The Two Paths of Opening a CrossFit Gym Today, GPS Cues, & More - with Max Isaac
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
We’re joined by CrossFit TILT co-owner Max Issac this week for a coaching and gym ownership-focused episode. We talk about coaching techniques in the world of CrossFit, discuss the balance between training and coaching, and the challenges of opening a CrossFit affiliate.
We also explore the dynamics of programming in EMOMs and Tabatas and the importance of preparation before launching into intense workouts.
From the intricacies of CrossFit coaching to the excitement of high-intensity workouts, we cover a wide range of topics that will provide valuable insights for both coaches and gym owners.
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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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| 0:00.0 | You're right mate? Oh no, my boiler's naked. Do you know any plumbers? |
| 0:03.4 | Yeah, I do, yeah. You know Danny? Well he lives next-naught to this woman who's engaged to this lady who went to school with a |
| 0:08.1 | bloke called Gary. All right, is he a plumber? No he's not, no. But he knows a block who walks a dog with this woman. |
| 0:13.4 | Debbie I think she's called, well she gets her air cut with sand. |
| 0:15.9 | Don't worry, you already know somebody who fixes boilers, British gas, and you don't even have to be |
| 0:20.6 | one of our customers. Our engineers are local and their work |
| 0:23.7 | is guaranteed for 12 months such British gas boiler repairs. So is he a plumber? |
| 0:28.3 | Technically not but he's got a van. The person that's looking to open an affiliate |
| 0:32.1 | make sure that this is a% what you want to do in that your biggest goal is to create a community and create an inclusive space where people feel like they can be vulnerable where they want to be coached and where whoever |
| 0:44.0 | this person is is ready to give everything that they have in the beginning of owning a small |
| 0:49.4 | business. I don't think it's specific to CrossFit. |
| 0:52.5 | I think that anybody that wants to start a small business at any time |
| 0:55.7 | needs to be prepared to give everything to that small business. |
| 0:59.7 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Chasing Excellence. Every week on the show, dedicate some time to |
| 1:04.8 | explore how we can live a life of better health and increased fulfillment. We answer your questions |
| 1:09.6 | about the five factors of health, dive deep on living a life of excellence, and explore the strategies and |
| 1:14.3 | framework Stelphless Chase which really matters. |
| 1:16.5 | My name is Patrick Cummings here as always with Mr. Ben Bergeron, and we are joined this week by |
| 1:20.5 | friend of the show Max Isaac. |
| 1:22.1 | How are you Max? |
| 1:23.0 | Great happy to be here like you said before enjoying a no snow snow day so that's right. |
| 1:30.0 | It was supposed to get a bunch of snow up here in the Northeast and we got exactly none. |
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