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Chasing Excellence

Don't Let the CrossFit Open Be a Stumbling Block (A Guide to Playing it Smart)

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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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.

0:26.8

Hello and welcome back to the show. Thank you so very much for tuning in this time around.

0:32.4

The week that we are publishing this episode, it also happens to be the week that the

0:36.9

CrossFit Open starts.

0:38.8

I was thinking about the CrossFit Open myself.

0:41.0

And I remembered a conversation that Ben and I had with Mr. Colesager.

0:45.2

We actually had it in 2024.

0:47.8

We actually did it after the CrossFit Open last year.

0:50.5

So I thought, well, maybe we do it before this time around. Maybe it's more

0:56.4

useful, uh, this conversation around the CrossFit Open before the CrossFit Open starts.

1:00.1

So we are actually in this episode. We are answering a listener question about whether the

1:04.7

CrossFit Open is a wonderful and useful test of our overall fitness. So we talk about that.

1:09.5

We talk about benchmarks. We talk about some of the

1:11.6

things to look out for. If you are going to be throwing yourself into the CrossFit Open this week

1:16.6

and the weeks that follow, I hope you enjoy. And so without any further ado, here is myself and Ben

1:22.7

and Mr. Colseger. Enjoy. This is a question from Mark. He says, how do you recommend non-crossfit

1:28.9

competitors, i.e. we train CrossFit, but not for the sport of CrossFit. View the CrossFit open.

1:33.9

Fun with friends versus your yearly fitness check-in versus something else. I always hear people say

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