Fatherhood vs Fitness: The Mental Shift That Changes Everything
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The 3 Big Questions We're Answering:
1. How can parents balance fitness and family responsibilities without sacrificing their health and well-being?
2. What strategies can help parents maintain their training routines amidst the challenges of parenting small children?
3. In what ways can embracing the changing seasons of life enhance our understanding of identity and purpose as parents and individuals?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We believe health is the foundation that unlocks freedom. |
| 0:07.1 | The freedom to live fully, to be an asset and not a burden, and to chase what truly matters. |
| 0:13.4 | Through daily practices and proven frameworks, we are here to help you build deep health, |
| 0:19.2 | find lasting peace, and live with your heart on fire. |
| 0:24.3 | Welcome to the chase. |
| 0:26.7 | Hello, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:29.3 | Hello, Ben. |
| 0:29.9 | How are you? |
| 0:30.9 | Hello, Patrick. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm good. |
| 0:33.1 | How are you? |
| 0:33.9 | I'm great. |
| 0:34.7 | We're going to answer a listener question today. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm excited about this. |
| 0:37.4 | We're going to talk about kids and having kids and having more kids. |
| 0:41.3 | And I thought it reminded me as I was thinking about this question. |
| 0:43.3 | It reminded me a listener, Karen Young sent us her kids book. |
| 0:47.3 | It's called I Am, I Feel. |
| 0:49.3 | It's a coloring book. |
| 0:50.3 | And she sent us a really nice note. So I just wanted to read you real quick as a way to say, thank you. |
| 0:55.6 | She said, where did it go? |
| 0:57.1 | You're actually cited in the book. |
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