Kevin Ward | How West Point Wrestling Builds Team Culture

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Joe De Sena and his family visited the wrestling room at West Point to learn from the ultimate role models in mental and physical toughness. Kevin Ward, head wrestling coach, explains what it takes to build and maintain the culture of a team, whether that is a wrestling team, a family or a business. Motivation, says Kevin, is a byproduct of being passionate, and discipline is true freedom. Invite rigor and the right folks into your daily routine and you may revell in the results!

LESSONS
Finish what you start
Work hard
Be 100% dedicated to the team
Culture is defined by the worst behavior you accept
Discipline is freedom
Understand your expectations
Hold yourself to a high standard
Be devoted to what your doing
Create your passion

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TIME STAMPS
0:00 Joe, Dr. Johnny and Guest Host Anders Varner introduce this weeks episode
1:15 Interview starts in the toughest room in the country
3:00 Growing up wrestling
4:45 Finishing everything you start
6:00 Importance of kids having a work ethic
7:30 Working with the best at West Point
9:00 Giving 100% to be on the team
9:45 Nurturing culture of the team
11:00 Teaching them how to think
12:15 Discipline is freedom
13:15 Expectations, standards and devotion
14:15 What do you praise, what do you punish?
14:45 Creating your passion
15:45 Joe, Dr. Johnny and Guest Host Anders Varner discuss what they learned from Coach Ward

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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena, “Dr.” Johnny Waite and Guest Host Anders Varner- Col. Nye & Sefra Alexandra are off seeking adventures and stories of resilience this week.
Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

Transcript

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0:00.0	Most people when they think a culture think okay the highlights really dictate the culture I think what really shapes your culture are the worst behaviors that you allow
0:10.0	Welcome to Spartan Up podcast we are here in Lake Tahoe at the Spartan World Championships recording today.
0:14.6	Spartan Up Podcast, we are your grit and resiliency partners. We find incredible people all over the world that we can
0:19.3	learn from and help you learn from how to make your life bigger, better, stronger, faster.
0:24.0	I'm here with Anders Varner, our special guest today.
0:26.5	He is from Barbell Shrugged, podcast.
0:28.6	Fantastic guy.
0:29.6	Actually, it has a big part in what got this whole thing started with Spartan Up Podcast. Speaking up Spartan Up, Joe DeSena, founder and CEO of Spartan Race, Johnny Waite, and
0:37.4	Joe you interviewed Kevin Ward, a head wrestling coach at West Point.
0:41.0	Guy is an animal. I got some stories for you.
0:43.0	I think wrestling really is one of those cultures that is very special, how hard those people
0:48.9	work, the hours that they put into it.
0:50.8	So building a culture around that, I think it's something we can all learn from and we'll
0:54.1	dig into it when we get back.
0:55.8	You got to listen to this one because if you're looking to be the best version of yourself,
1:00.3	within four minutes of being around Kevinvin and being in that west point environment
1:04.6	after school was already out for the season
1:07.8	uh... you're gonna
1:09.8	you're gonna take them home and use them
1:11.4	stick them in your toolbox.
1:16.2	West Point Wrestling Room, toughest room at West,
1:19.0	maybe the toughest room in the country.
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