The CompTrain Academy, Part 1
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
What is the CompTrain Academy? That's the big question we're answering this week. I'm talking about the origins of the idea, why it wouldn't have happened without a change in CrossFit's ownership and a new CEO at CompTrain.
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| 0:00.0 | In our sport, it goes 1% matter. |
| 0:03.1 | So we are trying to create this environment. |
| 0:07.3 | We've talked about this in the podcast, |
| 0:08.9 | but we believe that environment trumps all. |
| 0:11.0 | You can gauge somebody's success, |
| 0:13.9 | like society success in terms of monetary earning value. |
| 0:19.2 | You can gauge someone's success better by the zip code |
| 0:22.3 | that they grew up in than their IQ level. |
| 0:25.1 | Like your environment matters more than your talent at that level. |
| 0:29.5 | And that goes for everybody. |
| 0:30.5 | So what we're trying to do is create the very, very best training environment for these athletes. |
| 0:34.5 | So super cool things. |
| 0:36.1 | The first thing you have to do is you want to create a revolution. |
| 0:39.0 | You get a bunch of revolutionaries in the same room. |
| 0:41.8 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:46.2 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think, and connect with each other |
| 0:51.4 | is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:54.5 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:58.6 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 1:01.2 | Always chasing. |
| 1:02.6 | Never stop. |
| 1:04.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. |
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