Motivating Kids to Work Out (2:00 Drill #34)
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
We’ve got your questions on tap this week. We’re talking about what a de-load week looks like, how to prioritize health when life is busy, choosing the best kind of bodywork, and more.
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Questions Answered:
01:55 - Building confidence as a coach 04:15 - Admitting our least productive habits 06:45 - Dealing with long-term challenges 13:00 - Choosing the best kind of bodywork 15:10 - Designing a better physical education fitness test 22:20 - Understanding de-load weeks 26:20 - Motivating kids to workout 28:00 - Prioritizing health when life is busy 34:40 - Getting better at metcon workouts 38:45 - Buying a gym and eliminating class offerings 48:10 - Predicting the success of the young guns in CrossFit
👉🏼 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. 👉🏼 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, podcaster, and creator of Functional Branding.[[]---[]]
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| 0:00.0 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:10.4 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each |
| 0:14.9 | other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:18.7 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:22.8 | Our mission is to live on the wrong. |
| 0:25.6 | Always chasing. |
| 0:26.8 | Never stop. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence. |
| 0:32.1 | How are you, Ben? |
| 0:33.1 | I'm doing great. |
| 0:34.1 | Thanks, Patrick. |
| 0:35.1 | If this episode sounds different because you and I are in the same room. |
| 0:37.6 | Woohoo! |
| 0:38.6 | We did this last month. |
| 0:39.9 | We experimented with actually getting back together and that obviously worked well. |
| 0:44.0 | That was when we had Mark in the post. |
| 0:45.6 | In the house. |
| 0:46.6 | COVID. |
| 0:47.6 | Feel good. |
| 0:48.6 | Yes. |
| 0:49.6 | And so we're going to start getting back in person, which I'm excited about. |
| 0:52.6 | Though I think that this might be the last time we're in this office. |
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