#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling Lex Fridman Podcast

Tom Brands is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling and the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(10:08) - Motivation

(24:08) - Mental toughness

(28:36) - Weight cutting

(30:24) - Olympic dreams

(35:20) - 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta

(38:24) - Brother

(43:36) - Champion mindset

(49:36) - Beyond limits

(54:37) - Faith

(56:06) - Family

(1:00:11) - Brands vs Brands