Hey, this is Mike Cashew and you're listening to the Brute Strength podcast. This week's guest is Dave

Lipson. Dave is a member of the CrossFit seminar staff. He's a former professional baseball player

and husband to Camille LeBlanc-Bazine. We talk a lot about his experience on the seminar staff,

how he goes about preparing for his lectures, how he coaches, his philosophy of

coaching and programming, as well as at the end, we get into some stuff about relationships,

what he's learned from his marriage, and so much more. I hope you enjoy the show.

Hey, Mike, this is Shane Mitro, down in Phoenix, Arizona.

I trained at CrossFit Infernal in Chandler, Arizona, suburb of Phoenix.

Been a big follower of the podcast and listen every week when you guys put out a new one and still catch it up for the ones that I missed up until I started following a few months ago.

Just had a quick question about success.

You probably have touched on this, and I know you have done a few podcasts with Ben Berger and

a few others about what separates athletes.

But I just wanted to get your opinion or somebody else that you have on that topic

of what separates athletes and maybe from a mental standpoint or a physical standpoint.

But if you had two of the same athletes, I guess athlete, A&A, athletes be able to train

for the same amount of holidays and did the same program and to the same recovery as far as nutrition and stretching and all that goes in with that.

What would separate athlete A and athlete B from each other if athlete A was going to the games consistently and maybe even won a few times?

And athlete B did not, but did the exact same thing in a day-in-day-out process.

It doesn't even have to be the games.

It can be just an everyday athlete that goes to across the gym or a 50-year-old grandmother, mom, or whatever the case.

This one separates two people from a mental aspect and maybe even a physical aspect.

They're doing the exact same thing.

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