I'm not asking this because I want to know an exact number, I'm just trying to get a perspective on our own practices.

We have a shared facility, its a large room with a wrestling mat on one side, and the weight room on the other, completely open, which I love at the beginning of the season because we can lift at the end of practice, but we can't lift now because the football team is lifting now, which doesn't bother me other than the fact that we can't lift anymore.

The mat is literally 2 feet from a garage door that you can feel the cold air coming under, and another standard door that opens and closes about 10 times each practice because somebody is going in and out, but its not any of my wrestlers.

I crank the heat up as soon as we get in there right after school, and it gets nice and warm by the time we are done warming up. I do this for several reasons, none of which are weight cutting, I have 2 kids that cut about 4 pounds per week, we don't cut weight.

1) To lesson muscular injuries, warm muscle are more pliable than cold muscles (think of a rubber band in the freezer that will break when stressed).

2) To keep the mats from getting hard by sitting on a concrete floor next to cold air from the doors.

3) The warm air makes for better cardio, hot air carries more moisture, which in turn is harder to beathe, which stresses the lungs, thus making it a better cardio workout (this is why its hard to run when it's humid).

4) The mental advantage of my kids being to push through being uncomfortable and sweaty.

These are my reasons, as hokie as they may sound, this is why I do it.

The issue is, when the football team comes in, they all complain about it being hot (the wrestlers don't), which it is, I get that. It is hotter on their side of the room because they are away from all doors, but then again, when they put everybody in there, the wrestling mat was over there, and I asked to stay over there for these specific reasons.

Would I be completely unreasonable about wanting to keep the room hot for practice? I'm willing to compromise, but that doesn't seem to be a point of discussion.

Just give me your thoughts on the temperature in your room, and why you do it.

Thanks,

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As hot as you can get it. Tell those wussy football players they might have a better season if they wrestled. Baltimore Ravens: Ray Lewis-a State champion wrestler and Bryan Hall a state runner-up from Paducah Tilghman both just won a Super Bowl.

You think I haven't told them that? I've sent the head couch a few articles and powerpoints. These guys are local, never been exposed to wrestling, and think that their way is the best and only way.

As hot as you can get it. Tell those wussy football players they might have a better season if they wrestled. Baltimore Ravens: Ray Lewis-a State champion wrestler and Bryan Hall a state runner-up from Paducah Tilghman both just won a Super Bowl.

Roddy White was 2x champ.

First the 5 match rule at the middle school level and now this. I'm about to have a coronary.

I beg you to stop this practice immediately.

Did you know that it's prohibited by the NCAA for its member schools to have a wrestling room at 75 degrees or more at the start of practice?

Three college wrestlers died in 1997 from weight cutting. I know you said that's not why you heat the room, but please be aware that rapid water loss is deadly. I hope they are hydrating non-stop during breaks.

Wrestling is hard enough without artificial means. I'd watch out before one of those football guys goes to your AD or school board. A few years ago at PRP a kid died during 2 a days in August. The coach was criminally prosecuted.

Fire away.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/2002-01-01/weight-management-education

First the 5 match rule at the middle school level and now this. I'm about to have a coronary.

I beg you to stop this practice immediately.

Did you know that it's prohibited by the NCAA for its member schools to have a wrestling room at 75 degrees or more at the start of practice?

Three college wrestlers died in 1997 from weight cutting. I know you said that's not why you heat the room, but please be aware that rapid water loss is deadly. I hope they are hydrating non-stop during breaks.

Wrestling is hard enough without artificial means. I'd watch out before one of those football guys goes to your AD or school board. A few years ago at PRP a kid died during 2 a days in August. The coach was criminally prosecuted.

Fire away.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/2002-01-01/weight-management-education

Thanks, this is exactly what I was hoping for.

Of course, I agree that the football players should be able to suck it up for 30 minutes while they lift, but there are benefits of working out in the heat.

This is the article that I've read.

https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/10524/Lorenzo_Santiago_phd2010win.pdf?sequence=1

Of course, it applies to cycling and endurance athletes, and it does discuss high intensity for short periods of time and low intensity for long periods of time.

I think the physiological effects transfer.

The heat acclimation would increase athletic performance. It would increase the efficiency of the heat dissipation in the body as well as increase the body's blood volume.

Isn't that what we all are looking for?

I agree that heat brings a different level of mental toughness.  As along as you are having proper water breaks this should be fine.  We have turned into a sue happy society that is looking for a reason.  If you are covering all your bases, you should be fine.  We like it as hot as we can get it and depending is the water breaks we get.  For team building pruposes, I would try to work with the football team and maybe try to switch the room around so you all have the hottest part.

I agree that heat brings a different level of mental toughness.  As along as you are having proper water breaks this should be fine.  We have turned into a sue happy society that is looking for a reason.  If you are covering all your bases, you should be fine.  We like it as hot as we can get it and depending is the water breaks we get.  For team building pruposes, I would try to work with the football team and maybe try to switch the room around so you all have the hottest part.

Oh, we take 3-5 minutes after every round of live wrestling, we took 7 breaks on Tuesday, so that base is covered, I'm not trying to kill them, get the intensity up, and rest. Repeat. And I've tried to work with them, but words fall on def ears.

Could you do the switch yourself real quick?  Is there any reason why they need that side?

Just had a nice sit down meeting with the AD today, and he suggested the switch, so I agreed with him, of course, this time of the season, it'll be a possible solution for next season, and I bargained him to let me raise the temp to 75! Making progress

You do not need to heat your wrestling room until fridays practie. You definatly do not want a cold room were the mats are hard . As a warm room will increase blood flow and reduce injury . But if your wrestlers need heat to cut weight your practice is not hard enough. I lost 4-7 pounds a practice in wrestling rooms that were kept at warm levels and would only crank the heat up on friday to cut water weight . I have experianced wrestling rooms who keep the heat turned up and they will produce negative effects on wrestlers who go hard the entire practice , such as dehydration and exhaustion .