EP 208: Jesse Grupper
March 4, 2024
Photo by Lena Drapella
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!