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🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 131 minutes
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❤️🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club
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We’re compiling the multi-part conversation we’ve been having in 2024 about getting into the best shape of our lives into one mega-episode.
You’ll learn about the basic framework your training should take every week, how to modulate intensity to prioritize consistency, and the 9 components of fitness you’re trying to optimize.
Understanding and implementing these concepts will ensure you reach your fitness goals in 2025 and beyond.
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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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0:30.1 | Hello and welcome to Chasing Excellence, a show about chasing, what truly matters. My name is Patrick |
0:34.6 | Cummings. Thank you so very much for joining us this week. |
0:38.7 | We've got something we've never done before. |
0:40.5 | We've got something a bit special over the last, let's call it five to six months. |
0:45.3 | Ben and I have been having a series of conversations here on the show about how to get |
0:50.2 | into the best shape of our lives. |
0:53.1 | We've done four full episodes that go from concept to |
0:57.0 | concept to concept. And I thought as we were wrapping up this year, it would be a fantastic |
1:00.9 | opportunity to put all of those conversations into one extended episode, one special episode, |
1:08.4 | so that you can go from the beginning all the way to the end without |
1:12.3 | having to do too much clicking around. So that's what we've got. We're going to start by examining |
1:18.4 | how just three hours a week can transform your fitness, exploring the fundamental framework for |
1:23.3 | sustainable training. From there, we're going to dive into the concept of intentional intensity, |
1:28.3 | learning why maximal effort is not always the answer. We'll then see how this plays out in real-world |
1:32.6 | training scenarios and then followed up by a detailed breakdown of the nine essential components |
1:37.0 | that make up a complete training program. So whether you're starting your fitness journey or |
1:41.9 | looking to optimize your current training, this guide hopefully will provide you with the knowledge and framework needed to train effectively and sustainably. |
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