Originally Posted by Yazdani  Saitiev may be only 32 but he has been performing at this level for 10-12 years and his body can only take so much and is probably not healing as fast. I still would never count him out either. |
very true.
John Smith spoke about how he was able to stay healthy (at least healthy enough to keep on competing) during all those years. he said he would go up to 4 months each year without any live wrestling, not even in practice. he said he was just a drilling machine. perhaps
Saitiev should take a note from the smith pages.
however, i'm not sure how much leniency the russian coaches give their wrestlers. it seems that they have strict programs and every wrestler on their club/team must adhere to it.