#181 Joe De Sena - CEO of Spartan Race

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Joe De Sena is the CEO of Spartan Race. He’s also a giant wrestling fan. He sponsors the Cornell RTC - now named the Spartan Combat RTC and just launched a new supplement line, Spartan Nutrition. This episode covers his story, as well as why he’s moving into the nutrition space. Picture: Spartan Race Follow Joe Twitter: @RealJoeDeSena Instagram: @RealJoeDeSena * SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by Spartan Nutrition. Text “Spartan” to 224-54 for a chance to win a Spartan Nutrition Kit. Drawing takes place on Sunday, Nov 29 at 5pm CT. * FANS If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! * FOLLOW the PODCAST Twitter: @Ryan_N_Warner Instagram: Wrestling Changed My Life Facebook: Wrestling Changed My Life Website: wrestlingchangedmylife.com Shop merchandise at our Online Store: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com *** ABOUT: Hosted by Ryan Warner, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features in-depth interviews with wrestlers and coaches to learn how the sport shaped and molded their lives. By stitching together stories of sacrifice, triumph, defeat and perseverance, the Podcast takes the listener deep inside the world’s oldest sport. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show, folks. This is wrestling change my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	I applied to Cornell for semesters in a row. I did not get accepted. I wasn't smart enough. My grades
0:10.5	weren't good enough. But I just don't give up. I think I would have made an okay wrestler. I just
0:17.5	don't quit. We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling give us that ability.
0:28.8	I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:35.0	self-reflection, resilience, toughness. Some guys haven't, some guys don't. Adverse to any
0:40.7	100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed. And everything that is shaped my life
0:48.4	and what I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned
0:54.1	through the sport of wrestling. For me, wrestling in my life because it allowed me to focus
0:59.6	and channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled natural talent
1:07.6	helps but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:17.2	It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:22.8	I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn how to adapt. You learn how to solve problems.
1:29.6	If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If you give me one thing more than anything else,
1:33.2	it's toughness. Welcome back to the Wrestling Changement Life podcast, ladies and gentlemen.
1:38.7	Thank you so much for tuning in. My guest today is Joe DeCena, the CEO of Spartan. You may have
1:44.6	seen him on the Joe Rogan podcast recently. He's all over the place. And he just launched a new
1:50.8	nutrition line at Spartan. And that's why he's here today. Spartan is now sponsoring the podcast
1:56.0	and to celebrate, we're going to give away a nutrition kit. Text the word Spartan to 224, 54.
2:03.5	That's Spartan to 224, 54. We will interview in the raffle to win the T, the energy capsules,
2:11.1	and the hydration tablet. Everything you need to live a Spartan life, folks.
2:16.4	Before we get to the show, let's give it up for our fan of the week. Ross get more out of
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