go to a gay gym. 

[wes]

Too long of a story which I`ve told before,but yes.

[Nick Danger]

Montreal West Island by chance?

Diamond Gym

[Bevo]

pro wrestlers are larger than life

No matter how big bbers look they are just too short and almost always get dwarfed by 6'2+ wrestlers

[ratherbebig]

imagine if theres just one bench and there's a lot of wrestlers there you would need to wrestle them all just to get to bench on that one bench and that itself would be quite a work out so when youre done wrestling them wrestlers and ready for benching on that bench you would be outta breath and probably use the bench to lie down LOL!!! and sleep some yeah!

i think that happened to me once. anyway good job posting this thread.

[Kwon]

imagine if theres just one bench and there's a lot of wrestlers there you would need to wrestle them all just to get to bench on that one bench and that itself would be quite a work out so when youre done wrestling them wrestlers and ready for benching on that bench you would be outta breath and probably use the bench to lie down LOL!!! and sleep some yeah!

i think that happened to me once. anyway good job posting this thread.

After wrestling all those wrestlers to get to the bench you'd probably feel like you had your day's workout (even harder workout than expected) and then pass on the bench.

Probably would skip the bench until the next day or the day after.

Better workout though than the bench, wrestling all the wrestlers to get To the bench.

[ratherbebig]

my thoughts exactly.

if the gym was full with wrestlers i bet i would have some bigtime functional strength from just wrestling them there's something organic with the resistance only another human body can provide that cannot be duplicated by free weights nor machines and here lies the true key to hypertrophy, i feel.

for muscle against muscle connection, some true man on man action in all its glory and natural full nudity wrestling with just a tiny bit of oil for friction where you wrestle 30 seconds with 5 different wrestlers so you always get a new fresh one.

[AbrahamG]

Yes.  Late 90's at the Powerhouse in Taylor, Michigan.  Whenever they were in town, this is where they trained.  Saw
Luger, Razor Ramon, The Rock, Kevin Nash and Sting.  I know there were others, but can't remember.  The Red Rooster aka Terry Taylor used to go to the Golds Gym in Taylor in the early 90's.  I was a teenager and while he was showering, I stole his Gold's Gym Venice tank top. LMFAO.  Kevin Nash was from nearby Trenton, MI and that could be whey they trained there.  In person, none of them were impressive save for Lex Luger.  The Rock wasn't very big.  Neither tall nor wide.  They all lifted like pussies and the weights used were pitiful.  All drugs.

[Kwon]

Yes, functional strength is king.


Best scenario would be if you had hired those wrestlers.

To get to the Kitchen to make food, you HAD to wrestle the wrestlers to even get to the oven.

To get to bed to sleep you had to wrestle the wrestlers standing in the way.

To get to the bathroom you had to wrestle as well, (maybe even wrestle in the bathtub while bathing (!))

It would make you a stronger individual with much stronger principles and morale.

[NelsonMuntz]

Diamond Gym

Holy shit dude, my first gym from age 16-21 essentially summer 86 till winter 91 until I moved off the island

we probably have met or know each other from back then

To this day that is my favorite gym to have trained in ever

[NelsonMuntz]

Diamond Gym

check your pm when you get a chance

[Slik]

Any wrestler that was anyone worked out at manions gym on Friday nights back when they came in to Pittsburgh to wrastle at the civic arena. I worked the front desk in the early 80s.

[Ropo]

I wondered what they throw up, like for real, not what its says on "wwe.com" 

Ill bet Haku was strong

I was training at the same gym as this dude:



So what?

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Well, he wasn't a wrestler at the time but Xavier Woods....really puny guy at the time but he was only 18 at the time. 

[Doug_Steele]

Sting (favorite wrestler), luger (fucking big guy), flair, Kevin Nash, hogan, Chris Benoit (strong as shit), Eddie Guerrero, macho man, Scott steiner, Rick steiner (both went to Michigan and were cool as shit), diamond Dallas page, razor Ramon and some other WCW guys. 

[SuperTed]

pro wrestlers are larger than life

Wonder how strong Big Show could have got if he properly trained for it. He made picking up other wrestlers look so easy. You could tell that he barely needed to put any effort into it.

[kevcat]

Just last year. Im not a big fan of it anymore, but I occasionally watch WWE so I know enough faces.
I was just having a normal day when right beside me appears this huge bald guy. Now im not the type to look around me in a gym, I just get in, lift and leave when finished. But this guy was like nothing id stood beside before.
This was Ryback. I didn't really look at numbers but he was lifting very intensely.
Later on I realized the show was in town and that Cena was in the same gym that evening. Definitely larger than life these guys.

[Mr Anabolic]

When WWF came to Philly in the 80's Paul Orndoff would always train at my gym.  His fav exercise was deadlifts, he'd usually work up to 405 for 8-10 reps.  He never benched more than 315.

[TonyAlva]

great thread that Razer Ra-mon look like strong sob in his prime

[Ronnie Rep]

years ago rocky johnson=aka the rock's father at fitness america in whitehall pa. was playing with 225 lbs bench press with two blondes spotting him..i was just leaving when he just started lifting, so i imagine this was a warmup set.

I trained in the same gym as Rocky, 2008 - 2009. I also trained with Mike" Corporal" Kirchner, Chris "Tatanka" Chavis, Larry "Lex Luger" Phol, and some others.