This 5 year natural transformation is truly amazing when you consider not just the strength and size improvements made by Jesse but also the hurdles and obstacles he has had to overcome to do this. Starting back in 2016, when Jesse first started working for athlean x, he knew he likely would have to start working out if he was going to be working with Jeff Cavaliere and a fitness company. Reluctantly, he began lifting.
Of course, like any young just-out-of-college male, he didn’t really want to hear from anyone what he should be doing. He opted to do his own workouts and train how he wanted. The results were certainly a bit slow to come but at least he was developing the habit of training and starting to value it more as part of his lifestyle.
As many who have watched this channel have witnessed however, the journey was quickly interrupted by a near fatal car accident. Jesse sustained head trauma that took him away from training all together and greatly limited his ability to exert high effort when he finally returned to the gym. During this time, the habitual improvements he made were gone and he once again found it very hard to be consistent with any workout, let alone one advised to him by Coach Cavaliere.
It was also at this time that Jesse found his eating habits once again veering more towards sweets and low quality food intake. This only made the process of gaining muscle more difficult. Without enough high quality nutrients, and calories in general, Jesse was finding it almost impossible to support any of the time he spent working out in the form of new muscle gains.
Finally, in 2019, after years of inconsistently and haphazardly approaching his fitness plans Jesse appealed to Jeff to finally let him put him on a program. The results have been nothing less than amazing. With a focus on building a strong foundation through compound lifts without the weaknesses and cracks that many others rush to overlook in the pursuit of bigger lifts and numbers alone, Jesse started to build the base.
Little by little, under the guidance of a professional strength coach, Jesse started seeing significant strength and muscle gains. All the while that his compound lifts like the squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press and weighted pullups were improving, he was also working on building up his size through the appropriate accessory exercises.
Essentially, Jesse was following a hybrid strength and powerlifting program like BEAXST that was taking him to all new levels of muscle development and size. His confidence was growing and his gains kept coming.
His chest growth was obvious. His legs, which had long been one of the most stubborn muscle groups on his whole body were finally starting to make noticeable gains. His shoulders and back were starting to look much more muscular. All of his friends and family were noticing the gains that he was making and complimenting him on what he had achieved – mostly knowing how much he had overcome in order to reach the level of consistency he was finally displaying.
The gains have continued all the way through 2020 and 2021 with no signs of slowing down.
The transformation of Jesse is one of my proudest moments as a strength and conditioning coach. Watching him transform not only his body, his strength and his size but his confidence has been one of the most rewarding things to watch. Jesse is like a son to me in many ways. As expected, you will run into the situations where your words or advice may not be followed or listened to. But ultimately, when push comes to shove and the rubber hits the road, the willingness to turn to others for guidance and knowledge winds up producing the most direct path to results.
I would love it if you are reading this if you could leave Jesse some love in the comments below.
Share his story with someone else who thinks that getting bigger and stronger just isn’t in the cards for them. Share this story with someone who thinks that they are destined to be skinny and simply can’t make the muscle gains that their friends or others in the gym can.
When you’re ready to make the same transformation yourself, I’m ready to coach you too.
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@IND CREATIONS if you’ve got 3-4, can i have one please? haha
I would love a chance at this but you always upload when I’m asleep due to timezones. Maybe do something for us around the world in the future.
I just started working out 1 1/2 yrs ago. I’m 45 but I’m addicted to the gym. I feel bad when I miss a day. Wish I would’ve started in my 20s. Eating better and less is the hardest thing in all this. Next Monday I’m going to go all out for the 1st time. I’m determined.
So, um, he grew a beard?
@uabir and he gained muscles, unlike you hahahahah
Wow I remember when he started! Can’t believe it’s been that many years now! Well done Jesse! Also we can’t forget the beard gains too! Congratulations on your tremendous progress!
Right.i remember when he started.got me hopeful.i just can never stay motivated long term and quit
@datl0ud tattoo is a stupid trend as well, just saying…
I made it 1k
I’ve been following the channel for several years now, and when Jesse came on, I was pleased to see his progress over time. Jesse represents the majority of us who are trying to get stronger and stay in shape, especially the hurdles we face in life. Keep it up Jesse!
After years of watching this chanel and training at home, Jesse became an inspiration a lot of times, seeing his progress is really encouraging. Keep it up man, I’m pretty sure I can say we’re all proud of you.
I’ve only began doing *somewhat* serious exercising and nutrition intake this past one year. The newbie gains are there but barely seen by most people. Looking forward to another four years with more serious grinds of physical training and nutrition to see similar changes to Jesse!
It is so refreshing and inspirational to see someone like Jesse, thin like me, through hard work and diet over time transform himself into a muscular guy. That helps support my belief that it could also work for me. Throughout the years of progress he has still been able to keep a great sense of humor. Good going Jesse! Good creating. We are all applauding you.
Jesse’s deadlift is extremely impressive on its own, but when you factor in his bodyweight to bar weight ratio, it’s absolutely insane.
@Sebastian A. Stancu He’s not going to look like he carries mass, probably ever. He’s the true definition of an ectomorph in terms of muscle building. That’s why he looks so lean and dense, which will only get better over time.
@Ken Russell I’ve got nothing but respect for Jesse! I started lifting when I was 23 as well at about 60kg and been consistent (except when gym was closed due to corona restrictions) now for 2 1/2 years
I deadlift 135 kg x4 (300lbs) at 83kg bodyweight. I haven’t figured out my one rep max yet, but I will next time. Thanks to everyone for answering my question. Knowing how much my man Jesse deadlifts will most definitely push me to pull even more. Greetings from Germany !
@Yan Nguen absolutely right. With all those “Natty” Influencers today, the image of how you look at certain strength levels is just ridiculous.
@Sebastian A. Stancu his body type might be like this doesn’t pack on enough muscle mass naturally unless he ate at a massive caloric surplus.
@Purcells Pro Detail he’s not tall
For anyone and everyone wondering why Jeff is by far the most preferred fitness content creator of all time, here is why…
It’s all about the sustained knowledge that he has been passing on to anyone who ever decided to sit down and listen, Jesse represents exactly that, the perfect listener. Put his kayfabe character aside, he is a person who started really low but improved incredibly as an athlete overall and what is actually incredible is the progress over time, that is the proof of the quality content.
As much as I congratulate Jesse for putting in the work, Jeff should be acknowledged for offering the knowledge, from every Jesse out there
Love Jesse, he is a huge part of why I watch this channel. He and Jeff ‘s personalities compliment each other so much. What an amazing and inspiring journey, GREAT Job Jesse!!!
Jesse, great stuff right here man! This is so motivating to see and has given me even more confidence that I too can reach my fitness goals, that being going from a skinny 147 to a strong 165/175! Let’s do this!!!
Jesse and I graduated in the same class at QU 5 years ago. Love seeing him in the videos and couldn’t be more pumped to see how much he’s accomplished.
This is a great transformation, remembered when you first started. Much respect Jesse keep up the great work!
I started training as a freshman in college 5 years ago and have been making progress alongside Jesse. I can’t express how much wisdom, motivation, and entertainment these videos have provided me. Thanks Jeff and Jesse!
There’s probably similar transformations over the years in other channels as well, but, if Jesse eventually becomes as big as Jeff (of course even if he doesn’t which is more likely he still as absolutely amazing and props to him) this channel will literally have documented him throughout all stages of his journey and as one of the most popular channels will also boast one if the most inspirational athlete journeys on fitness YouTube.