#73 Spotlight Episode with David Katz - Losing 110 lbs in 6 months

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

Sports

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

David Katz has an incredible story. He's a rabbi in Israel and wrestled in high school, though never qualified for the state tournament. By the mid-2000's he was overweight, tipping the scales at 270. David re-discovered wrestling via Flo in 2010 and became a fan of the sport again. By 2018, he decided to lose the weight and lost 110 lbs in 6 months and still maintains his weight to this day! This episode is for anyone who needs a bit of motivation and evidence to make a change. I enjoyed this inspirational conversation and hope you do as well.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:11.7	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:14.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:17.0	more than the things wrestling has taught me
0:19.0	in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:22.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, resilience. Toughness.
0:23.0	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:25.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:30.0	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
0:41.0	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and
0:45.1	channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
0:50.1	natural talent helps but it's 5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart
0:59.4	and technique and effort it humbled me, taught me humility.
1:04.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:08.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:11.0	You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:14.0	You know, if I look back my time, I'm not good at wrestling. If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's
1:18.8	mental toughness.
1:19.8	Good morning, ladies and gents. You're listening to wrestling change my life. This is your host Ryan Warner.
1:27.0	Thank you so much for tuning in. Have a great episode for you today. This one is one of our spotlight episodes where you're not going to know
1:34.9	this person's name before this interview but the story is really powerful and
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wrestling Changed My Life, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wrestling Changed My Life and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.