Chasing Excellence

Talking about my month-long CrossFit Games training camp, why eliminating distractions are important, & how excellence is contagious.

We're talking about the difference between practice, training, & competition, & why you should go into every session at the gym knowing which mode you're in.

Talking about why a busted ACL can be a good thing, what Brent Fikowski, Tom Brady, & Katrin Davidsdottir have in common, & why you should focus less on what happens & more on how you respond to what happens.

We're talking about why I prefer to keep my nutritional advice simple, the value of getting blood work done, & why both quality & quantity matters.

Talking about the best ways I've found to work with my members who want to compete in CrossFit, without losing their connection to our community.

We talk about why happiness doesn't live on the other side of achievement, gratitude, & why relationships matter more than money.

Cole Sager stops in to talk about growing up in a small town, his football career, & the "why" behind everything he does.

Talking about the difference between programming for competitors versus members of our affiliates, the downfalls of strength-biased programming, & why less is almost always more.

We discuss how I think about Core Values today versus how I used to think about them, & why they're so important to think about every single day.

Brooke Wells stops in during a weekend of training with Ben to talk about her background, her training, & her hopes going forward.

Talking about the different levels of leadership, the definition of trust, sincere listening, & how to build a staff of strong leaders.

Talking about goal-setting, building habits, & why you want to strive to keep the chain of success going.

Talking about how I might guide a young athlete toward future success in the sport of CrossFit.

In this episode: We're talking about some of the small (but important) ways CFNE shows their members they care, touching on topics like thank-you notes, what your programming says about your priorities, & the value of giving your coaches constraints.

In this episode: We're chatting about how I think about opportunities, some of the reasons we decided to cancel the East Coast Championships, & why I made the decision years ago to stop being a competitive athlete.

In this episode: We talk about how to maximize your CrossFit Games​ Open. Topics include how to fit the events into your normal training schedule, what might be coming in 2017, & the value of leaderboarding.