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Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes
Ben Bergeron
4.12 AVERAGE
28 reviews for:
Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes
Ben Bergeron
4.12 AVERAGE
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1. Commitment requires having a passion and the right habits. Deliberate practice is key to set yourself apart from others.
2. Excellence requires a balance between strict control and knowing what you can't control.
3. Confidence means accepting the bad with the good and being humble.
4. Having a positive outlook is another key to excellence.
5. Intense training can give you a big advantage and prepare you for the worst possible conditions.
6. Having grit allows you to push through limitations and achieve competitive excellence.
1. Commitment requires having a passion and the right habits. Deliberate practice is key to set yourself apart from others.
2. Excellence requires a balance between strict control and knowing what you can't control.
3. Confidence means accepting the bad with the good and being humble.
4. Having a positive outlook is another key to excellence.
5. Intense training can give you a big advantage and prepare you for the worst possible conditions.
6. Having grit allows you to push through limitations and achieve competitive excellence.
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informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Written with good intentions, but (in my opinion) is a bit closed minded at times. Nevertheless, I appreciate the overall message.
fast-paced
Looking for motivation and how to set your goals, this is it.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Good actionable advice , probably a more exciting read for those already involved with CrossFit.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Amazing. Quick, and to the point. I'm a seasoned hater of self-help books but decided to try a motivational-through-case-study approach to consuming some of that type of content. I'm not an advanced level CrossFitter by any means, but it's inspirational to see how the fittest of the fittest got to where they are.
I knew that hours in the gym were a part of it, and just pictured really swole, muscular men grunting in the gym and beating their chests to push themselves harder. I mean, I think this is still part of it, but a really small part. A lot of what Ben Bergeron focuses on is the calmness aspect of training, keeping your head, and relentlessly clinging onto stoicism. His laying out of Katrin and Matt's training regimen, followed by how they respond to being knocked down, as well as their biggest successes is actually awe-inspiring. It reminds me of advice someone gave me as a child, where you should aspire to have your reactions to extremely positive events not go over the top, and it will similarly curb your instinctual reactions to the lower lows that you will inevitably face.
Super inspiring, short, and crisp. Didn't make me cringe once, 5/5!
I knew that hours in the gym were a part of it, and just pictured really swole, muscular men grunting in the gym and beating their chests to push themselves harder. I mean, I think this is still part of it, but a really small part. A lot of what Ben Bergeron focuses on is the calmness aspect of training, keeping your head, and relentlessly clinging onto stoicism. His laying out of Katrin and Matt's training regimen, followed by how they respond to being knocked down, as well as their biggest successes is actually awe-inspiring. It reminds me of advice someone gave me as a child, where you should aspire to have your reactions to extremely positive events not go over the top, and it will similarly curb your instinctual reactions to the lower lows that you will inevitably face.
Super inspiring, short, and crisp. Didn't make me cringe once, 5/5!