S6 EP1: American Ninja Warrior Jessie Graff
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Jessie Graff has been described as a modern-day Wonder Woman, and her achievements and accomplishments are seriously impressive. In today’s episode, Jessie has a conversation with Rachael and Kelsea, and you’ll be able to hear all about her background as a stunt woman, television personality, and Ninja Warrior. Listen to the episode to hear Jessie describe what it was like to discover her talents, what her first television experiences were like, and how she’s trained her body to do amazing things.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- How Jessie discovered her talents
- Jessie’s first TV show appearances
- What your body can learn when you train it
- How Jessie ended up on Ninja Warrior
- What typical training days look like for Jessie
- The legacy that Jessie hopes to leave for women in sports
- Where to find Jessie
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| 0:00.0 | one of my old roommates, she's like an 11-time world champion in free running. She's a legend |
| 0:06.1 | herself. But she had done this ninja warrior thing in Japan back before it was even on TV. And she |
| 0:12.7 | was like, oh, you would love this. It's so fun. And I was like, yeah, okay. But then one day I saw it on |
| 0:17.0 | the beach. They were shooting in Venice. And I went up and I was like, hey, can I do this? |
| 0:22.7 | And you're like, you have to apply like a year in advance. |
| 0:26.9 | All right. |
| 0:27.7 | Come over here. |
| 0:28.5 | You can't just walk up here. |
| 0:30.1 | And so I put it in the back of my head and I was like, okay, don't forget to do that. |
| 0:33.9 | I'll sign up sometime. |
| 0:35.8 | And of course, I forgot about it. |
| 0:41.8 | The big question is this. In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real |
| 0:51.3 | people achieve their fitness goals? We are an army of hardworking women, |
| 0:58.0 | changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 1:01.0 | Wherever you are at on your journey, |
| 1:04.0 | we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well |
| 1:08.0 | a part of your life. |
| 1:10.0 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:14.9 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast. Hi guys and welcome back to the Thick Thigh |
| 1:21.9 | Save Lives podcast. I'm Kelsey and I'm Rachel. And we have an amazing guest on this week. Jesse Graff. You'll hear from her. |
| 1:30.6 | She is an absolutely amazing guest. We are obsessed with this episode, The Blueprint for How to |
| 1:35.6 | Be Successful and Resilient and Just a badass Ninja Warrior. Yeah, amazing is all in this episode. And I'm so excited for you guys to listen to it. |
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