Jesse Mecham: Know Your Purpose - The Professional Transition Series S13E1

<p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Lifting regularly and interested in learning more about lifting and coaching? Jesse shares his story of lifting, coaching, studying in the Barbell Academy, and ultimately deciding to not pursue coaching professionally and how the Barbell Academy helped him realize this. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">CJ Gotcher talks to Jesse Mecham, Founder of YNAB and Barbell Academy student, about his experience going through the academy. Jesse came to lifting in his teens, reading a special edition of Muscle and Fitness magazine that covered Arnold Scharzenegger. His first experience with coaching came from someone warning about hurting his back from deadlifting, which scared him away from simple, hard, effective training for a while. He continued to lift.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Eventually, he found Barbell Logic and a more effective approach to strength training. Jesse, someone who applies himself at anything he does and wants to do anything he does well, built a garage gym and invited others to lift with him. His role evolved into somewhat of a coaching role, and as this occurred he signed up for the Barbell Academy to help deepen his knowledge of programming and coaching. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">As he completed the Academy, he learned a lot and was better able to program and cue his fellow lifters. He even arranged a Barbell Logic seminar at his gym, which not only helped improve his coaching but also helped the other lifters learn to better identify and fix their own errors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Despite this, he ultimately decided to NOT pursue becoming a professional barbell coach, with his other commitments of family and running a business. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">In addition to this, CJ & Jesse talk about productivity and setting up the first coaching arrangement so you don’t grow resentful. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Many coaches coach their first lifters