Wrestling Mindset

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Welcome to the Wrestling Mindset podcast, hosted by the nation's leading authority on wrestling specific mindset training. On this podcast you'll find a mix of interviews with Mindset Mike & company, keynote speeches and mindset training with Co-Founders Gene and Jeff Zannetti. Visit our website to learn more at https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 11 hr ago

    US Open U20 Champ Ryan Burton - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

    Gene Zannetti talks with Virginia Tech wrestler and U20 US Open champion Ryan Burton about winning the US Open after moving back up to his natural weight and falling back in love with the sport, how stacking small daily wins in training gave him the confidence to compete at his best, why writing motivational phrases on his locker a month before the tournament kept him locked in on his purpose, and what it's like training alongside Bo Bassett and James Green at Virginia Tech as they build toward a national team championship. Timestamps: 1:39 - Won the US Open U20 after moving back to natural weight and enjoying wrestling again 2:21 - Trusting the training and stacking small wins to get over the hump 4:39 - Faith at Saint Joe's: Vir Fidelis and a religion teacher who changed his life 6:08 - Iron Horse Wrestling Club and the people who shaped his career 7:26 - Ditching traditional lifting for lean explosive training with John Wilkins 9:23 - Mindset going into the World Team Trials finals 11:39 - Finding purpose in training: everything I'm doing is preparing me for this 13:10 - Virginia Tech training with Bo Bassett, Japanese world-level wrestlers, and James Green 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    16 min

  2. 11 hr ago

    MD State Champ Cash Wheat - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

    Gene Zannetti talks with Maryland state champion Cash Wheat about his three-year journey with Wrestling Mindset from a confidence-struggling sophomore to a dominant state champion, how building a confidence anchor using a simple leg slap helped him attack instead of hesitate, developing a warrior alter ego that transformed him the moment he stepped on the mat, and how the mindset work spilled over into his daily life giving him the confidence to talk to new people and feel like he belongs with high-level guys. Timestamps: 1:44 - Focusing on confidence 2:34 - Bounced back with Coach Mike's help 4:25 - Confidence anchor: building the leg slap into a competitive trigger 5:50 - Alter ego strategy 7:10 - Mindset built confidence off the mat 9:13 - Committed to D3 at University of Lynchburg, targeting All-American 11:18 - The setback that fueled the state run 14:53 - Won the state finals 12-0 before pinning his opponent in the final period 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min

  3. 3 days ago

    Building Champions the Right Way with Ernie Monaco, Jeff Buxton, and Steve Rivera

    Gene Zannetti sits down with legendary wrestling coaches Ernie Monaco, Jeff Buxton, and Steve Rivera to discuss the biggest forces reshaping wrestling today, including why parents treating coaching as a transactional service undermines everything coaches build, how the club hopping epidemic creates gaps in wrestling IQ instead of linear development, why building champions starts with parents working on themselves first, the difference between coaching a boarding school environment versus a club where parents never fully let go, and why loyalty and long-term relationships are the foundation of every great wrestling career. Timestamps: 1:54 - How Ernie saw the club wrestling explosion coming decades ago 5:09 - The transfer portal is destroying team culture 13:00 - Parents treat coaching as transactional and miss what coaches actually invest 22:00 - The European art metaphor: chipping away everything bad until beauty is revealed 31:56 - Building a champion starts with parents working on themselves first 34:15 - Blair's boarding environment built independence by removing parents from the equation 50:05 - Steve letting Sebastian take a year off in 8th grade and never questioning his commitment again 1:03:26 - Club hopping creates gaps in wrestling IQ by skipping from page one to page 200 1:14:00 - Gratitude as the bookend that puts every match in proper perspective 1:53:32 - The magic of coaching is always in the relationship, not the technique 2:20:00 - How money entering the sport is eroding the integrity of youth wrestling 2:57:00 - Wrestling's evolution: how athletic and physical the sport has become compared to 30 years ago 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    3h 6m

  4. 25 May

    MT State Champ Tegan Jones - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

    Gene Zannetti talks with Montana state champion Tegan Jones about winning his first state title as a senior after placing fourth the year before, how four years of mindset training helped him through trial and error to find what worked best for him, why hearing "believe in yourself" from an outside perspective who had accomplished what he wanted to do made all the difference, and how he applied the same wrestling principles of hard methodical work to get accepted into Penn and Brown while aspiring to become a surgeon. Timestamps: 1:22 - Four years of mindset training through trial and error 3:44 - Placing fourth at states then pivoting for senior year 4:03 - Building self-confidence wrestling older guys as a freshman 5:06 - Why it's different hearing advice from an outside perspective 7:24 - Not worried about wins or losses, just focused on performing 9:20 - Fortune favors the bold: Aristotle quote before state finals 12:38 - Applying wrestling principles to get into Ivy League schools 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min

  5. 21 May

    PA State Champ Chase Randolph - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

    Gene Zannetti talks with Pennsylvania state champion Chase Randolph about winning his first state title and then the US Open freestyle championship just weeks later, how mindset training helped him stop losing to kids he should beat and start beating kids he never beat before, why surrendering the result and focusing only on effort and attitude made him feel free on the mat, and how he wrestled 12 matches in two days at the US Open after losing first round in Greco then flipping the switch to win freestyle. Timestamps: 1:13 - Skeptical of mindset training at first 2:20 - Felt a lot more free at Kids Focused on Nationals 2:36 - Surrender the result and focus on what you control 4:12 - Wrestling for myself, not caring what people think 5:08 - Trusting his mindset coach's knowledge and experience 9:03 - Losing first round in Greco then winning six straight in freestyle 11:45 - Finding the good in every day and fixing weaknesses 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    15 min

  6. 18 May

    Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs - Wrestling Mindset Partnership

    Gene Zannetti talks with Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion Jordan Burroughs about the partnership between Wrestling Mindset and All I See Is Gold Academy, why mindset becomes more important as you get older in the sport, how youth wrestling is 100% mental because young athletes lack physical strength and technical skill, and why he trusts Wrestling Mindset's approach. Timestamps: 1:15 - Wrestling mindset percentage depends on where you are in life 1:46 - Youth wrestling is 100% mental at this age 3:33 - Why Wrestling Mindset: you're wrestlers who've been in the game 6:18 - Memorizing foundational mindset principles 7:51 - Goal one: learning to fail forward without losing enthusiasm 8:33 - Goal two: creating people who are insanely driven and disciplined 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min

  7. 14 May

    NY State Champ Ryker Cox - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

    Gene Zannetti talks with New York state champion Ryker Cox about winning his first state title as a junior at 160 pounds, how working on his mindset helped him jump levels in wrestling by staying focused one step at a time, why his reset button became raising his eyebrows to mentally reset between sequences, how key losses during the season lit a fire under him and made him a completely different wrestler, and wrestling through pneumonia and the flu to win a tournament just weeks before states. Timestamps: 2:14 - Following his dad's footsteps 4:46 - Placing fourth at states lit a fire for the offseason 6:00 - Mindset helped him jump levels in wrestling 8:23 - His reset button is raising his eyebrows 10:00 - The loss that changed his whole season 10:43 - Wrestling through pneumonia and the flu 11:40 - Breaking through his mental block at Eastern States 13:28 - Hiring an assistant coach for practice partners 14:12 - Coming in as the one seed and establishing dominance 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    22 min

  8. 11 May

    MN State Champ Anthony Heim - Wrestling Mindset Success Story

    Gene Zannetti talks with Minnesota state champion Anthony Heim about his dramatic comeback win in the state finals when he was down by two with his opponent in on his leg, how learning to relax and breathe through matches transformed his season after a disappointing start, why he developed a reset button by touching his toes and taking deep breaths between every break in the action, and how coaching youth wrestlers helped him fall in love with the sport again and avoid burnout. Timestamps: 2:14 - Learning to fall in love with wrestling again 4:06 - Remembering to breathe 5:07 - Forcing himself to use his reset until it became natural 6:37 - His reset button was just touching his toes 7:18 - Being relaxed instead of blaring music with headphones 8:28 - The four-day state tournament and taking one match at a time 9:43 - Down by two with opponent in on his leg 14:02 - Going from third to fifth place the year before 18:05 - Coaching young wrestlers to avoid burnout 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: 🥗 Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order 💪 Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com 🎙Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset 🔗 Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ 📞 Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/65xcqo9ZdPY36HeQOltPUI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
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Welcome to the Wrestling Mindset podcast, hosted by the nation's leading authority on wrestling specific mindset training. On this podcast you'll find a mix of interviews with Mindset Mike & company, keynote speeches and mindset training with Co-Founders Gene and Jeff Zannetti. Visit our website to learn more at https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Wrestling Mindset
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    456
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Wrestling Mindset
  • Show Website
    Wrestling Mindset

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