CrossFit's Leadership Crisis: Inside the Decision to De-Affiliate
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
The 3 Big Questions We're Answering:
1. How can gym owners navigate the complexities of brand affiliation to ensure alignment with their values and community needs?
2. What role does leadership play in fostering a supportive and transparent environment within fitness communities, especially during times of crisis?
3. In what ways can individuals maintain their passion for fitness and community while adapting to changes within the broader fitness landscape?
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📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.
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| 0:00.0 | We believe health is the foundation that unlocks freedom. |
| 0:07.2 | The freedom to live fully, to be an asset and not a burden, and to chase what truly matters. |
| 0:13.5 | Through daily practices and proven frameworks, we are here to help you build deep health, |
| 0:19.3 | find lasting peace, and live with your heart on fire. |
| 0:24.3 | Welcome to the chase. |
| 0:27.3 | Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:29.7 | Hello, Ben. |
| 0:30.7 | I almost said, how you doing, but I know how you're doing because you got a little cold. |
| 0:33.3 | How are you feeling beyond that? |
| 0:35.6 | I'm besides that, pretty solid. |
| 0:37.4 | But yeah, I got this thing that's attacking the... How are you feeling beyond that? I'm besides that, pretty solid. |
| 0:42.7 | But yeah, I got this thing that's attacking the world and the universe. |
| 0:45.3 | And I'm not immune to any of it. |
| 0:48.8 | My family and everyone else is battling. |
| 0:49.6 | All right. |
| 0:51.5 | So we feel for you. |
| 0:54.0 | We are joined by our friend Jameson Price. |
| 0:55.3 | Jameson, how the heck are you? |
| 0:56.5 | I'm good, man. |
| 1:02.2 | I am sick a lot of times, so I am not sick now, which is odd. |
| 1:07.4 | Just the way you want to open up a show about chasing excellence. |
| 1:10.1 | How sick are we all? |
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