Chasing Excellence
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 251:02:11
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Synopsis
Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to dissecting what it means to live a life of excellence, both inside the gym & out. On each episode, we'll deep dive on various aspects of being an athlete & maximizing your potential.
Episodes
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Benchmark: The 5 P’s of Decision Making, Higher-Level Thinking, Choice Reduction, & More
25/07/2023 Duration: 42minIn this episode, first published in November of 2019, we take a 10'000 foot view of how to make better decisions, discussing how to factor in our principles, priorities, & purpose to make sure our lives are headed in the right direction. =========== OUR SPONSORS: ===========
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Majoring in the Minors, Prioritizing Health, Favorite CF Games Memories, & More
19/07/2023 Duration: 01h04minThis week, we’re talking about how the 5 Factors of Health look across the spectrum of Sick, Well, and Fit, why we want to make sure we don’t let ourselves get distracted in our pursuit of health, and much more. Also: listener questions about wall walks, charting your own path in life, feeding kids, and athletes who no-rep themselves to the top of the leaderboard. =========== OUR SPONSORS: ===========
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Benchmark: The Ingredients of Happiness, Giving Time, Prioritizing Relationships, & More
11/07/2023 Duration: 33minIn this episode first published in April of 2017, we talk about why happiness doesn't live on the other side of achievement, gratitude, & why relationships matter more than money. =========== OUR SPONSORS: ===========
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Changing Your Environment, Five Second Hugs, Male Friendships, and More
04/07/2023 Duration: 01h05minWhat do we do when we find ourselves working a job with people who don’t align with the healthy, meaningful life we want to lead? That’s the listener question we’re answering this week, talking about how to measure the strength of our relationships, why it’s so hard to prioritize, the importance of balance, and more. =========== EXPECT TO LEARN ===========
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Benchmark: Putting Your Ladder Against the Right Wall, the Fulfillment Framework, & More
27/06/2023 Duration: 59minIn this episode, first published in September of 2021, we talk about putting our ladders up against the right walls and about the system Ben uses to chase fulfillment, accomplish big goals, and stay focused every day. =========== OUR SPONSORS: ===========
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Competing Too Much, Hijacking Conversations, Living on Autopilot, Walking 300k Steps, & More - with Cole Sager
20/06/2023 Duration: 01h01minCole Sager joins us as he’s preparing for his 10th straight CrossFit Games appearance to answer listener questions about how to know if you’re competing too much, how to stop hijacking conversations, what it looks like to live on autopilot, and much more. ========= EXPECT TO LEARN: =========
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Last Year Coaching CrossFit Games Athletes
13/06/2023 Duration: 01h37sBen recently announced that this will be his last year coaching elite athletes to pursue success at the CrossFit Games. We talk this week about why, the future of CompTrain, the three elements of resilience, and much more. ========= EXPECT TO LEARN: =========
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Achieving Hard to Measure Goals
06/06/2023 Duration: 01h08minChasing objective, easy-to-measure goals are one thing. But chasing subjective, hard-to-measure ones are another thing altogether. So, how do we get started making progress on things like improving our empathy or being a better spouse? That’s what we’re diving into this week. ========= EXPECT TO LEARN:=========
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Building a Buffer of Mental Fitness
30/05/2023 Duration: 56minWe’re taking a listener question about helping our kids avoid some of the adversities of life and talking broadly about stimulus and response, being generation breakers, and why “what we do around here” is such a powerful force. =========== EXPECT TO LEARN: ===========
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Is CrossFit in 2023 Watered Down?
23/05/2023 Duration: 01h10minWe’re answering a listener question about whether CrossFit affiliates are offering a “watered down” version of CrossFit, and whether that’s a good thing if so. We’re talking about the CrossFit Games, standardization across gyms, Hyrox, and more. =========== EXPECT TO LEARN: ===========
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Living with Integrity and Finding Balance, w/ Julie Foucher
16/05/2023 Duration: 01h03minShould we sacrifice now for security later, forgo security later and enjoy now, or find a balance between the two? Friend-of-the-show Julie Foucher joins us to talk through that and listener questions about why she’s training now, how to handle rep shavers, and more. =========== EXPECT TO LEARN: ===========
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Quick Set: The Bamboo Forest
12/05/2023 Duration: 12minIn February of 2021, we released an episode called “Overcoming Excellence Fatigue.” It started with a question about how to exist inside the gap between where we are and where we want to be. Here’s a clip about how Ben thinks about that gap. ==========SUBSCRIBE ========== Apple Pods: tinyurl.com/3nu78tsh Spotify: tinyurl.com/ekhp3cce YouTube: tinyurl.com/9uktjdfs
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Where to Learn More About the 5 Factors of Health
09/05/2023 Duration: 01h14minWe talk about the five factors of health all the time, but what are the books, movies, and people we turn to to learn more about them? We’re giving you our list this week. ========== EXPECT TO LEARN: ==========
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Quick Set: The 101st Blow
05/05/2023 Duration: 10minWay back in October of 2020, the writer James Clear (author of the wildly successful “Atomic Habits”) joined us on the show. In this clip from that episode, we talk about the patience required to build the kinds of habits that have real impact. Watch the full episode here. =========== Subscribe: =========== Apple Pods: tinyurl.com/3nu78tsh Spotify: tinyurl.com/ekhp3cce YouTube: tinyurl.com/9uktjdfs
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Handle Hard Better & Return to Center Faster
02/05/2023 Duration: 01h03minLife, business, and sport continually give us setbacks. How do we know when those setbacks mean we should quit or that we should put our head down and keep working? That’s the listener question we’re talking about this week. =========== EXPECT TO LEARN: ===========
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Quick Set: The Difference Between Busy and Overwhelmed
28/04/2023 Duration: 23minWhy is it so easy to get so busy? In this clip from a longer conversation Patrick had with the Digital Barbell podcast, he talks about some of the strategies he’s implemented to stay busy without getting overwhelmed. You can listen to the full conversation here.
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Essential Behaviors to Build Durability, w/ the Starretts
25/04/2023 Duration: 54minKelly and Juliet Starrett are world-class trainers and longtime leaders in the CrossFit space. They join us this week to talk about their newest book, Built to Move, which is a masterclass for all of us who want to continue to kick ass into our 90s. EXPECT TO LEARN:
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Quick Set: Take Ultimate Responsibility
21/04/2023 Duration: 10minIn this clip from a longer episode from 2019, Ben and Patrick talk about responsibility, focus, and the need for all of us to better pay attention to the few things inside our control. Watch the full episode here.
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Improve Your Adaptability
18/04/2023 Duration: 01h08minHow can we increase the skill of adaptability? That’s the listener question we’re talking through this week, hitting on the reality of change, the role our ego and attitude plays, and what we can learn from Sesame Street. EXPECT TO LEARN:
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Quick Set: Stimulus → Thought → Emotion → Feeling
14/04/2023 Duration: 19minHere’s a clip from a conversation Ben had recently with Bryan from the Young & Alive Company. They talk about focus, distraction, the voice in our heads, and what we can learn from the Navy SEALs. Watch the full conversation here.