Ben Bergeron: Chasing Excellence, Building The Fittest Athletes in the World, and Mastering Principle that Create Champions — Barbell Shrugged #363
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2018
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Ben Bergeron trains some of the world's fittest athletes. A former Ironman competitor, triathlete, and CrossFit Games competitor, he has coached athletes to six world championships. As coach to the reigning Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth, Ben is considered one of the top coaches in the sport of CrossFit. He created and continues to provide CompTrain for free as a way of sharing his knowledge with the CrossFit community.
Ben has dedicated his life to helping others become the best version of themselves. He founded CrossFit New England in 2008, where he coaches his members on their quest to improve their fitness, health, and approach to life beyond the gym.
In this episode, we talk dive into how to build the fittest athletes in the world, why CrossFit New England has succeeded in the last 10 years, personal development is at the heart of a champion, developing a growth mindset is the key to long term success, and much more.
Enjoy!
- Doug and Anders
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Shrug family, today's show with Ben Bergeron is the best conversation I have ever had in my life. |
| 0:08.0 | It is better than any conversation I've ever had with my family, friends, mentors, coaches or training partners. |
| 0:17.0 | It's the best conversation I've ever had in my life for many reasons. |
| 0:21.0 | First, the day before I did 90 minutes with Mike Boyle, who is someone I've wanted to talk to for years. |
| 0:27.0 | He's a legend. |
| 0:29.0 | Two hours before that conversation, I did 90 minutes on the phone with Mark Englund. |
| 0:34.0 | He has studied language and communication for the last 12 years. |
| 0:37.0 | His presence alone forces you to be at the top of your game. |
| 0:41.0 | Before that, I'm pushing the 100-interview mark on Shrug, giving me tons of confidence that I can hang with someone like Bergeron. |
| 0:49.0 | And before that, the thousands of conversations with friends, forcing ourselves to have long form, elevated conversations thinking deeply, overanalyzing and developing complete thoughts around the subject. |
| 1:02.0 | This is the best conversation in my life because I think about having good conversations every day of my life. |
| 1:08.0 | I have standing calls every week with people I consider to be great thinkers. |
| 1:13.0 | People that are not satisfied just running successful businesses. |
| 1:17.0 | These people need depth to inspire them and provide purpose to their life. |
| 1:21.0 | This is the best conversation not by accident, but by design. |
| 1:25.0 | I've been waiting my whole life to get on the phone with Mark Englund to discuss the art of language. |
| 1:30.0 | I've been waiting years to see if I could talk training on the same level as Mike Boyle, the greatest trainer of all time. |
| 1:37.0 | And my whole life for the opportunity to sit down with Ben Bergeron and walk out of that room knowing we nailed it. |
| 1:45.0 | Today's show is the culmination of thousands of hours of personal growth, practice conversations, and life experiences with one of the best coaches to walk on the face of this earth. |
| 1:55.0 | I look for moments when I wake up and think, today I have to be better than I have ever been. |
| 2:01.0 | Today's that day, this interview is that conversation. |
| 2:06.0 | I want to thank everybody that has been along for this ride. |
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