Champions are built in the mind first with Ben Bergeron - Ep. 34

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What do Mat Fraser and Katrin Davidsdottir have in common? That’s right, Ben Bergeron. Whether you are an athlete trying to get to The Games or an affiliate owner trying to change lives and improve your community, Ben is the guy you want to be learning from. Join me as we learn about Ben’s coaching philosophy, programming, and his constant pursuit of excellence both in and outside of the gym.

After this episode you’re going to want to head over to CompTrain and Business of Excellence. Trust me, you’ll be upset you didn’t find these gems sooner.

Topics of discussion:

[2:40] “Putting first things first”

[4:08] Urgency VS. Importance / How to structure your day, tasks, responsibilities…etc.

[10:45] Mat Fraser after the 2015 Crossfit Games

[13:55] What do you expect from Games athletes?

[14:45] “Work:Recovery” Ratio

[15:58] Recovery methods: The “oil change” for the body, Normatec, Flossing… and more.

[17:25] HRV “Heart Rate Variability”, Monitoring workouts, Calculating rest days, Assessments, etc.

[22:20] Katrin Davidsdottir before & after Ben Bergeron

[24:03] Recommendations/ Resources for athletes

[26:50] Mistakes in your training that could be holding you back

[27:22] Training for The Open VS. training for Regionals

[33:48] Ben’s motto for Fitness & Health

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up guys? This is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:04.0	This week I interviewed one of the top coaches in the Cross Fit community, Ben Bergeron.
0:09.6	We talk about how to become a better leader, business owner, and coach, as well as the biggest
0:16.2	mistake that people are making, athletes are making in their training.
0:20.6	This one's just packed full of ways that you can become a better person and leader as well as a better athlete.
0:26.0	Enjoy the show.
0:27.0	All right, what's up, man?
0:29.0	Hey, thanks for joining me, dude.
0:31.0	Glad to be here.
0:32.0	So I'm curious, you've got several businesses, you've got, is it two kids?
0:39.0	Four kids.
0:40.0	Four kids.
0:41.0	Jesus.
0:42.0	Okay, you've got four kids, You've got a wife.
0:45.0	And you are one of the busiest coaches in the Cross Fit game.
0:50.0	What is a day in the life of Ben Bergeron look?
0:53.2	And do you have any kind of rules that you give yourself
0:57.9	to kind of keep yourself in check?
1:00.8	Yeah, I do have rules and the day in the life looks like I wake up at 530 every day,
1:09.0	get to the gym by six.
1:10.0	I take the 630 class at my gym every day. From 630 to 830 I hang out maybe do a little
1:20.1	extra something but mostly it's just social stuff with the members just
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