Newer Female Wrestlers, Build Stronger Biceps And Shoulders For Submitting Headlocks

March 7, 2024,

You can always expand beyond the basics.

As long as you perform the basics well.

Especially in female wrestling.

The most basic move in wrestling is learning and perfecting the headlock.

It is a new year, and hopefully you have plans to expand on your wrestling skills, but always remember to keep practicing the headlock.

In the 2014 era when FCI was doing a lot of filming, two of the greatest headlock performers we worked with were Olivia D’Angelo and Isamar. No one performed head locks better.

In the DWW camp, we always felt that Zsuzsa, due to her smaller size, relied on effective headlocks to take her opponents down.

Whether it is the Lady Pros, female submission wrestlers and the freestyle wrestlers, applying headlocks is their meat and potatoes.

The headlock is the basic wrestling hold.

Those of us who follow the sport know that.

Securing the hold is a whole other matter.

How many determined female grapplers have gotten their opponents into headlocks, only to lose the hold and eventually lose the match?

Some of that is due to technique.

In all fairness, some of that is due to a lack of strength training.

A facet of strength training that will help secure those hold is bicep training.

Let’s walk over to the bookstore.

Beastly Biceps: The Essential Guide to Bicep Growth and Development (Beastly Body) Paperback – April 1, 2021

By Rhys Larson (Author)

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Everyone deserves a great pair of arms. Everyone deserves a pair of beastly biceps!”

Indeed.

As a female grappler, you can really use some beastly biceps when you are trying to secure and tighten those locks.

When capturing the headlock, very important, when you take down your opponent, land on top of her. Not the side or the middle.

On top.

To apply it effectively, you should have developed arm, shoulder and back strength to keep your opponent’s head locked underneath yours while you are static in a tight grip.

They will be squirming in anguish but you should be static and unyielding.

Practice that move over and over. We suggest with a male partner. That should give you an advantage when applying it real time with a female partner.

Time to think about your shoulders.

Between strong biceps and powerful shoulders, your hold on your opponent will almost be unbreakable.

How are your shoulders at this point in time? Could they use some strengthening?

Maybe ideas from an expert can help.

One more trip to the bookstore.

21 Days to Bigger Shoulders: The Illustrated Guide to the Best Shoulder exercises and the ONLY Shoulder Workout You Need for Big, Broad Shoulders, Fast Kindle Edition

By Grant Michaels (Author)

“The Only Shoulder Workout You Will Ever Need
Weight training is a very thought out process that requires knowing which exercises are not only going to strengthen your muscles, but which ones will also add on to your muscle size. The same is true when it comes to working out your shoulders.

You may think that by working out your arms, chest, and upper back your shoulders will automatically be affected. This just is not true. Not only do your genetics play a role in how big your muscles can actually get, but like any other part of your body specific workouts must be applied to the area.

Inside Grant Michael’s shoulder workout guide, you will get 11 great exercises that are specifically for toning and building your shoulder muscle mass. You will never look back once you fully understand how your body is impacted by each and every exercise you perform.

How Will This Book Help You Increase Your Shoulder Muscle Mass?
Grant has put together an extremely detailed illustrated guide specialized in weight training for your shoulders. These 11 exercises will not only focus on the specific deltoid muscles located in the shoulders, but also on the areas surrounding them and the full body. This is to help you ensure that your overall physique is in sync. For example, muscles that will be targeted in this guide besides those located in the shoulder include:

• Quadriceps
• Hamstrings
• Gluteal
• Abdominal
• Back
• Triceps

Not only will you get an even workout, but you will learn how to increase your muscle size through safe and recommended methods. You will be taught how to master top-of-the-line weight training exercises that people at the top of their field perform.”

Sounds masterful.

What we love so much about the headlock hold is that even a newer wrestler can become very good at it, fairly quickly.

An added benefit is that it will build your wrestling confidence as well.

All female grapplers can certainly benefit from that.

After all, it is basic.

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NOTE: Very important, whenever you are engaging in a new exercise or sport for the first time, please consult with your physician first.