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Health & Fitness

Chasing Excellence

by Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
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About the show

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.

Latest episodes

  • Why Discomfort Means You're Growing (Not Failing)

    October 9, 2026 · 15 min

    We're revisiting a favorite conversation with Trevor Ragan to unpack his simple equation for discomfort: caring plus uncertainty. When we treat that discomfort as proof we're on the wrong path, we shrink from the exact challenges that…

  • Am I Building Grit Or Burning Out?

    October 8, 2026 · 11 min

    We're exploring how to know whether we're building grit or slipping toward burnout when life leaves almost no room for training. By understanding allostatic load and finding our minimum effective dose, we build awareness of what our body…

  • Life Is a Frisbee Balanced on a Pencil

    October 7, 2026 · 12 min

    We're exploring why we can't maximize every goal at once, and how picturing life as a Frisbee balanced on a pencil - instead of a seesaw - changes the way we chase what matters. By identifying the 20% of effort that drives 80% of the…

  • Person First, Process Second, Goal Third

    October 6, 2026 · 9 min

    We're exploring how to pursue ambitious goals without making our identity dependent on the outcome. By placing the person and the process ahead of the goal, we build awareness around what we can control, intention around the habits and…

  • Why Chasing Excellence Is Going Daily

    October 5, 2026 · 12 min

    We're kicking off an October Experiment, a shift from one longer weekly episode to short, daily episodes every weekday. Today, we explore why this change matters: showing up with something short to think about each day keeps us focused on…

  • Why Smart People Keep Outsourcing Their Diet to Strangers (w/ EC Synkowski)

    September 28, 2026 · 56 min

    What if the problem with your diet isn't discipline — it's that you've never learned to think for yourself about food? In this episode, our friend EC Synkowski (author of A Good Nutrition Book) joins us to explain why calories, macros, and…

  • Forever Fit | Why Your Fitness Feels Stalled (And Why That's Normal)

    September 21, 2026 · 50 min

    Plateaus, leaderboards, and the real reason most people stop making progress in the gym — we answer the questions you've been too afraid to ask. In part two of our training Q&A, Jamison and Ben explore why fitness follows the stock market…

  • Forever Fit | The 2 Signs You're Too Sore to Train

    September 14, 2026 · 55 min

    Ever wonder whether that soreness means rest—or push through? If one bad night of sleep wrecks your training? Or whether all those YouTube influencers are right that rep ranges don't really matter? In this episode, Jamison fires community…