Rulon Gardner, 51, wants to wrestle in 2024 Olympics

[STAND with PRIDE]

Reportedly 20lbs over the limit.

A couple more toes and he may have made it.

 

[BoHunter0210]

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I had thought it might be tough for him to make 286.6 lbs, that article said he was like 330 just 3 months ago. 43 pounds is a lot to lose that quickly. Just ask anyone from Ok St.

 

[tullfan68]

so I guess Rulon forgot to work out or weigh in before the trip!!

 

[nerfstate]

Well, he certainly does look healthy--at least not the completely sucked down version:

 

[Conewago]

In all due respect he is an Olympic champion and beat a living legend.

That said it was 30 years ago, and 400 lbs, 5 decades of life, and extreme cardio (Greco jokes aside) don't mix. He has no business doing this. Our very best are over the hill in their 30's.

I don't want to see or hear of a cardiac death. (Did he get a vaccine? Just kidding).

All of this aside; I just received some spy videos of his rather unorthodox training regiment:

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He seems to be in 1990s shape?

Frankly, wasn't it always at least semi-acknowledged that Gardner's win over Karelin was something of a fluke?

At least compared to the overall careers of each wrestler.

Granted, Greco is weird, I don't like it, and I don't know what goes on over there.

 

[Conewago]

Great point.

Maybe Rulon should plan some challenging hikes or learn to kayak instead of entering into the US Open 25 yrs past his prime.

Serious hiking/backpacking doesn't get enough credit. I think phys ed classes would be better off instructing kids to do it.

Even in Pennsylvania, which is supposedly tamer than the Rockies, the Black Forest Trail is freaking badass.

The guy who devised that trail, by the way, is one of the coolest Pennsylvanians ever - Bob Webber https://paconservationheritage.org/stories/bob-webber/

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

A couple more toes and he may have made it.

Too soon?

 

[GogglesPaizano]

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At his age I like the look of a decently in-shape 50 year old former Olympic athlete on the left.

The sith Lord on the right, not so much.

 

[hlstone]

Serious hiking/backpacking doesn't get enough credit. I think phys ed classes would be better off instructing kids to do it.

Even in Pennsylvania, which is supposedly tamer than the Rockies, the Black Forest Trail is freaking badass.

The guy who devised that trail, by the way, is one of the coolest Pennsylvanians ever - Bob Webber https://paconservationheritage.org/stories/bob-webber/

Problem there is that phys Ed classes are less than an hour and to get permission from a school to take kids off campus is a nightmare.

But, I would have signed up for the co-ed hiking team in the spring.