#110 The Iron Cowboy, James Lawrence - 50 Ironmans, 50 Days, 50 States

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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James, the Iron Cowboy, Lawrence is a Guinness World Record holder and triathlete. James lives with his wife, Sunny, and their five children in Utah. After breaking several Guinness World Records, James wondered if he had truly found his mental and physical limits. He knew there was more. Experience firsthand the remarkable journey of James Lawrence during this podcast. We talk about: --The 50/50/50, where James completed 50 Ironman distances races in 50 days in 50 states --The Netflix Documentary on James --Passions, Patience and Mental warfare --How wrestling impacted his life SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by the Wrestling Changed My Life online store, where you can find podcast T’s, Hoodies and stickers. Text “Merchandise” to 555-888 and I’ll send you a link to the online store. STAY IN TOUCH Text ‘Wrestle’ to 555-888 Visit WrestlingChangedMyLife.com Shop: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com IG: “Wrestling Changed My Life” Twitter: Ryan_N_Warner

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	Yeah, the 50 is 50 consecutive iron distance courses over 50 consecutive days,
0:10.5	one in every US state. We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:20.0	Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me for the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection resilience
0:30.8	toughness some guys have it some guys don't.
0:34.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:39.5	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values
0:45.9	and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling. For me, wrestling saved my life
0:50.8	because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:55.0	We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle natural talent helps but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:06.0	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:10.0	It humbled me, thought me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:16.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:22.0	If I look back my time, that's good. and you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems.
1:23.8	You know if I look back my time I could at wrestling if they gave me
1:26.2	one thing more than anything else it's been toughness.
1:29.8	Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast my guest today is
1:34.5	James the Iron Cowboy Lawrence if you don't know who this cat is check out the Netflix
1:39.6	documentary on him it's called Iron Cowboy He's a triathlete and is most known for his
1:46.1	incredible 50-50 which means he did 50-Iraman distance races in 50 states and 50 consecutive days.
1:56.2	It boggles the mind how a human being could possibly do that.
2:00.9	If you don't know what an Iron Man is, I believe it's like 2.2 miles of swimming, 80 to 100 miles of biking, and then a marathon.
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