#111: How to Maintain Your Edge When Training Solo (2:00, #14)
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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We're diving back into your questions this week, including my thoughts on four-day workweeks, how to judge a gym from afar, and how I prioritize what I focus on every day.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a reason that Philly it's exist. |
| 0:02.4 | And there's a reason that we do it in classes |
| 0:04.7 | because it is more effective than doing it solo. |
| 0:08.8 | Like even Matt Fraser who trains by himself |
| 0:12.6 | trains with buddies in in a philly, it's like, |
| 0:15.3 | it works, it's better. |
| 0:17.5 | Before you said the environment matters so much |
| 0:19.5 | and it's the same. |
| 0:20.3 | The environment matters so, so much. |
| 0:21.8 | Lance Armstrong's, like he trains with a team. |
| 0:25.4 | It's like, Lance, I shouldn't use that example anymore. |
| 0:27.2 | It's like, because it's from 1994. |
| 0:28.6 | It's 1994 and he's a stare like a topper. |
| 0:31.6 | He takes drugs with his team. |
| 0:35.3 | But the idea is like, recognize that you're struggling, |
| 0:38.2 | the reason you're struggling is real. |
| 0:40.7 | Like you're not going to be, first, the first thing is, |
| 0:44.2 | don't expect to get back to the exact same mindset. |
| 0:47.0 | If you want to get back to the exact same mindset, |
| 0:49.1 | go back to the philly. |
| 0:50.8 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives |
| 0:53.4 | are within our control. |
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