Jesse James West
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
My favorite part about that video was the storytelling and ending at the end was so like pure and it really moved people and got people so like the comments on that video was different than anything else.
Which the sub three. Yes. I saw how it took him like years.
Which the sub three. Yes. I saw how it took him like years.
Which the sub three. Yes. I saw how it took him like years.
Decades. I ran mine 353. And I was super happy with that. I was like, what the hell did I do? I'm not going to lie. I'm an athlete. I played dealing lacrosse. I was very good at sports and stuff. Like being athletic doesn't, doesn't, isn't hard for me, but running a marathon is wildly different. Athletic doesn't really matter there. It's just a matter of like willpower.
Decades. I ran mine 353. And I was super happy with that. I was like, what the hell did I do? I'm not going to lie. I'm an athlete. I played dealing lacrosse. I was very good at sports and stuff. Like being athletic doesn't, doesn't, isn't hard for me, but running a marathon is wildly different. Athletic doesn't really matter there. It's just a matter of like willpower.
Decades. I ran mine 353. And I was super happy with that. I was like, what the hell did I do? I'm not going to lie. I'm an athlete. I played dealing lacrosse. I was very good at sports and stuff. Like being athletic doesn't, doesn't, isn't hard for me, but running a marathon is wildly different. Athletic doesn't really matter there. It's just a matter of like willpower.
But let me tell you about the hardest thing that I've done. Oh God, I have trauma from this one. You can thank a guy named Brian Johnson, aka Liver King. Okay, this guy, psychopath. Love him. Great guy to be around. Extremely successful businessman. Very motivating. He does this thing called the barbarian.
But let me tell you about the hardest thing that I've done. Oh God, I have trauma from this one. You can thank a guy named Brian Johnson, aka Liver King. Okay, this guy, psychopath. Love him. Great guy to be around. Extremely successful businessman. Very motivating. He does this thing called the barbarian.
But let me tell you about the hardest thing that I've done. Oh God, I have trauma from this one. You can thank a guy named Brian Johnson, aka Liver King. Okay, this guy, psychopath. Love him. Great guy to be around. Extremely successful businessman. Very motivating. He does this thing called the barbarian.
You have 15 pound on ankle weights on each leg, 15 pound or 70 pound backpack, 150, 140 pound sled and holding 70 pound kettlebells. And it's 112 degrees outside in Texas and it's August or July or something. And you have to go through the sand. So like sand gives resistance as you pull, it's digging, it's digging itself into the ground. So it's torturous.
You have 15 pound on ankle weights on each leg, 15 pound or 70 pound backpack, 150, 140 pound sled and holding 70 pound kettlebells. And it's 112 degrees outside in Texas and it's August or July or something. And you have to go through the sand. So like sand gives resistance as you pull, it's digging, it's digging itself into the ground. So it's torturous.
You have 15 pound on ankle weights on each leg, 15 pound or 70 pound backpack, 150, 140 pound sled and holding 70 pound kettlebells. And it's 112 degrees outside in Texas and it's August or July or something. And you have to go through the sand. So like sand gives resistance as you pull, it's digging, it's digging itself into the ground. So it's torturous.
So it's like, if you add to the math, it's like 315 pounds you're carrying. So like, and you have to go a mile. I've done it once with him. The first time I met him, uh, and we did on flat gravel. I did it in an hour in 20 something minutes. I beat him by an hour. I was like, what the hell just happened, bro? That was like, okay. That was one of the, one of the hardest things I've done.
So it's like, if you add to the math, it's like 315 pounds you're carrying. So like, and you have to go a mile. I've done it once with him. The first time I met him, uh, and we did on flat gravel. I did it in an hour in 20 something minutes. I beat him by an hour. I was like, what the hell just happened, bro? That was like, okay. That was one of the, one of the hardest things I've done.
So it's like, if you add to the math, it's like 315 pounds you're carrying. So like, and you have to go a mile. I've done it once with him. The first time I met him, uh, and we did on flat gravel. I did it in an hour in 20 something minutes. I beat him by an hour. I was like, what the hell just happened, bro? That was like, okay. That was one of the, one of the hardest things I've done.
Not the hardest. Then I do the second challenge a year later. He invites me back. He's like, I want you to do the barbarian crucible. I'm like, this sounds terrible, but I'm in, I'm all for stupid things that I'm gonna have to put myself through.
Not the hardest. Then I do the second challenge a year later. He invites me back. He's like, I want you to do the barbarian crucible. I'm like, this sounds terrible, but I'm in, I'm all for stupid things that I'm gonna have to put myself through.
Not the hardest. Then I do the second challenge a year later. He invites me back. He's like, I want you to do the barbarian crucible. I'm like, this sounds terrible, but I'm in, I'm all for stupid things that I'm gonna have to put myself through.
that's why i literally have like scars from this and we do this about quarter mile in i was like already having a first heat stroke and i was like what i was like bro this is next level because it's through sand it's through dirt it's through uh it's the same thing same exact thing same mile just the course is 10 times harder and he last time he did it was a competition so you kind of have that like let me chase you feeling this time he's just chilling he's smoking a cigar drinking his whiskey and