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April 27, 2008

New Features at TheWrestlingTalk

TheWrestlingTalk released major update to its community about 2 weeks ago. I waited to detail the update until most of the finishing touches were completed. Check out how TWT is revolutionizing how wrestlers communicate:

Personal Profiles: (Here's Mine) This isn't just a wrestler's Facebook/MySpace. Complete your recruiting profile and get noticed by college coaches, add your highlight video from TWT Videos. If you put yourself on YouTube, you can add those videos to your profile as well.

Social Groups / Free Team Sites: Create your own team site with a forum, ability to add photos, videos, and more. Use the social groups feature to promote a cause (Save X's Wrestling Team, Donate to X's recovery fund) or connect with people who have a niche interest you share.

Free Wrestling Blog: Keep track of your daily workout regimen or keep your fan base up to date on your latest wrestling tournament.

Photo Albums: Wrestling is not your only interest, show off what else you enjoy. An excellent way to get to know your forum mates!

December 26, 2007

Ben Askren Blog Post on Flo

Hello again everyone, it has been quite a while since you have heard from me. So I thought maybe as my present to you I would give you a little insight into whats going on in my life. I have had a great fall, it has been both productive and entertaining. I have gotten to compete a lot, travel and make many new friends. Right now as I write this blog I am sitting in Keith Gavin's living room. I have been in Pittsburgh the last six days training with Keith and Jake Herbert. I have gotten in a lot of training, learned some new things and even got to play some disc golf yesterday with Matt Storniolo, Sam Hazewinkel, Mark MckNight, Joe Campoli, Andrew Sherry Drew Headlee and Keith. It really amazes me how many good wrestlers can some from such a small area of the country. I have also spent a lot of time this fall in Colorado Springs refining my freestyle skills. I have made a lot of new friends out there too and that is great because I really hated sitting in a dorm room for 10 hours a day. Being out in the Springs has also given me the opportunity to see Coach Horton a lot and watch his baby boy Max grow up. Tomorrow I leave for Wisconsin so I get to be home for the holidays, who wouldn't love that. I am most excited to see Coach Mesenbrink, who I think is one of the best HS coaches around, and check out how the Arrowhead warhawks are doing. My plans going into 2008 look really solid. I will wrestle the world cup in February, US Open in April, Olympic Trials in June and the Olympics in August. If everything goes as planned I can run the table through those four events and think about hanging up the shoes for a while. I hope everyone has happy holidays and feel free to holla at ya boy any time you feel the need.