(upbeat music)
- Hey, what's up everyone.
Jordan Burroughs here.
I'm an Olympic wrestler for the United States of America
at 163 pounds.
Today I'm gonna take you behind the scenes
as we do one of my workouts in preparation
for a big competition coming up,
I've got my coach with me and he's gonna do a little
explanation of what we're gonna be doing today.
- Hi, I'm Mark Manning,
head wrestling coach here at Nebraska and Jordan's coach.
Today we are going to go through
a number of CrossFit kind of exercises
in regards to putting Jordan through a workout.
So we'll start off with some cardio,
getting his heart rate up, getting his body ready to go,
and then we'll go to some pull-ups.
We'll test his upper body.
And then we'll go to some bands
and then also to the battle ropes
and then some stance and motion
and some execution of his drills and his famous double leg.
Part of being the best in the world
is being physically prepared, mentally prepared,
and then emotionally prepared.
So we really demand a lot out of him
from the cardio standpoint
and also just the physical nature of our sport.
For Jordan's cardio, we just try to push him.
We're short spurts,
where he is in his training cycle right now,
he needs just short bursts, short goes.
So he needs his power, he needs his speed, quickness,
but also his conditioning.
Be able to repeat the effort,
repeat that hard work each and every time.
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So Jordan's going to do some overhand pull-ups right now.
Once he pumps out 20, he's gonna go right to the band work.
- [Jordan] A lot of what we do in wrestling
is getting to my attacks and so getting to a guy's leg
and as he's trying to sprawl and get his legs back,
my job is to pull his legs into my chest
so I can finish my take-down
and so a lot of band work, a lot of pull-ups,
making sure my lats are strong and my back is strong.
- [Mark] Now Jordan's going to pull ups,
underhand 20 and then wrap another set of bands.
On the bands, he's gonna do snap downs.
So he's going to work his snap and moving his feet
and train his upper body here.
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- [Jordan] The battle ropes, this is going
to help simulate a wrestling match
from the hand fighting perspective.
You're gonna be getting into
a lot of battles with your hands.
Collar ties, controlling the risk,
two on one, digging under hooks,
and you're gonna really have to condition those shoulders
and forearms so they can last
throughout the entirety of a six minute match.
(whistle blows)
- So what we're gonna do right now
is do some stance and motion.
These guys are gonna do some high low,
a lot of foot action, move,
and be able to function with a lot of level changes.
(whistle blows) Go hi.
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good.
Low!
Nice.
Stance motion.
Good.
Fake and move and, nice.
Good, good action.
Keep threatenin'.
(whistle blows)
Nice.
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So right now we're gonna do
what we call in wrestling an execution.
It's just a number of take-downs.
Jordan's gonna do his famous double leg a number of times,
but just executing the shots and getting his offense off.
(whistle blows) Hit it, go.
Good, good pressure.
Good, nice.
Good, angle, angles, good, nice shot.
Good.
Ready, hit him with your body.
Good, get in with your body.
Good.
Good foot work.
Take care of your hands.
Move in.
Nice, nice.
(upbeat music)
So Jordan's just gonna do
in this kind of circuit for his training.
He's just gonna go two times through here
and it's gonna really tax him.
It's a tough workout, but we just trained in all areas
in regards to the wrestling aspect,
but also the physical demands with the battle ropes
and the bands and the pull ups,
but also his conditioning with his,
with his bike workout.
- So finally finished the workout.
I know it doesn't look like I'm sweating anymore,
but I've taken some time to cool down, stretch,
and just bring my heart rate down and relaxed,
but it was an amazing workout, a great way to start the day.
So I really like to get workouts in early in the morning
so I have time to spend the rest of the day with my family
enjoying the things that I love.
So I really am trying to be efficient with my time
and everything that I do.
I'm Jordan Burroughs.
That's how I work out.