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Chasing Excellence

AMA on Current State of CrossFit

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K 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.

Transcript

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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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