Wrestlers build cardio by doing steady conditioning work every week, on top of ring training. Pick something you can keep doing, like walking, biking, or swimming. Start where you are and add a little at a time. Getting blown up is not a plan. A plan is something you can repeat and recover from. 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗜 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧? Start with where you are today. Not where your favorite wrestler is. Tell your coach or trainer what you do now, what your work week looks like, and if you have any health stuff going on. If you are coming back from a long break or something feels off, see a doctor before you go hard. I'm not a doctor, so get that part from one. The American Heart Association advises gradual increases in exercise. Going from zero to a hundred does not prove you want it more. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢 𝗪𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦? The kind you will do. Brisk walking. A bike. A pool. Something close, cheap, and easy to get to. For general health, CDC's adult guidance says at least 150 minutes of moderate cardio a week, plus strength work. That is a health baseline for adults. It is not a wrestling program, and it does not mean you are ready for a match. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗜 𝗙𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚? Put your whole week on one page. Classes. Bookings. Lifting. Your job. Travel. Late nights. Then ask your trainer which days should be easy and which can be hard. Don't stack every hard thing on one day just because that is your "training day." One more thing. Cardio does not teach you to work with a partner. And taking extra bumps is not cardio. Leave the ring work for class, with your coach watching. 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗜 𝗗𝗢 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗦? Maybe. Hard intervals can help, but they have to fit you and your week. Ask what the workout is for. If it wrecks you so bad you can't train the next day, it needs a second look.

Run a wrestling tournament by defining the purpose, published rules, participant plan and event operations before announcing the field. Make advancement understandable and prepare for withdrawals or changes. A tournament is a promise about a process, so the promotion should not change that process casually when the story becomes inconvenient. 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 - State the prize or consequence clearly: a championship, a future opportunity or another approved result. Confirm that the promotion can deliver it and that any relevant rights or outside agreements are resolved. - Do not announce a reward that depends on an unconfirmed performer, venue or future event. If the prize is a match at a later date, establish what is genuinely committed and what terms the audience needs to understand. 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 - Decide whether the tournament occurs across several events or within one program. Review talent availability, workload, qualified medical input where appropriate and the event’s operating capacity. Do not assume multiple matches in one day are suitable for every participant. - The creative desire for a compact tournament does not override training, consent, medical restrictions or local requirements. Use qualified professional judgment and redesign the format if the proposed schedule cannot be supported responsibly. 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 - Explain the format, eligibility, how a winner advances and how ties, withdrawals or disqualifications are handled within the approved presentation. Avoid adding a complicated rule that fans only learn after it changes a result. - Keep operational and fictional rules aligned. A legitimate medical withdrawal should not be treated as a character’s moral failure or a reason to pressure them to continue. Any replacement or advancement decision should follow the planned process and be communicated clearly. 𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔 𝗛𝗬𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡

Do a wrestling interview by understanding the audience, agreeing on the format, and preparing a few truthful points you can explain naturally. Listen to the question, answer it directly, and use specific examples without exposing private information or inventing a story for attention. This lesson starts with preparing to be interviewed. If you are the interviewer, your job is to help the guest explain something useful rather than simply read a list of questions. 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦 - Before agreeing, ask who is producing it, where it will appear, whether it is live or edited, how long it will run, and what topics it will cover. Verify the outlet and contact through its established public channels if the request is unfamiliar. - Clarify whether you are appearing in character, speaking as yourself, or moving between the two. A storyline interview and a factual career discussion create different expectations. Make those transitions clear to the host and audience. - Ask about recording, clips, promotional use, and any sponsor involvement. Do not assume you will receive final approval of an independent journalist's work. Any review arrangement needs to be agreed beforehand, and the outlet may decline it. 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 - Write three things the audience should understand. For each, prepare a short explanation and a real example you are comfortable discussing. - Examples might concern your character's motivation, what an upcoming appearance means, or the kind of experience new fans can expect. Confirm dates, names, ticket links, and other practical details with the organizer before repeating them. - Avoid memorizing a paragraph so tightly that you stop listening. Practice answering the same question in different words while keeping the facts consistent. Hypothetical example: asked why a match matters to your character, you could explain the rivalry's established stakes, describe the character's goal, and point to the publicly announced event. You would not invent an opponent's private conduct to manufacture a stronger answer.

Let me be straight with you. I have watched too many good wrestlers do everything right in the ring and still go broke. Great matches. No plan. No money. That is why I built Pro Wrestling Skool. And as of today, the paid tiers are live. Here is how it breaks down: 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 ($𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵) The community, Start Here lessons, Business 101 lessons and worksheets, Laws of Success book-bonus resources, and an intro to Reach, Reputation and Revenue. Still free. Not going anywhere. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 ($𝟭𝟳/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵) Everything in Standard, plus the full 3R training: - Reach: audience, bio and content planning - Reputation: practical lessons and exercises - Revenue: practical lessons and exercises - Three implementation worksheets Self-paced. Work it between shifts and shows. 𝗩𝗜𝗣 ($𝟵𝟳/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵) Everything in Premium, plus a 60-minute group implementation session with me every month. We stop learning and start building. You bring the work. We fix it together. Here is what you need to know about these prices. These are founders’ prices. This is the starting point, not the finished product. Pro Wrestling Skool will keep getting upgraded. Bigger trainings. More videos. Software access. New special editions. Every month, there will be more inside than the month before. As those upgrades roll out, the prices go up. 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨’ 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚. The people who get in early get the most for the least. That is how it should be. This is the part nobody tells you. Information is not your problem. You have watched the videos. What you need is a plan and someone holding you to it. Free gets you started. Premium gives you the plan. VIP puts me in your corner. Lock in your founders’ price: skool.com/wrestling/plans Now tell me: which R is your weakest right now? Reach, Reputation, or Revenue? Drop it below.

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵. Here's something I tell every student I work with. Wrestling is performed on weekends. Careers are built between them. What you do Monday through Friday — the posts, the content, the brand work, the consistency — that's where the career actually gets built. The match on Saturday is the proof of concept. Everything else is the business. Most wrestlers treat the days between shows like downtime. Like there's nothing to do until the next booking. Meanwhile, the guys who stay busy are posting. Engaging. Building an audience that travels with them. Turning a local reputation into a regional one. Turning a regional reputation into something bigger. You don't need to go viral. You need to be consistent. One post a week for a year is 52 pieces of content. 52 chances to get in front of a new promoter, a new fan, a potential sponsor. That compounds. You can keep showing up without waiting for one post to go viral. The book introduces the 3R System: Reach, Reputation, and Revenue. Reach starts with helping the right people find you. It's the foundation. Start there. Get your copy on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/dp/0983067732 — Donnie P.S. You don't need more ideas. You need fewer lanes. Pick two content angles and do them consistently.