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Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

By: Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
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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.

© Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Forever Fit | Learn to Breathe (+ 9 More Habits That Upgrade Your Training)

    Forever Fit | Learn to Breathe (+ 9 More Habits That Upgrade Your Training)
    Jun 29 2026

    What if the problem isn't your program — it's how you're showing up for it?

    In this episode, Ben and Jamison break down 10 training hygiene habits that can transform your results, regardless of what you're training for, where you train, or what program you follow.

    From intentional intensity and the recovery-adaptation curve, to learning to breathe, filming yourself, and never negotiating mid-workout — these principles serve the Train factor in the Five Factors framework.

    The goal isn't to do more. It's to finally get what you came for.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • You Don't Owe Your Past More Than You Owe Your Future

    You Don't Owe Your Past More Than You Owe Your Future
    Jun 25 2026

    What if the guilt you're calling loyalty is the very thing keeping you stuck?

    In this episode, we answer a question from Chase Club member Mike about whether to switch gyms — and it turns out, it's not really about gyms at all.

    We unpack the difference between loyalty (a choice) and guilt (a feeling), explore the three pillars that make any community worth staying in, and give you a framework for knowing when it's time to move on — and how to do it with integrity.

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    33 mins
  • Raise | Receive Your Kids — Don't Just Shape Them (w/ Christina Watka)

    Raise | Receive Your Kids — Don't Just Shape Them (w/ Christina Watka)
    Jun 22 2026

    What if raising a child well means releasing your vision of who they're supposed to become — and learning instead to see who they actually are?

    Patrick is joined this week by Christina Watka, an installation artist whose entire practice is built around entering a space without a plan, noticing what's there, and letting the work lead.

    In this Raise episode, they explore how that same artistic openness transforms the way you parent: the role of noticing, the power of solitude, and what it means to receive your children instead of trying to shape them.

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    54 mins
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