#300 Joey McKenna - 3x All American, Olympic Trials Runner Up

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Joey McKenna is a 3x All American, an NCAA finalist and an Olympic Trials finalist. In college he wrestled for both Stanford and Ohio State. He currently wrestles for the Penn RTC. As a high schooler, Joey wrestled for the legend, Jeff Buxton, at Blair Academy. While at Ohio State, Joey was a part of those legendary Buckey teams, led by Tom Ryan, that challenged Penn State’s dominance of the late 2010s. Enjoy! (Photo: Ed Sanchez) * PRESENTED BY Wrestlers are Warriors This episode is presented by Wrestlers are Warriors Photography. This is Tony Rotundo’s company - an Olympic level photographer - so you know these photos are all shot by Tony and are world class. Go to WrestlersAreWarriors.Com, search for your favorite wrestler and order a print to support one of the great photographers of our time. WrestlersAreWarriors.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	Hey guys, if you listen to the podcast on Spotify
0:03.4	Spotify has a new rating system where you can rate the podcast on a one-to-five star basis
0:09.1	Apple's had this forever, but Spotify just released it. We currently have
0:13.6	16 five star reviews a mighty 16 and we're building up so if you enjoy the podcast
0:19.3	Please go on Spotify. Give us a rating. It helps bubble up this podcast to wrestling fans just like you on with the show
0:27.0	Hey, look like when you go in the in the practice room and you're wrestling all these guys like your lights out, you know, you
0:34.8	You attack you take them down you keep wrestling you blah blah, but then right when you go out there
0:41.0	You're happy winning three to zero like where where all these points where all these moves where all where's all this stuff that you do in the practice room?
0:52.3	We can adore anything
0:54.6	And adapt and pivot and change
0:58.0	Wrestling give us that ability. I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
1:05.7	self-reflection resilience
1:07.7	Stop this some guys have it some guys don't
1:10.9	Adversity 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed and
1:16.0	Everything that is shaped my life and
1:19.2	Well, I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling
1:26.1	For me wrestling stainless life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:33.0	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:36.9	natural talent helps but it's
1:41.0	5% of the ingredients it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:47.8	It humbled me taught me humility nothing can hit humble you more than wrestling. I
1:53.5	Think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
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