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Chasing Excellence

[ ๐ŸคŸ๐Ÿผ ] Navigating Gym Operations & Coaching Challenges

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.8 โ€ข 2.2K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 13 August 2024

โฑ๏ธ 28 minutes

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Summary

๐ŸคŸ๐Ÿผ Weekly Newsletter & the Chase Club

We dive into a variety of questions from gym owners and coaches about effectively running a gym and improving their coaching skills this time around.

We explore the importance of setting boundaries as a coach, fostering a culture of trust and feedback, and ensuring consistency in coaching methods.

We also discuss solutions for coaches who train at competing gyms, conflicting advice among coaches, and the role of a coachโ€™s physical capabilities in their effectiveness.

00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview

01:32 Balancing Coaching and Personal Boundaries

08:02 Creating a Culture of Feedback

13:46 Thanks to our Sponsors: OneSkin & DUER

16:07 Handling Coaching Conflicts

21:25 Coaches Training at Competing Gyms

24:15 Can You Be a Great Coach Without Doing All Movements?

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ABOUT THE SHOW

We answer listener questions about health, fitness, fulfillment, and what it takes to chase what truly matters. New episodes on Tuesdays & Fridays.

ABOUT US

๐Ÿ“ Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.

๐Ÿ“ Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, writer, and podcaster. Find him on Instagram.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Hello and welcome back to Chasing Excellence a show about Chasing

0:18.9

what really matters. My name is Patrick Cremings as always I'm here with

0:22.0

Mr Ben Bergeron. Hello, my friend, how are you today?

0:25.0

Hello, Mr Cummings, I'm doing well, thanks.

0:28.0

Good to hear it. Good to see you. Thanks everybody for joining us. We have this episode a rather random selection of questions that I have

0:36.7

collected over the last year plus from gym owners and coaches who have questions

0:42.4

about running a gym and coaching.

0:44.6

And in previous iterations of the show before we switched to this new format,

0:49.3

we didn't really have a place for it.

0:50.3

We didn't want to go too deep in the world of owning a gym and owning an affiliate, but now that we're

0:54.3

showing up twice a week in people's feeds, I feel like we've got a little space. We can do these narrower

1:00.1

audience. Basically if you're not interested in this, like, we you next week to tune out. Yeah go back one of the old episode you're not a coach or a gym owner or going to maybe if you're maybe if you go to a gym though you might be interested in this. Okay. All right. So all right, so let's not kick people out of our episode here.

1:16.0

Come on now.

1:17.0

If you're here, welcome.

1:18.0

We'll give you something you like.

1:19.4

Right away, it's like, hey, so this isn't going to be for you.

1:22.8

So all right, great marketing we've got here.

1:26.0

But we do have five questions.

1:27.3

I'm excited to get into these.

1:28.9

These are all listener questions, of course.

1:30.3

So we're just going to jump right into this first question. Do you ever coach a night class or take steps to ensure that your members who attend later sessions get to meet you and that you get to know them better for those folks who don't know. You train and you coach in the

1:43.1

morning so this is a this is an appropriate question for you. Yes, so the answer to

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