I’m pivoting some in my career. Even with all the uncertainty of life during this global pandemic, I feel pretty confident and strangely ...

I don’t think we get many real wake up calls. I’m not even sure about the phrase itself. But dealing personally and socially with a globa...

Guy lifts weights. Maybe he isn’t all that consistent, but dammit he’s identified with it, at least when it suits him. Guy’s wife has the...

Meditation can be very difficult. We’re told to let go, but we have no instinct for it. We need to learn to understand it. And learning t...

Because I coach powerlifting at a strength gym, I spend a lot of time around athletes who train specifically for strength. My gym, JDI Ba...

Article originally published on Breaking Muscle Buy my template, and you’ll not only get stronger, but it’s all you’ll ever need." Have y...

Definiteness of purpose - an idea from Napolean Hill in his book "Outwitting the Devil." At the end of the book he tells his readers tha...

In my dining room, there’s a window. It looks out toward my little backyard. Light peaks in through the window early in the morning when ...

I'm set to identify my limiting agreements. I've been reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Something today really grabbed me. ...

Progress in training is very rarely, if at all linear. Justin Troy, one of my Muay Thai coaches who's been developing me has put together...

I'm going to start collecting a category of posts that will be deeply personal. I imagine this will be very cathartic for me. I've loved...

Me: “So you want me to set my feet wide in a receiving position, pull the bar all the way up to my chest pulling my elbows as high as pos...

BODYWEIGHT: 100.8 Kilos – holding steady at the moment HIGHLIGHTS OF TRAINING PROGRAM: This is the first week of competition prep for the...

This JDI Journal Jesse talks about the new things in his training and some really great insight from starting something new like Muay Thai.

This was an amazing sit down interview AND basic intro to aerial straps performances and exercises with Stuart McKenzie. @stustraps https...

It’s been a very different kind of training cycle and couple of months, and that’s OK. I didn’t fall off the wagon, as I’m prone to do, b...

This is the third of the videos overviewing how Yasha Kahn programs for Olympic Weightlifting. In this video Yasha discusses how he manag...

This is the second of the videos overviewing how Yasha Kahn programs for Olympic Weightlifting. In this video Yasha discusses how he mana...

Quick Question Adequate Answer ( QQ/AA) “with” Yasha Kahn. Yasha tells Jesse how to set his shin angles to keep the bar closer and lift m...