Visualizing Failure vs. Success (2:00 Drill #36)
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Your questions return this week! We’re talking about visualizing failure vs success, talking with kids about hard work, bench presses, knowing when to quit, and a bunch more.
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Question About:
01:50 - Making sure our professional ladder is up against the right wall.
07:30 - Knowing if quitting something is the right move.
09:40 - Ensuring fitness is a priority when work is overwhelming.
13:20 - Why CrossFit doesn’t include more bench pressing.
15:18 - Passing judgement on someone’s love of the gym.
19:35 - Visualizing failure vs success.
22:30 - Understanding strength endurance.
25:20 - Being competitive in CrossFit as an ectomorph.
26:45 - Helpful cues & phrases for coaching a longer metcon.
29:25 - Using tone to avoid complaining.
30:20 - Talking with kids about hard work.
33:00 - Building a positive environment from scratch.
34:45 - Doing everything at a gym vs starting my own gym.
40:00 - Encouraging kids to have a curious competitor mindset.
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About Us:
👉🏼 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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About Us:
👉🏼 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.
Transcript
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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 run. |
| 0:25.6 | Always chasing. |
| 0:26.8 | Never stop. |
| 0:27.6 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence. |
| 0:33.4 | How are you? |
| 0:34.4 | I'm doing great. |
| 0:35.4 | How are you doing Patrick? |
| 0:36.4 | Great. |
| 0:37.4 | We're actually, I didn't, we just recorded with Heather for a little bit. |
| 0:39.3 | I think this episode will come out after. |
| 0:40.6 | So I'll say to say this, we're in a really strange room for us normally. |
| 0:44.3 | Transition. |
| 0:45.3 | We're still in the transition out of the old one, but not into the new one. |
| 0:49.6 | And over the Compton offices, I saw the, found the office with all your books. |
| 0:53.7 | Oh yes. |
| 0:54.7 | Which have not been reached. |
| 0:56.7 | Like it looks like you have way more books than when it looked when it was all |
| 0:59.2 | this way up. |
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