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Chasing Excellence

Chasing Long Term vs. Short Term Performance

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.8 β€’ 2.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We're talking about the different areas of focus for a CrossFit Games athlete and someone who's chasing health, diving into maximizing your minutes, keeping the frisbee of life in balance, and developing a single-minded focus.

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πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain.

πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, podcaster, and creator of Functional Branding.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control.

0:10.4

That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each

0:14.9

other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness.

0:18.7

That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible.

0:22.8

Our mission is to live on the run.

0:25.6

Always chasing.

0:26.8

Never stop.

0:28.1

Go!

0:29.1

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence.

0:33.5

How are you been?

0:34.5

Doing great Patrick.

0:35.5

Thanks.

0:36.5

How are you doing?

0:37.5

I'm doing very well.

0:38.5

Thank you.

0:39.5

We are going to talk about something today that on the surface I think feels really obvious.

0:44.7

But I think my hope is and I'm confident that we will be able to dig into some of the

0:49.2

nuance and pick things apart a little bit to get a better understanding of these things

0:53.1

and that the sort of the big, slightly obvious thing is thinking about looking at, talking

0:58.6

about the differences between somebody pursuing the CrossFit Games and somebody at CrossFit

1:04.5

New England pursuing fitness.

1:07.4

A regular member versus a games athlete or an athlete who wants to be the games athlete.

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