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Chasing Excellence

Climbing the Second Mountain, the Power of Breathwork, What We’re Proud Of, & More

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We’re exploring the importance of maintaining a well-rounded approach to health, the impact of muscle mass on long-term well-being, and strategies for navigating the challenges of Halloween candy indulgence. We’re also talking about ambition, complacency, and climbing the second mountain.

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ABOUT THE SHOW

Every Tuesday, we answer listener questions about health, fitness, fulfillment, and what it takes to chase what truly matters.

ABOUT US

📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.

📍 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, writer, and podcaster. Find him on Instagram.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

When you're achieving goals it rolls up. It's cyclical and it builds upon itself.

0:05.2

It's like a snowball rolling downhill gathering and growing on itself the more you achieve

0:10.8

goals the more you can achieve goals because you realize you can achieve goals.

0:14.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of Chasing Excellence.

0:16.4

My name is Patrick Cummings and as always here with Ben Bergeron.

0:19.4

Every week on the show we dedicate some time to explore how we can live a life of better health and increased

0:23.6

fulfillment. We answer your questions about the five factors of health, dive deep on living a life of

0:28.0

excellence and explore the strategies and frameworks to help us chase, which really matters. Thank you for joining us this here week.

0:34.5

How are you been?

0:35.6

This here, we're doing good.

0:37.8

We've got listener questions this week

0:39.6

about building muscle when we're younger,

0:41.8

how to deal with or how we deal with Halloween

0:44.3

candy, dealing with stress in high pressure jobs. Our workout this week will be a

0:50.6

question from Thomas, all about how to balance the drive and

0:53.8

ambition of youth with the mellowing that that comes with getting older and we'll

0:58.7

cool down with a hopper talk question about reflecting on the year that we are almost done with.

1:05.0

Ready for the warm up?

1:06.0

Let's do it.

1:07.0

We start each episode with your questions about the five factors of health.

1:11.0

Those few fundamental behaviors that most positively affect our

1:13.2

performance, vitality and longevity. Those five factors are how we eat, how we move,

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