#043: What to Do About Your Weaknesses
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode: We're talking about how to attack weaknesses in the gym, how to play to our strengths outside the gym, & how I've come to think about the areas in my own life I want to focus on improving. Show Notes: 01:54 - How I think about getting to the bottom of movement or performance issues 8:55 - Why I don't only competitive athletes should be focusing on their weaknesses 16:48 - What I think are the cross-over benefits to real life of learning how to attack weaknesses in the gym 23:14 - My thoughts on whether it ever makes sense to go hard on our weaknesses, even in lieu of strengths 28:55 - How I've come to think about & through my own areas of weakness // 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 | the word, the word weaknesses implies like something that I'm not good at. |
| 0:04.1 | And if I'm not good at, I don't want to do it. |
| 0:05.6 | And it's so we actually rephrase it. |
| 0:08.6 | I call it focus work, which makes it just the opposite, right? |
| 0:11.4 | It's the thing that you're focusing on. |
| 0:13.2 | Got you. |
| 0:13.7 | So turn it around. |
| 0:14.9 | Turn around. |
| 0:15.4 | We can still use the word. |
| 0:16.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:17.9 | But that's turning on negative into a positive. |
| 0:19.7 | Exactly. |
| 0:20.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.8 | And it's almost like playing defense versus playing offense. |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.7 | And by inherently, inherently means something that like weakness, like, oh my gosh, |
| 0:29.0 | like I would work on my weaknesses instead of like, I need my vegetables. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, right. |
| 0:34.8 | Have to have to get to. |
| 0:36.3 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 0:37.3 | What confidence is has nothing to do with winning or the leaderboard. |
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