Two time cadet world medalist Alara Boyd joins the show.

0:00 — Alara Boyd joins the show.

1:00 — Boyd bombs!

2:00 — Introduction to wrestling.3:00 — An aggressive child.

6:00 — Early success.

8:00 — Who’s Alara Boyd?

10:00 — Wearing a back brace.

11:00 — Training in Wisconsin.

13:00 — World medals.

15:00 — International travel.

17:00 — McKendree University.

19:30 — National championships.

21:00 — Olympic aspirations.

23:00 — All-Star Classic.

25:00 — Sweat it out.

27:30 — Fargo memories.

28:30 — Wins and whoopin

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Two time NCAA All-American Bernie Truax of Cal Poly joins the show.

0:00 — “We want Bader”

1:00 — Introduction to wrestling.

5:00 — Developing a passion.

8:00 — Football ends; full-time wrestling begins.

9:30 — Choosing Cal Poly.

11:00 — Self belief.

13:00 — Crazy semifinal ending.

14:00 — Silencing the critics.

14:30 — Reaching out to colleges.

16:00 — Why Pitt?

17:00 — Getting better, fast!

20:00 — Technical advancements.

22:00 — Making jumps.

24:00 — Mindset shift.

26:30 — Confidence.

29:00 — Big jumps.

33:00 — Senior season.

34:00 — Thriving in the spotlight.

35:00 — Competing at 197.

36:00 — Cutting weight.

38:00 — Wins and whoopins

39:30 — Sweat it out.

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Campbell head coach Scotti Sentes joins the show.

0:03 - Freestyle & preseason

0:07 - Campbell's first competition

0:10 - Battle at the Bragg

0:21 - Continuing the build at Campbell

0:25 - Campbell, not Campbellsville

0:28 - Thinking outside the box 

0:33 - The peaking process

0:36 - Loving to win vs hating to lose

0:38 - Making problems bigger than they need to be

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2000 Olympic gold medalist and Pennsylvania RTC head coach Brandon Slay and University of Pennsylvania head coach Roger Reina join the show.

0:01 - Adventures in Kazakhstan 

0:08 - 2 silver medals in Kazakhstan

0:13 - Upenn preseason

0:18 - Uptick in program and goals 

0:21 - Jordan Burroughs

0:28 - Importance of par terre

0:30 - Keystone Classic Palestra "House of wrestolng"

0:33 - Palestra

0:35 - NWCA All star

0:40 - Huge strides for the program and ecosystem

0:50 - PRTC will run the Keystone Classic

0:55 - Final word

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Josh Schamberger brings lots of events to Iowa. He brought the World Cup in 2018 and they are bringing it back again in 2022. This year they are changing the format at include women's freestyle alongside the men.

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2016 Olympian, 2012 undefeated NCAA Champion and current Arizona State assistant coach Frank Molinaro joins the show.

0:01 - Intro to wrestling at 4, Shore Thing

0:03 - All in on wrestling in 9th grade

0:05 - Wrestling Jordan Burroughs in state finals

0:09 - Deciding on Penn State

0:11 - Cael coming to Penn State

0:19 - Nearly retired

0:20 - Sick and tired of being sick and tired

0:23 - Changing the way he talked to hiimself

0:28 - Olympic Trials vs Pico, doubt creeping in

0:35 - "Don't get weird about it"

0:36 - Mntal training

0:40 - Favorite things about AZ

0:47 - Wins and whoopins

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Team USA men's freestyle head coach Bill Zadick joins the show to talk about the recent World Championships where USA came away with the team title.

0:00 — Trick or treat. Bill Zadick joins the show.

2:30 — Acclimation camp.

3:30 — Yianni breaks the streak.

8:00 — Incremental growth.

10:00 — Jordan Burroughs wins #7.

15:00 — Zain Retherford’s undergarments.

18:00 — Individual coaches.

19:30 — David Taylor vs Hassan Yazdani

23:00 — No Russia.

24:30 — Dake and Synder win fourth titles.

25:30 — Making the impossible possible.

28:30 — Doubt creeps in.31:30 — J’den Cox moving to 97 kg?

33:00 — Trials process.

36:00 — Sweat it out.

42:00 — Olympic promotion.

51:00 — Mark tries to pry.

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2022 Michigan All-American Will Lewan joins the show.

0:00: Will Lewan joins the show.

1:00: Introduction to wrestling.

4:00: Izzy Style

8:30: Introduction to the world.

11:30: Limping to a World title.

13:00: Recruiting process.

15:00: Choosing Michigan.

16:30: COVID nationals.

20:30: Razor thin wins.

24:00: Mental barriers.

27:00: All-Star Classic.

30:00: Sweat it out.

33:30: Wins and whoopins.

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Fresh off a silver medal at the 2022 World Championships, Zain Retherford joins the show for some really insightful talk about his mindset and things he has done to retrain his mind.

0:01 - Doubt crept in Zain's mind

0:05 - Brain was making up problems

0:11 - "Putting myself first"

0:15 - Mental loop, go make mistakes, have fun, seek gratitude

0:16 - Exploring more overseas

0:20- Retraining my brain

0:22 - Change your underwear

0:25 - Watching his World semifinal match

0:34 - Talking about his gold medal match

0:36 - Future training partner Kyle Dake

0:38 - 74 or 65 for 2024?

0:41 - Gratitude

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2022 World Champion Dom Parrish joins the show to talk about he journey through wrestling culminating with her 2022 World gold medal.

0:01 - Taking a break after Worlds, staying in Tree Houses

0:05 - Intro to wrestling through dad

0:10 - Successful from the start

0:15 - Simon Fraser

0:20 - 4x All-American w/ no expectations

0:22 - Debated retiring after Olympic Trials

0:24 - Relocating to Sunkist Kids in AZ

0:28 - Feeling she was on a different level

0:33 - Watching her gold medal match for the first time

0:50 - Advice to others, set measurable goals

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