We Are All Chasing the Same Thing (2:00 #38)
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Your questions are back! We’re talking about the anxiety that comes with being a hard charger, eliminating gossip from a work culture, my thoughts on whether a coach has to be the fittest person in the room, and more!
Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick
Questions About:
00:55 - Dealing with the stress of being a hard-charger
12:55 - Taking care of yourself without guilt as a parent
16:04 - Healing a back injury without feeling lazy or undertrained
17:40 - Learning how to deal with comments about weight loss
09:00 - Recommending healthy snacks
21:50 - Ridding a work culture of toxic gossip
25:25 - Knowing how often to max out your lifts
27:10 - Being a coach without being the fittest person in the gym
28:55 - Becoming competitive in CrossFit without PEDs
//
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.
[[]---[]]
Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:
· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.
· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.
· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 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. |
| 0:27.8 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. |
| 0:32.6 | How are you been doing? |
| 0:33.6 | Excellent Patrick. |
| 0:34.6 | Excellent. |
| 0:35.6 | We are doing today a two minute drill. |
| 0:37.2 | Two minute drill is when I go through my Instagram DMs and pull out all the really |
| 0:41.2 | good questions that listeners send us. |
| 0:43.1 | If you do want to get a question into the queue, just find me on Instagram, PS Cummings, |
| 0:46.7 | drop me a DM. |
| 0:47.7 | I promise you I will get them into our list and into a future episode. |
| 0:52.4 | Are you ready? |
| 0:53.4 | Ready. |
| 0:54.4 | All right. |
| 0:55.4 | First question. |
| 0:56.4 | She has a stress and anxiety and she has a stressful profession. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.