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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not related at all....look at softball, FH, baseball, wrestling... none of those kids could pass the academy fitness test if ALL they did was their sport at high school. None of them.  [/quote]

Strange you would include wrestling in that group.  It is probably one of the best sports for fitness, with many teams including multi-mile runs, strength training, etc. into wrestling practices/workouts.

You know wrestling and pro wrestling aren't the same, right?[/quote]

So. They would be ready for basic training[/quote]

Not even close. Most wrestlers in HS are not fit. They only run when they need to drop weight.  They have no cardio stamina. [/quote]

You clearly have no idea what wrestling entails.  It's basically combining sprinting and resistance training in one...anyone that has gone 100% for a 6 minute match will tell you it's the most intense 6 minutes of any high school sport.  Also, most of the physical test for a military academy is pull ups, pushups and crunches.  Wrestling practice is tailor-made for this kind of stuff, with fairly lite, strong kids with almost no body fat who have to do all of those things every day for practice.

The running part is the easiest part of the test.[/quote]

Plus wrestlers get to wear tights![/quote]

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