EP 208: Jesse Grupper — Optimistic Training, Last Place to Olympian, and Leveling Up His Bouldering
About this episode
Jesse Grupper is a 27-year-old American who will be competing at the 2024 Olympics. We talked about his nomad lifestyle, the idea of “training trips”, climbing as an art form, the concept of optimistic training, thinking of ourselves as bodies of water, how he turned around his bouldering after placing last in his first World Cup, balancing Olympic prep with his job, soft robotics, and more!
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Show Notes:
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Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:01:44) – Infusions for Ulcerative Colitis
(00:06:40) – Jesse’s nomadic lifestyle
(00:08:26) – Training trips
(00:18:30) – Almost quitting competitions
(00:23:05) – Getting bullied for climbing as a kid
(00:27:45) – Climbing as an art form
(00:30:12) – Asking yourself questions
(00:38:05) – Optimistic Training
(00:45:05) – Pessimism is lazy
(00:47:54) – Frustration
(00:50:58) – Support
(00:53:16) – Each of us is a body of water
(00:57:20) – Was Jesse a natural at climbing?
(01:00:07) – Turning around his bouldering
(01:04:44) – Strategy for the Olympics
(01:07:47) – Training with circuits
(01:13:40) – Balance
(01:21:12) – Soft robotics
(01:30:48) – “Take it easy, but take it.”
(01:32:17) – What Jesse wishes we thought more about
(01:35:20) – Wrap up and EXTRA teaser!
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