Chasing Excellence

Talking about time management, putting first things first, & why it'd be great if email wasn't a thing. [[]---[]]   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 , Unlocki...

In this episode: We're talking about why athletes who want to make waves in the sport of CrossFit need to focus on getting strong enough to actually be competitive. [[]---[]]   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....

We're breaking down an acronym that can help you set better goals & achieve bigger things. [[]---[]]   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...

We're talking about Madison, the programming, & the lessons we learned during the 2017 season [[]---[]]   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 Potenti...

In this episode: Talking with Katrin Davidsdottir about moving to the U.S. to train, surrounding yourself with the right people, & putting in 100% effort. [[]---[]]   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. · Grab...

We're talking about why I always start with character, the value of spending time in silence, & what most people are missing in their training. [[]---[]]   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...

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

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. [[]---[]]   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....

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. [[]---[]]   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 up...

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. [[]---[]]   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. · Grabbin...

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. [[]---[]]   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 o...

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

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

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. [[]---[]]   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 e...

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. [[]---[]]   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...

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

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

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

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

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. [[]---[]]   Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider: · Subscribing to our newsl...

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. [[]---[]]   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 upgr...

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. [[]---[]]   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 t...