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    Chasing Excellence

    Most people aren’t stuck because they lack information. They’re stuck because they know what to do and can’t quite do it consistently. The slow drift keeps winning.

    Chasing Excellence is for people who are already trying — working out, eating well, staying positive — but find themselves in the one-good-week, one-bad-week cycle.

    Ben Bergeron, Patrick Cummings, and a crew of authors, thinkers, and doers explore the five factors of health — how we eat, move, think, connect, and rest — and what it actually takes to crowd out the drift and build the life you keep almost living.

    New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

    Beyond the podcast: the Chase Club brings together a crew for daily lessons, monthly challenges, and the real work of crowding out the drift. The ChaseTracker app helps you track the Five Factors daily.

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    Copyright: © Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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    Behind the Scenes of CrossFit’s Chaotic Formative Years (w/ Calum Marsh) Oct 26, 2026
    Show notes

    We're sitting down with author Calum Marsh to trace the untold, complicated story behind CrossFit's rise - from Greg Glassman's fifteen quiet years before anyone noticed to the open-source meritocracy that quietly hardened into something closer to a religion.

    We dig into how a genuinely brilliant idea can be undone by the very people a leader keeps closest, and we revisit the line that gave this show its name - chase excellence and the money follows; chase the money and you lose both.

    By holding up CrossFit's full story, the good and the ugly, we build the awareness to spot our own blind spots, the intention to protect the people willing to tell us the truth, and the action to keep choosing excellence over drift in our own lives.

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    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    Stop Doing Health, Start Being Healthy Oct 23, 2026
    Show notes

    We're revisiting the difference between doing health and being healthy - the gap between the supplements, gadgets, and biohacks we chase and the simple, sustainable fundamentals that actually move the needle.

    By naming that distraction out loud, we build awareness around what's essential versus what's just noise, intention around sleep, food, training, mindset, and relationships, and action that turns a few degrees of change into a completely different life - one built on health, happiness, and purpose instead of drift, dissatisfaction, and disease.

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    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids’ books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    Why Essentialism Really Means Embracing Trade-Offs Oct 22, 2026
    Show notes

    We're talking about Greg McKeown’s concept of Essentialism, exploring how choosing one clear focus over a dozen scattered priorities creates outsized results.

    Trade-offs aren't something to escape — they're how we build awareness of what matters most, set intention around where our limited energy goes, and take action that compounds instead of dilutes.

    This isn't about emptying the calendar or chasing balance for its own sake - it's about filling our days with the few things we're truly unwilling to sacrifice, on the way to a life of health, happiness, and a heart that's on fire.

    🎯 Learn more about our Focus Challenge here!

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    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

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    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    Train Your Brain Like You Train Your Body Oct 21, 2026
    Show notes

    We're revisiting a conversation with best-selling author Cal Newport on cognitive health and exploring what happens when we treat our attention like an all-you-can-eat buffet of ultra-processed content.

    We build awareness around the gap between casual scrolling and true cognitive exercise, intention around cutting out what Cal calls "ultra-processed content," and action toward deep reading and focused thinking that build a life of health, happiness, and purpose - instead of the drift and mental fatigue that comes from consuming whatever the algorithm serves up.

    🎯 Learn more about our Focus Challenge here!

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

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    💬Got feedback? Send Patrick a DM.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    Track Phone Pickups, Not Screen Time Oct 20, 2026
    Show notes

    We're exploring why counting how many times we pick up our phone each day matters more than tracking total screen time.

    By paying attention to that one number — and setting a realistic weekly limit instead of chasing zero — we build awareness of where our time, energy, attention, and money actually go, and we take action toward investing our focus in a life of health, happiness, and purpose, rather than letting it drift away one pickup at a time.

    🎯 Learn more about our Focus Challenge here!

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

    ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club

    Reach Out

    ✋🏼 What questions do you have for us?

    💬 Got feedback? Send Patrick a DM.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    The Practice of Noticing in a Busy Life Oct 19, 2026
    Show notes

    We're talking with installation artist Christina Watka, to explore the quiet practice of noticing — meeting life as it is, without judgment, right in the middle of the noise and chaos of raising young kids.

    Noticing sharpens our awareness of what's actually in front of us, builds the intention to slow down instead of letting ego fill the silence, and moves us toward action rooted in presence rather than distraction - away from the drift of rushing past our own lives.

    🎯 Learn more about our Focus Challenge here!

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

    ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club

    Reach Out

    ✋🏼 What questions do you have for us?

    💬 Got feedback? Send Patrick a DM.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    Two Daily Habits for More Focused Days Oct 16, 2026
    Show notes

    We're exploring two practices that turn scattered effort into focused work - planning the day before it starts, and reviewing it before it ends.

    By building our plan around what actually matters and asking five honest questions at the close of each day, we create awareness around how we're actually spending our time, intention around what deserves our focus, and action toward days that move us toward health, happiness, and purpose.

    🎯 Learn more about our Focus Challenge here!

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

    ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club

    Reach Out

    ✋🏼 What questions do you have for us?

    📧 Got feedback? Send Patrick an email.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    Dopamine Culture Is Quietly Hijacking Your Focus Oct 15, 2026
    Show notes

    We're exploring Ted Gioia's idea of "dopamine culture" — how so many parts of life have drifted from slow, traditional pursuits through faster, modern versions into addictive, bite-sized hits of instant gratification.

    By naming where our attention actually goes versus where we want it to go, we build awareness of that pull, intention to protect the slower pursuits that actually fulfill us, and action toward a life of health, happiness, and purpose—instead of drifting into distraction and dissatisfaction.

    🎯 Learn more about our Focus Challenge here!

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

    ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club

    Reach Out

    ✋🏼 What questions do you have for us?

    📧 Got feedback? Send Patrick an email.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    You Can't Unsee This Food Insanity Oct 14, 2026
    Show notes

    We're exploring why our modern food environment is insane - and why once you see it, you can't unsee it.

    With our friend EC Synkowski, author of A Good Nutrition Book, we build awareness around how ultra-processed foods are engineered to be everywhere and impossible to escape.

    From there, we build intention around the choices that are actually within our control, and action toward a life of health, happiness, and purpose - instead of drifting toward dissatisfaction and disease.

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

    ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club

    Reach Out

    ✋🏼 What questions do you have for us?

    📧 Got feedback? Send Patrick an email.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


    You Don't Have to Quit to Feel Fulfilled Oct 13, 2026
    Show notes

    We're exploring how to find real fulfillment inside a job that already gives us balance and security, without needing to blow it all up for something new.

    By treating our work as a calling instead of just a career, we build awareness around what's already working, intention around where we point our energy, and action toward a life of health, happiness, and purpose - even when the job we have isn't the one we imagined when we picture "meaningful work."

    Keep Going

    🐾 Start your Free Trial of the ChaseTracker App

    ❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club

    Reach Out

    ✋🏼 What questions do you have for us?

    📧 Got feedback? Send Patrick an email.

    About the Hosts

    Patrick Cummings is the author of two kids' books and has been building and making things inside the health and fitness world for two decades. Find him on Instagram.

    Ben Bergeron is the founder of CompTrain, a longtime gym owner and coach, and the author of the bestselling book, Chasing Excellence. Find him on Instagram.

    About the Show

    Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to the daily pursuit of health, happiness, and living with our hearts on fire. Episodes drop Monday through Friday.


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.


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