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Chasing Excellence

Don't Just Look Fit. Be Fit. (w/ WWE's Ivy Nile)

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Can you stay relentlessly disciplined without becoming the person nobody wants to be around?

Alongside the WWE’s Ivy Nile (aka Emily Andzulis), we explore how true discipline becomes a source of motivation for those around you, and how choosing to do hard things every single day compounds into a life of genuine satisfaction.

We unpack the framework of non-negotiables with extreme flexibility - rigid standards that allow for grace and adaptation and talk about how to build sustainable habits that transfer directly to real-world performance, why moving your body matters more than how hard you move it, and how the fitness journey teaches you to show up for yourself in ways that ultimately serve every other area of your life.

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0:00.0

Hello, hello. Real quick, before we get into the episode, a simple request. If you like this

0:04.4

episode, if you like any of the episodes we put out every single week, we would absolutely love it

0:08.1

if you would share it with one friend. That's it. Just send them a text, send him an email,

0:13.3

mention it next time you see them at the gym. Let them know that they may also like chasing excellence.

0:18.6

There's no better way for us to grow our crew here at the show than if

0:22.8

folks like you who are already listening, share it with somebody who should be here. If you

0:27.8

got a friend who's not listening, please consider sending them this episode or any of your favorite

0:31.8

episodes. We thank you in advance. Okay, let's get into it.

0:38.8

All right, guys, welcome back, chasing excellence.

0:41.4

I am filling in for Patrick.

0:43.5

CompTrain episode of the month.

0:46.2

So training specific, we had some great feedback from a bunch of folks on having a more

0:50.9

training biased conversation on the platform.

0:53.8

So plan is to do this at least once a month.

0:55.8

And so I'm here with Ben.

0:57.8

And instead of Patrick, you got me.

1:00.3

And we are with Emily or Ivy Nile or the Pitbull,

1:05.3

WW Superstar many names.

1:09.2

And so obviously you just shared a little bit just kind of about framing up this

1:13.4

conversation today but i would love to just start with an opening on a little bit about you

1:22.5

doesn't have to be a crazy deep dive kind of autobiography but just a little bit about who you are.

1:28.5

And then very particularly, like, set us up for success in this conversation by

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