AMA on Current State of CrossFit
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This week, we've got an AMA I did on Instagram Live, answering some of your questions on the current state of CrossFit, affiliation, and certification, as well as my hopes for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | In my opinion, Greg Glassman needs to divest 100% of his ownership in order for this thing to be fixed. |
| 0:07.2 | Otherwise, what we're doing is we're representing. So let's say he goes down to 20%. |
| 0:10.9 | And let's just say the affiliates buy it. Well, he has 20% and then each affiliate has one |
| 0:18.0 | 15,000th of it. He's still the majority owner. Even if you get a couple parties involved, 20% adds up pretty quickly. |
| 0:27.0 | If you have four other partners, those all add up to 20% he's still in control. |
| 0:33.0 | Even regardless of the control and the ownership of all that stuff, it's what Greg Glassman now represents in the public eye. |
| 0:40.5 | That needs to very move from what CrossFit represents because it's not what CrossFit represents. |
| 0:46.0 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:50.0 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:58.5 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is passing. |
| 1:02.5 | Our mission is to live on the road. Always chasing. Never stop. |
| 1:09.0 | Hello, you chasers of Excellence, Patrick here. |
| 1:12.5 | This week for the show, we're going to repurpose a Instagram live that bended on Friday afternoon. |
| 1:19.0 | There's obviously so much going on in the world, so much going on within our own little world of CrossFit. |
| 1:25.0 | I thought this would be the best way to get some of your questions answered. |
| 1:29.5 | Obviously a lot of folks are wondering what Ben thinks about affiliation or nonaffiliation in the games and the future of his involvement in CrossFit. |
| 1:38.0 | He answered some of those questions at least on Friday afternoon questions from Instagram, questions from Compt Trainers. |
| 1:44.0 | That's what we've got this week. I hope everybody's staying well. I hope everybody's staying sane. We'll see you guys next week. |
| 1:52.0 | A couple things to start off. Earlier this week, I hosted a affiliate town hall that wasn't what I was hoping it was going to be. |
| 2:00.5 | The idea was to create some stability, to create some greater understanding what's happening in the CrossFit space. |
| 2:08.5 | There was so much coming down the pipeline so quickly that we were actually advised to really cut it short and we kind of acquiesced to those requests. |
| 2:19.0 | I realized how much I let you guys down, so I'm so excited to be in front of you guys right now to do what I can to create some stability, |
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