What weights did you wrestle?

[11986]

98 - 119 in HS. 126 College intramurals. 135 in a bad idea to wrestle in an open tournament in my early 30s. 

[Santos]

98, 105, 112, 126

[Kov88]

119, 125, 125, 130

i was dropping 20+ lbs each season right after football. That part wasn’t fun lol

[jchapman]

8 hours ago, Ohio Elite said:

The jump from 171 to 189 was crazy! I was a tweener who walked around about 182.

Tell me about it.  And for a while my coach wanted me to weigh in at 171 so he had the option to bump me up.  Walked around at 182, cut to 171, almost always bumped up to 189.  Finally he let me just wrestle 189 without weighing in at 171.

[D3 for LU]

HS/NJ... Morris Co. 70-71 thru 73-74

Mendham HS Frosh 115 Soph 123 (didn't want to cut the wt)

Morristown HS Jr 115(had to cut to get the varsity slot) Sr 122... I was light for the weight(+ I didn't feel like  cutting down to 115)

Blair Academy 74-75 PG... try to make the cut to 115 but it was a no-go. Wrestled 2 bouts at 129 & went 1-1.

Did some club wrestling in the early 80'sin the summer while helping coaching the Morristown youth team during the winter seasons (Twin Town Tigers)

"Retired" at 28.

D3

Edited April 5 by D3 for LU

[Animal197]

HS: 275 (PA did not have 215 until a few years after I graduated)

college: 285, 197, 235 (NCWA)

made it to 198 last summer on a dare!

[Caveira]

Kids 64… 70… 82…87..

hs 103 112 119 125

college 126 (cut was brutal). 134… cut was still hard…. Even up a weight lol.   134 jr year.   got injured early, never competed again.  

[red viking]

1 hour ago, jchapman said:

Tell me about it.  And for a while my coach wanted me to weigh in at 171 so he had the option to bump me up.  Walked around at 182, cut to 171, almost always bumped up to 189.  Finally he let me just wrestle 189 without weighing in at 171.

Where did u wrestle? I'm from Madison. 

[jchapman]

1 hour ago, red viking said:

Where did u wrestle? I'm from Madison. 

Marshfield

[red viking]

Just now, jchapman said:

Marshfield

Oh, they're a great team.

[flyingcement]

Wrestling was more than just a sport to me—it was the bedrock of who I became. It gave me the mental and physical strength to face life’s challenges, to push through, and to carve out my place in the world. Without it, I might not have the same resilience, the same drive, or the same ability to handle adversity. It was a key part of my identity, and that’s something powerful to recognize.

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Wrestling was more than just a sport to me—it was the bedrock of who I became. It gave me the mental and physical strength to face life’s challenges, to push through, and to carve out my place in the world. Without it, I might not have the same resilience, the same drive, or the same ability to handle adversity. It was a key part of my identity, and that’s something powerful to recognize.

So without it you mightve just been @groundedconcrete  

[Jim L]

HS - 114, 128, 140, 147

College 157, 167, 167, 157.

Cut was brutal to 157 senior year in college. I was doing good until the cutting wore me out and had a catastrophic conference tournament.

I went  to 200 lbs by the summertime,  more muscle than fat as I stopped running focused on lifting.

35 years later still 205ish, not as much muscle though

[fishbane]

1 hour ago, Jim L said:

College 157, 167, 167, 157.

Isn't this impossible?  The old weights were 150, 158, 167, 177.  Then they changed to 157, 165, 174, 184.  You've selected a new weight your first year then an old weight the next two and a new weight your last season.  35 years ago it would have been the old weights.  So you probably had an extra pound - 158.

[nhs67]

36 minutes ago, fishbane said:

Isn't this impossible?  The old weights were 150, 158, 167, 177.  Then they changed to 157, 165, 174, 184.  You've selected a new weight your first year then an old weight the next two and a new weight your last season.  35 years ago it would have been the old weights.  So you probably had an extra pound - 158.

Going off his HS weights, I'd wager 158, yeah.

[Jim L]

2 hours ago, fishbane said:

Isn't this impossible?  The old weights were 150, 158, 167, 177.  Then they changed to 157, 165, 174, 184.  You've selected a new weight your first year then an old weight the next two and a new weight your last season.  35 years ago it would have been the old weights.  So you probably had an extra pound - 158.

I cut the extra pound just to prove how tough I was. Lol

You are correct.  It was 158 

Edited April 6 by Jim L

[RandolphTJones]

Freshman year was 145, pretty easy cut. 152 Soph and junior and then 160 senior year because I did not want to cut anymore. 165 in college all 4 years. No RS no transfer portal. 

[fishbane]

5 hours ago, Jim L said:

I cut the extra pound just to prove how tough I was. Lol

You are correct.  It was 158 

Yeah that makes sense.  I was trying to figure out if your college career overlapped the weight changes.  I thought maybe it was 158-167-167-157.  That would have been a pretty extreme cut as a senior.  The year before the change there was a near year long 7lb allowance so it would have been like dropping to 157 from 174. Dropping one weight is difficult enough.  

[cowcards]

FR/SO - 103
JR - 112
SR - 125
College 133 until semester and then I would move up to 141. 

[wrestle87]

On 4/5/2025 at 9:36 AM, Ohio Elite said:

The jump from 171 to 189 was crazy! I was a tweener who walked around about 182.

This defined my struggles in both high school and college.  In terms of impact on wrestling style and body types, that was the biggest weight adjustment.  

4th - 90
5th - 110
6th - 126
7th - 150
8th through 10th - 160
11th - 171
12th - 189
College 184, 174, 174, 184

Weight cuts made college not fun.  Pulling to 174 from 200+ took an awful lot of enjoyment out of the sport.  But when dudes at 184 are pulling from 220, what can you do?

Edited April 6 by wrestle87

[Quaker118]

98 10th grade 

107 11th grade cut from 115

107 12th grade cut from 124

118 all 4 years in college

[Benning1955]

9th grade   145

10th grade  132 (brutal cut)

11th grade   155

12th grade. 167

 

[nick]

In HS

112, 120, 126, 138

In college

125, 125

Walked around at 140 in college, not the worst cut but also not fun

[Cornell Kevin]

8th-12 Varsity (Victor, NY 1993-97) 

8th-112 lbs 

9th- 119 lbs 

10th- 126 lbs 

11th- 126 lbs (worst suck ever) 

12th - 140 lbs (certified at 135 and went 135 a few times but national champ in our section in my weight so bumped up 

Cortland St (D-3) 1997-99

Fresh year at Cortland 141 lbs 

Soph year at Cortland  150 lbs 

[Cornell Kevin]

Ok I am fairly new.. what does the Bob Dole reaction mean ?