I'm pretty excited about my new web page. I find myself checking it and wanting to add to it every  chance I get.  So since I'm here I guess i'll write alittle something.  So today I woke up at the OTC and did an individual drill session with ZEKE JONES Head Coach of USA Wrestling.  We got a quick warm up and worked a little on my par-terre, defense to gut, and transitions into my turns(Guts and Leg Laces).  I used that as my warm up heading into our morning lift session.  We did a really hard intense circuit type lift, since were getting pretty close nationals, there's no need to lift real heavy.  This was one of my favorite lifts I ever did.  Dont get me wrong it was hard as heck, but fun!!! We had 12 stations, 20 sec. on and 20 sec. off  for 6 min. and we did 3-6min. goes. Some of the lifts we did were....front raises with long heavy ropes as hard and as fast as possible,  Tire lifts and throw downs(with huge monster truck style tires), boat rows with a normal 45lb barbell, medicine ball lifts with 110-160lbs balls( similar to the Atlas Stones on World Stongest Man), we had a sledge hammer that we swung as hard as we could at a huge monster truck tire...etc.  It was crazy intense and hard, but I really enjoy switching things up like that, from the traditional weight room lifts.  Also I feel that these types of lifts are ideal for wrestlers, in general. We finished our morning up with a 2-10min. goes in the sauna with cold pludge in btw. We have the afternoon off, giving our bodies some rest going into our last two hard days before I begin to taper for U.S. Nationals.  So for the rest of the day I think a few of the guys and I out here are gonna go HIKING.  I mean we are in Colorado Springs and its beautiful out here!!! 

Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work. -- David Grayson

HI EVERYONE, WELCOME TO MY PAGE!!! This is officially my first blog ever, so bear with me.  I actually got some help from Athlete Services here at the Olympic Training Center on how to create my own home-page to better market myself and reach out to my followers.  My page will get better and better as I learn to add to new things to it.  So currently I am in Colorado Springs, CO at the Olympic Training Center from March 23-31st.  I feel this is a very crucial time in my training, this is the last hard, intense push i'll have in my training before i start to taper my training in preparation for the U.S. NATIONALS in LAS, VEGAS April 7-11.  So when from Colorado I travel back to Norman, Oklahoma where I am currently living, coaching and training.  From there I travel to U.S. Nationals with hopes of qualifying for the World Team Trials.  The new freestyle rankings just came out and currently I am sitting at the 8th spot on the Olympic Ladder for freestyle 84KG.  This is very important heading into U.S. Nationals.  Because I'm the 8th seed I will sit out the first day of competition.  The top 8 guys from the preliminary bracket from the first day of competition will enter the qualifying bracket with the other top 8 guys in the country to see who qualifies for the World Team Trials to be held in Council Bluffs, IA  May 30-31st.  Well that just a glimpse of what's going on in my training and upcoming events. Please come back soon!! 

"It is the Inspiration of the Olympic games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication." HERB ELLIOTT