7 Training Habits Average Athletes Skip (But Elite Athletes Never Do)
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Why do the best athletes train less intensely than you might think — and still get better results?
In this episode, Ben, Cole, and Jamison break down the seven training principles that separate elite performance from burnout: warming up like you mean it, lifting with intention instead of ego, and understanding that pacing is the actual secret to getting fitter.
You'll discover why training at 60% effort builds more capacity than going all-out every session, why rest days aren't optional, and how discipline beats intensity every single time.
These aren't hacks — they're the fundamentals that create sustainable, lifelong strength. If you're training hard but not seeing results, this episode will change how you show up in the gym tomorrow.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we dive in, quick heads up, for a limited time in January, we're offering 25% off an annual |
| 0:05.1 | Chase Club membership, plus anyone who signs up or is already a member gets automatically |
| 0:09.8 | entered to win some awesome prize packs. We're talking about Comtrend subscriptions, |
| 0:13.7 | discounts to future in lifted certifications, and more. Just had to chasingexcellence. |
| 0:18.3 | Email to jump in. All right, let's get into the episode. |
| 0:25.9 | All right, guys, welcome to the show. We have hijacked it from Patrick for the day, so you won't |
| 0:31.8 | get to hear his smooth and sultry voice. He doesn't even know that we're doing this, but I'm just kidding. We are jumping into |
| 0:41.9 | the first of what hopefully will be many training specific conversations here on the chasing |
| 0:47.2 | excellence platform. So a bit of a comp train chasing excellence official collaboration here. |
| 0:53.1 | So with Ben and Cole, and we're just |
| 0:55.2 | going to jump straight into it. What we're going to talk about today is some information we shared |
| 1:00.8 | actually on social media a while back that got a lot of engagement and a lot of questions. |
| 1:06.5 | And the topic is seven things that are hard to do, but are also critical. |
| 1:11.8 | So we're just going to jump straight into it. |
| 1:13.4 | And you guys, we will be keeping points as to whose answers are better and announce |
| 1:18.1 | the winner at the end of this. |
| 1:21.9 | Is there a handicap? |
| 1:23.2 | I feel like I need a handicap. |
| 1:26.2 | Or a head start or like the normal, like, if I'm working out with Cole, like, |
| 1:31.8 | yeah, I get to do the female weights or there's something. |
| 1:35.1 | I don't know. |
| 1:35.6 | The age, yeah, you get to answer the age group questions. |
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