Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Adam Wheeler is an Olympic Bronze Medalist in Greco from the 2008 Beijing Games. He and Henry Cejudo were the only men to medal at the 2008 Games. Enjoy this one! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat the Streets Chicago. Donate now!...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Max Nowry is a 3x Greco World Team Member. He’s a former Illinois State Champion and is currently a member of the Army WCAP wrestling team. Enjoy! (Photo: Tony Rotundo / Wrestlers Are Warriors) * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat t...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Gabe Dean is a 2x NCAA Champion for Cornell. He’s the founder of My Storage and in this episode Gabe talks about the challenges facing college wrestling. Enjoy! (Photo: Rich Immel) * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat the Streets Ch...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Matt Sencenbaugh is the founder of WrestlingIQ. Matt wrestled at Stanford before moving into software engineering. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat the Streets Chicago. Donate now! -LINK: BTSChicago. Org/Donate PRESENTED...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Dylan Carew is the Head Coach of Big Game Wrestling Club. Dylan was a two-time state champ for Iowa City West under Mark Reiland and went on to wrestle at the University of Iowa for Tom and Terry Brands. Enjoy! (Photo: Andy Hamilton/Flo) * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Mike Sheets is a 2x NCAA Champion and 4x All American for Oklahoma State. In 1988, he was an Olympic Trials runner-up to Mark Schultz. Mike also battled World and Olympic Champion Dave Schultz, beating the legend twice during the 1982 season before losing to Dave in the NCAA finals. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY ATHLETIC GREENS This episode is presented by Athletic Greens. Get a free, o...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Eekeeluak Avalak is an Inuit wrestler, who this summer, became the second Nunavut athlete to win a medal at the Canada Games. He’s joined in this episode by his coach, Chris Crooks. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat the St...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Stephen Abas is an Olympic Silver Medalist, 3x NCAA Champion and 3x World Team Member. He’s no doubt one of the best wrestlers of all time. It was an honor to have Stephen on the podcast. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Brett Penager is the founding partner of Chiro One Wellness Centers. He previously worked at USA Wrestling and was a scholarship wrestler at Wisconsin. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY ATHLETIC GREENS This episode is presented by Athletic Greens. Get a free, one-year supply of Vitamin D droplets plus five free travel packs when you go to AthleticGreens.com/WCML

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Franklin Gomez is a three-time Olympian for Puerto Rico and the 2009 NCAA champion for Michigan State. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY ATHLETIC GREENS This episode is presented by Athletic Greens. Get a free, one-year supply of Vitamin D droplets plus five free travel packs when you go to AthleticGreens.com/WCML

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Bryan Medlin is the Head Coach of the Illini RTC. He recently coached Zane Richards to a 2-0 weekend at the World Cup, where Team USA beat Iran in the finals. In this episode we break-down all of the action from men’s freestyle. * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Tim Cysewski is the Director of the Midlands Tournament. For 20 years he was the Head Coach at Northwestern. Twice he led the Cats to the NCAA team podium, taking fourth in 1990 and 2007. Before Northwestern, Tim wrestled for the legendary Dan Gable at the University of Iowa where he was a one-time All American. * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented b...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Luke Becker is a former NCAA champion and is the Head Assistant Coach at Minnesota. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat the Streets Chicago. All donations made before Giving Tuesday (November 29) will be matched at 100%. Don...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Darrion Caldwell is a former NCAA champion for North Carolina State. He beat Brent Metcalf in one of the most legendary NCAA finals of all time. After wrestling, Darrion fought MMA professionally with Bellator. Enjoy folks! (Photo: Tony Rotundo / Wrestlers Are Warriors) * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago yo...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Ben Askren is a 2x NCAA Champion and a 2x Hodge Trophy Winner. On the international scene, Ben represented Team USA at the 2008 Olympics. In MMA, Ben won multiple world titles for Bellator and ONE. Recently, Ben released his memoir, Funky, which dives into Ben’s journey from a chubby 5th grader just getting started in wrestling to his climb to the top of folkstyle wrestling. I l...

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Joe Russell is the Manager of Freestyle Programs for USA Wrestling. He was the Head Coach at George Mason, and was an assistant coach at Minnesota from 1996-2011. During that time, the Gophers won three NCAA team titles. Enjoy this one! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing p...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Gene Mills is a 2x NCAA champion, Olympian and pioneer of the pinning hold, The Mills. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY QUANT This episode is presented by Quant Wrestling. Quant combines data analytics with the sport of collegiate wrestling by tracking and timing every activity in a wrestling match to produce 550 statistics that update daily. Quant takes match activities and reduces them t...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Frank Popolizio is the founder of Journeymen Wrestling. He’s the organizer of the Collegiate National Duals, the Journeymen Classic and many, many other camps and events. Enjoy! * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat the Streets Chica...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Mike Poeta is the Head Coach at the University of Illinois. As a wrestler, Coach Poeta was a 5x Fargo Champ and 2x NCAA Finalist. Enjoy this one! (Photo: Tony Rotundo / Wrestlers Are Warriors) * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode is presented by Beat the Streets Chicago. Help Chicago youth experience the life-changing power of wrestling with a donation to Beat th...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Lou Rosselli is the Head Coach at the University of Oklahoma. He was a 2x All American for Edinboro and an Olympian at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Prior to Oklahoma, Lou coached at Ohio State for 10 years, where he worked with Logan Stieber, Kyle Synder and J Jaggers. Enjoy this one! (Photo: Tony Rotundo / Wrestlers Are Warriors) * PRESENTED BY BEAT THE STREETS CHICAGO This episode...

Bill Zadick is the National Freestyle Head Coach for Team USA. Under Coach Zadick’s leadership, Team USA has won world titles in 2017 and 2022, and also brought home three Olympic Gold Medals from the Tokyo Games. As a wrestler, Coach Zadick was a four-time Montana State Champ, an NCAA champion for Dan Gable at the University of Iowa, and a World champion in 2006 at 33 years old. After retiring in...

Marcus LeVesseur is the first undefeated, 4x NCAA Division 3 champion in wrestling history. Marcus won his four titles at Augsburg. Befor Marcus’ time at the D3 powerhouse, he was a 4x Minnesota State Champ and was highly recruited by the University of Minnesota. After college, Marcus was a professional MMA fighter and fought three times in the UFC. Enjoy folks!

Mark Hall is the Assistant Coach at Penn and trains at the Penn RTC alongside 7x World / Olympic Champ Jordan Burroughs. At Penn State, he was a 1x NCAA champion and 3x NCAA finalist for head coach Cael Sanderson. In high school, Mark Hall was possibly the most decorated wrestler of all time, winning six state titles for Apple Valley and three age-group level world titles. Enjoy! (Photo / Tony Rot...

Roy Pittman is the founder and head coach of Peninsula Park Wrestling Club. Coach Pittman founded Peninsula Park wrestling program in 1970 and is still coaching. He’s coached 4 Olympians, 60k kids and multiple Fargo Junior National Champions. Among Coach Pittman’s wrestlers are Chael Sonnen, Broderick Lee, Kelsey Campbell, Anthony Amado and Matt Lindland. Enjoy!