# US Open U20 Champ Ryan Burton - Wrestling Mindset Success Story Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/us-open-u20-champ-ryan-burton-wrestling-mindset-success-story Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/us-open-u20-champ-ryan-burton-wrestling-mindset-success-story.md Podcast: [Wrestling Mindset](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624) Published: 2026-06-04T06:03:33+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/wrestlingmindset/episodes/us-open-u20-champ-ryan-burton-wrestling-mindset-success-stor Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5aec535fe48f8bda3d66626d/e/6a2115363d098b70114719e6/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-mindset-487624/episodes/us-open-u20-champ-ryan-burton-wrestling-mindset-success-story Duration seconds: 950 ## Resource 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: 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.… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-mindset-487624/episodes/us-open-u20-champ-ryan-burton-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/us-open-u20-champ-ryan-burton-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.