The Russell Brunson Show
What Wrestling Taught Me About Pain, Purpose & Pushing Through | #Success - Ep. 21
26 Mar 2025
In this episode of The Russell Brunson Show, I take you behind the scenes of my annual return to the wrestling mat… A ritual that’s become one of the most important parts of my life! You’ll hear the entire journey leading up to this year’s tournament: the late-night practices, the 25-pound weight cut, the broken sauna, the two dislocated arms, and yes… the back-to-back bicep tears (both arms!). It’s crazy. It’s painful. And I’d do it all over again. Because this isn’t just about wrestling, it’s about doing the thing that makes you feel alive. Whether that’s building funnels, writing books, or chasing down a long-lost passion from your youth… This episode is a reminder to stop waiting, stop playing it safe, and start living. Key Highlights: Why I wrestle every year (and how it impacts every part of my life) The brutal (and hilarious) reality of cutting 25 pounds in 5 days What two torn biceps taught me about pain, purpose, and joy How I used mindset to show up in Hawaii as a better husband and dad — even while suffering in silence Why the risk of getting hurt shouldn’t stop you from doing the thing you love This one’s not about marketing. It’s about meaning! If you’ve ever felt stuck, bored, or burned out, this episode might just be the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed. https://sellingonline.com/podcast https://clickfunnels.com/podcast Special thanks to our sponsors: NordVPN: EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal https://nordvpn.com/secrets Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Northwest Registered Agent: Go to northwestregisteredagent.com/russell to start your business with Northwest Registered Agent. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions: Get a $100 credit on your next campaign at LinkedIn.com/CLICKS Rocket Money: Cancel unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster at RocketMoney.com/RUSSELL Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job's visibility at Indeed.com/clicks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Excited to be hanging out with you guys today. And this is like an old school show. For those who are newer to the podcast, you probably don't know this, but the podcast has taken a couple of different changes over the years. When it first launched, it was called the Marketing in Your Car podcast. Uh, then it shifted to the marketing secrets podcast. Now it's just a Russell Brunson show.
Cause I'm talking about all sorts of stuff, not just marketing, uh, all the fun things. So, um, but when I first started the podcast, uh, I literally would, uh, I had a four minute commute to my, from my house to the office every day. And I would hold my phone up to my mouth like I'm doing right now. And I would talk while I was driving. Anyway, today, um, I have a 30 minute commute to the doctor.
And so I thought I would jump on and record an episode with you guys right now while we're hanging out in traffic, like the good old days. So, um, and, uh, just to give you context. So, um, the, the time I'm recording this right now, um, last, last 30 days, my life's been a little crazy, but it's always a little crazy as you, as you know, but, uh, twice a year or once a year, I basically, uh,
I try to get back in shape and relive my glory days by going out and wrestling. And there's a tournament every single year for basically all age groups, all the way up to veterans, which are like the really old, like 70, 80 year old guys who wrestle in this tournament.
And it's funny because I remember when I was wrestling in college, I remember going to an open tournament and there were these guys that were like in their seventies wrestling. And I was like, that's so cool. And I forgot about it. And for almost 20 years, I didn't wrestle. And I was just, uh, doing my thing, doing my business.
And then, uh, when I, when I moved into our house, I'm in now about 10 years ago, 10 years ago, I built a wrestling room. And so I just built it to be able to wrestle. It's like buy much of my friends over, start wrestling. And it was kind of fun. Like we get together three or four times a year and beat each other up. And it was just like, ah, reliving the glory days was so great. And then, um,
after one time, one of my, one of the wrestling guys was wrestling became one day. He's like, yeah, I competed in trim this weekend. I'm like, what? He's like, yeah, there's a tournament every year. I went and wrestled it. I'm like, why didn't you tell me? And so the next year I was like, I'm going to go wrestle in this tournament. So,
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