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Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

#284 Oscar Wood - 2004 Olympian and the first 4x JR Greco Champ

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Oscar Wood is one of the original Kings of Fargo, being the first person to win four junior greco national titles, after Alan Fried won 4 freestyle titles in the 80s. Oscar went on to wrestle at Oregon State where he was a two-time All American. In 2004, Oscar competed in the Olympics in Greco, after he won the 2004 Olympic Team Trials. Enjoy this one folks, as Chael Sonnen has been raving about getting Oscar on the podcast for months! * PRESENTED BY SPARTAN COMBAT This episode is presented by Spartan Combat. The Spartan Combat Nationals are returning to Jacksonville, Florida on April 8-10, 2022. Register now at SpartanCombat.Com * 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! * TEXT THE SHOW –Keyword: Wrestle –Number: 224-54 * 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 Presented by Spartan Combat, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features long-form interviews with amateur wrestlers - past and current - MMA fighters and titans of industry. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday, where host Ryan Warner talks college wrestling, Olympic wrestling and more with some of the biggest names in the sport. Wrestling Changed My Life also produces original audio documentaries including Slaying Saitiev, The Smiths and Gable the GOAT.

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0:00.0

Super 32 is in the books, folks, which means it's time to start planning for the Spartan combat

0:06.0

nationals coming back to Jacksonville, Florida, this April 8th through the 10th,

0:11.5

Russell Beach, folk style freestyle and grucco at the Spartan combat nationals.

0:16.6

Register now at Spartancombat.com.

0:19.8

I used to love to be nervous. I used to love to, you know, think about, you know,

0:25.4

just as soon as you touch hands. I mean, I used to love the battle of wrestling. I mean,

0:30.4

wrestling in itself just, its purity is just a great sport and I mean, I like to bleed. I like

0:36.8

to make people bleed. We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change.

0:47.0

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

0:51.8

if things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection resilience. Stop this.

0:57.6

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

1:04.9

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

1:11.6

and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling. For me, wrestling is

1:16.1

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

1:22.2

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

1:30.1

5% of the ingredients. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

1:36.9

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

1:42.4

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

1:49.2

You know, probably back in my time, that's good wrestling if you did me one thing more than

1:52.4

anything else. It's mental toughness. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the wrestling change my

1:57.9

life podcast. This is your host, Ryan Warner. We're back after a four-day hiatus. We have a new

2:04.4

audio documentary coming out in the spring that I've just been in the rabbit hole on folks. So

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