#041: Tips to Improve Competitive Performance
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode: We're talking about ways to be more competitive in the sport of CrossFit. Topics include how to get better at muscle-ups, tips for improving your double unders, & my best advice for athletes who don't have a coach. Show Notes: 02:06 - Quick recap of the Theoretical Development of a Champion 03:55 - My best advice for a competitor I've never seen compete or train 09:36 - Something I think too many athletes are doing in daily training 12:35 - Something I think not enough athletes are doing in their daily training 14:41 - My thoughts on elite athletes not always eating "clean" 17:37 - Tips for getting better at muscle-ups 21:01 - Tips for getting better at double-unders 22:40 - Watch Molly Metz do 10 minutes of UB double-unders here [https://youtu.be/0-PS4jK2LOI] 26:11 - How to get better at touch & go reps 29:34 - Advice on events that have a rower/Trueform/bike, etc 32:57 - What to do if you don't have a competitive coach to work with 35:06 - A sneak peak at something new from CompTrain [Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comptrain-radio/id1420154954] // Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2lCdeWb Subscribe on Google Play: https://goo.gl/VPYj3G Grab the book: http://amzn.to/2vSjU4q Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to dissecting what it means to live a life of excellence, both inside the gym & out. On each episode, we'll deep dive on various aspects of running a CrossFit affiliate, becoming a better coach or athlete, & maximizing your potential. Web: http://www.benbergeron.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benbergeron/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachbenbergeron/
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| 0:00.0 | And if your goal is to get done that workout is faster you can so you can beat the buddies in the class |
| 0:04.3 | You're competing if the goal is to really dial in this new rope climbing technique |
| 0:10.3 | Because you know with six months of daycare practice it will be faster if you don't know it potentially could be faster |
| 0:17.5 | That's training willing to sacrifice results now for greater results later |
| 0:23.1 | It's a equivalent of like a track athlete every single time they they compete in the 800 and every time they went off for training |
| 0:29.2 | They tried to best their PR 800s on that's terrible. Oh my god, and they're not gonna get faster |
| 0:34.2 | Yeah, instead of like working on some mechanics working on some 100s working on some starting drills working on a finishing kick working at |
| 0:43.6 | Running longer distances at their 800 pace with equal with dedicated rest in between |
| 0:50.2 | That's the way you get better. No no 800 reader sprinter thinks that they're gonna get better by running 800s every day |
| 0:56.1 | What confidence is has nothing to do with winning or the leaderboard what confidence is is knowing that you giving your best efforts is enough |
| 1:11.1 | Greetings hey Patrick how are you doing good good today we are going to talk about |
| 1:20.4 | Performance in the gym. It's sort of the simplest way to put it |
| 1:23.5 | We talk a lot and and in the in the book chasing excellence a large part of it is is dedicated to |
| 1:30.0 | Sort of the bottom of what you consider sort of the development of a champion or the pyramid |
| 1:36.0 | That leads to a foundation. Yes, so and the foundation of that is I think in the book you guys call it or you call it person |
| 1:43.6 | Another way to put it as character. Basically all of the all of the traits that an individual |
| 1:49.4 | Ideally would have in order to build upon to become a champion right so we talk about that a lot |
| 1:55.1 | I mean that's that's a good chunk of what we talk about |
| 1:57.0 | So I wanted to flip it a little bit and go to the top of that pyramid |
| 2:00.7 | Which correct confirm wrong is it is it strategy at the top or is it yeah? |
| 2:05.2 | So the very top the very peak of the pyramid |
| 2:07.6 | So kind of the pyramid yeah pyramid starts with the base the foundational level is who are you as a person? |
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