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Chasing Excellence

#077: Comparing Solo & Group Training

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Health, Education, Mindset, Crossfit, Wellness, Self-improvement, Holistic Health, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

We’re talking about what type of athletes thrive in a one-on-one environment, the differences between progressions and periodization in your programming, and whether I think coaches should specialize in either group or individual training.

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0:00.0

Different people will thrive in different environments.

0:02.5

And that's kind of, we have to realize is that it's not a one size fits all that you can say.

0:07.5

Group is better than individual or individual is better than group.

0:10.8

It depends on people's goals.

0:14.5

And their abilities and the coach and do they have a set thing that they're striving for when

0:26.2

I say that's really vague. But like if you're trying to peak at a certain time,

0:30.4

like these athletes are for the CrossFit games where you're trying to get ready for the NFL

0:33.8

Combine, you going in this GPP class that doesn't have any might not be the best thing.

0:39.2

You need a more target approach. But if you're soccer, mom or dad trying to get fit or you're just

0:43.6

trying to get, you know, generally fit for your other sport, the group might be the right thing.

0:48.4

So there's no, from that aspect, there's no like one size is right for everybody.

0:55.1

We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control.

0:59.6

That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each other

1:04.9

is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. That chasing excellence is how we grab hold

1:10.5

of what is possible. Our mission is to live on the run. Always chasing, never stop.

1:17.9

Welcome to another episode of chasing excellence. How have you been?

1:21.7

Good tasha. Today we are going to discuss something that I've been thinking about because

1:26.9

we've danced around the topic a little bit. We've talked, especially in two-minute drill episodes.

1:31.2

We've had questions and answers that are related to this, but we haven't dedicated entire episode

1:36.4

to it yet. And generally, roughly speaking, the topic is going to be the role or the value of

1:44.9

solo training versus group training for a lack of a better term, but both from the athlete perspective

1:51.4

and then maybe from the coaches perspective or the business owner's perspective, especially because

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