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Chasing Excellence

Don't Try to Win Today (2:00 Drill #19)

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We're diving back into your questions this episode, covering topics from Wim Hof to why we don't program high-level gymnastics movements at CFNE to my advice for gyms as we continue to navigate these tough economic conditions.

Transcript

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0:00.0

When I first heard about it, I tried it on my own.

0:02.1

I have asthma, so I can't hold my breath for very long.

0:05.0

When I actually went and got tested, they're like, blow out,

0:08.6

there's a computer program where you blow candles

0:11.0

on a computer through a device.

0:12.5

It's basically like a breathalyzer.

0:14.8

And I have the lung capacity, this is kind of crazy,

0:16.8

but I have the lung capacity of like a 65-year-old,

0:19.3

as a 40-year-old.

0:21.7

So when I first did Wim Hof, the first thing to kind of do

0:25.3

is like hold your breath for as long as you can.

0:28.0

So I tried it.

0:29.0

And I'm in the gym.

0:30.6

It's I'm sitting by myself and I have my watch on.

0:35.0

I take a breath.

0:36.8

I hold it.

0:37.8

I hit the stopwatch.

0:39.4

And I'm like, OK, close my eyes and I hold my breath

0:41.7

for as long as I can.

0:43.1

And when it gets really hard, I'm like, OK, hold on, hold on,

0:47.3

hold on.

0:47.8

When it gets excruciating, so the point where I feel like my head

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