Jesse IrizarryApr 206 min3 Ways You Can, And Should, Be Like BatmanOriginally published on Medium < https://medium.com/@jesse_irizarry > “Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Then always be...
Jesse IrizarryApr 202 minJust A Little Work, Over and OverKnees were meant to bend and bend completely. I could have avoided so much of the pain and stiffness that I dealt with daily when lifting...
Jesse IrizarryOct 15, 20217 min3 More Movies That Call YOU OutIt was a year or two back, I think. But really, who remembers timeframes anymore?, I wrote a piece for Breaking Muscle on some of my...
Jesse IrizarrySep 14, 20213 minThe Wind In The TreesI get wound into frantic spells of higher thought here and there. It’s usually on mornings when I slept well the night before where I get...
Jesse IrizarryAug 12, 20212 minMy Stutter Step It’s kind of like dad jokes for a dad. Your kids reach a certain age and you not only start enjoying them but they come to you from the...
Jesse IrizarryAug 4, 20211 minThe Coffee Stain That Is My Life Spilled coffee on a Carl Jung book that I was reading this morning. Not a good look. Why wouldn’t I spill something on a book like that? ...
Jesse IrizarryFeb 23, 20212 minUncommonly Good At The CommonI’ve tortured myself right and proper. My mind has always had compulsive thoughts steadily running through at hyperspeed. Even as a kid,...
Jesse IrizarryJan 30, 20212 minWhy I Have A SwordI didn’t have a lot of friends when I was a little kid. My stutter was staggeringly worse than it is now so it was really difficult for...
Jesse IrizarryDec 15, 20204 minWhat To Do With The Dead Space I wish you could see what I’m looking at right now. I’ll take a picture of it for this blog but it’ll be a lousy painting of this picture...
Jesse IrizarryNov 20, 20202 minBurn It To The Ground I think I’ve written about this before, I’m not sure. I don’t care at this moment if I have or not. I’ve recited D.H. Lawrence’s quote...
Jesse IrizarryNov 20, 20202 minLet Me Tell You A StoryAnother repost of an article I wrote on Medium a couple of years back Let me tell you a story… Matthew loved superheros, from the first...
Jesse IrizarryOct 28, 202012 min5 Lasting Lessons From a Master in StrengthThis is a repost that never made it to my new blog when I shut down my old one. I wrote it ( I think) 4 years ago. Coach Bill has been on...
Jesse IrizarryOct 22, 20203 minYou're Not As Strong As You Could BeI took my singlet off, changed into my shorts and t-shirt, and started whipping my back. I used dumbbell presses for my cat o’ nine...
Jesse IrizarrySep 15, 20202 minWould You Fix Your God-Awful Mobility, Already?I don’t get it. If you’re an athlete or lifter, why do you never work on your mobility? Maybe you’ve already put time into improving it...
Jesse IrizarryJul 28, 20204 minBarbell Training Should Be Martial ArtsI remember taking my shoes and socks off, straightening my belt, and bowing as I stepped into the dojang. I was about nine years old, I...
Jesse IrizarryMay 26, 20203 minI Am The BreathI’m pivoting some in my career. Even with all the uncertainty of life during this global pandemic, I feel pretty confident and strangely...
Jesse IrizarryMay 5, 20206 minIt's Time To Learn What Healthy Means 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...
Jesse IrizarryApr 10, 20202 minNo, They're Just PlayingGuy 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...
Jesse IrizarryMar 31, 20203 minThe Moment Of Real PracticeMeditation 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...
Jesse IrizarryFeb 20, 20203 minStrength Athletes Suck At Accessories by Alex Hall Because I coach powerlifting at a strength gym, I spend a lot of time around athletes who train specifically for strength. My gym, JDI...