you're listening to the Wrestling Change My Life podcast. Thanks for tuning in.

Before we get to the show, I want to announce that next Monday on this podcast,

we're dropping all seven episodes of the Smith documentary. It's something I've been working on

for the better part of 10 months and I can't wait to share it. Next Monday, episodes one through

seven of the Smiths will be on this podcast. We'll see you then.

We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change.

Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me

or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience. Stop it.

Some guys have it, some guys don't. Adversity, 100%, how to pick myself up and be a man after I

failed. And everything that has shaped my life and what I'm at today would not be there without

the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling. For me, wrestling

say in a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.

We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps,

but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn how to adapt. You learn how to solve problems.

If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If you give me one thing more than anything else,

it's mental problems. Welcome to the show, ladies and gentlemen. You're listening to wrestling

change my life. This is your host Ryan Warner. My guest today is Mike Ironman, one of the elite coaches

in these United States. He runs Ironman Elite down in Missouri. And that club is produced

the likes of Jaden Cox, Jaden Ironman, and a ton of other Missouri studs. And this guy has a real

mind for wrestling. So I really enjoyed this conversation. Band of the week goes to my man,

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