# NY State Champ Ryker Cox - Wrestling Mindset Success Story Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/ny-state-champ-ryker-cox-wrestling-mindset-success-story Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/ny-state-champ-ryker-cox-wrestling-mindset-success-story.md Podcast: [Wrestling Mindset](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624) Published: 2026-05-14T12:46:29+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/wrestlingmindset/episodes/ny-state-champ-ryker-cox-wrestling-mindset-success-story Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5aec535fe48f8bda3d66626d/e/6a03fea3caa0b0ea3104977b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-mindset-487624/episodes/ny-state-champ-ryker-cox-wrestling-mindset-success-story Duration seconds: 1318 ## Resource 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: πŸ₯— Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order πŸ’ͺ 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 πŸŽ™Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset πŸ”— Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ πŸ“ž 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://op… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-mindset-487624/episodes/ny-state-champ-ryker-cox-wrestling-mindset-success-story/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/ny-state-champ-ryker-cox-wrestling-mindset-success-story.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.