Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

As a CrossFit coach, it’s good to see what excellence means to others. Good inspirational read.

Ben Bergeron seeks to do everything really well, whether it is parenting, running a business or coaching. I learned of him through CrossFit but this book could apply to anyone seeking to improve their approach to life, whether a student, employee or business owner. Mr. Bergeron guides one to reflect and think on how a person approaches life, always a good thing. Self-evaluation is a hard thing but the book is encouraging, hopeful and has some humor as well. My son is a young adult, just beginning his adult journey and he has found this book to be useful and insightful as well.

Second time through this book. Amazing stories of these World Class athletes, that devoted everything humanly possibly to the process. Ben does a great job not only explaining the character traits that he coaches into his athletes, but also how to apply these traits into other everyday tasks/jobs/etc.Highly recommend buying this book!

I really liked this book. I have been doing research on mental roughness and resilience and probably didn't pick the best book but having said this, author Ben Burgeron has worked hard to put together an articulate account of his training vision and practise he put in place for his athletes as he trains some of the best in the world as they compete for the 2016 Cross Games.Each chapter is a breakdown of one of the many training philosophies Burgeron implements in his training to get his athletes ready. Each chapter also tells of a certain event his top athletes complete as part of the games.I am actually a big fan of the games and watched intently when the 2016 games took place, so I think I may be a little biased in my review.The book has good content and is easy to read. I think my only criticism would be it could be difficult for some readers to relate the topics to other sports, career or business endeavors.I do think readers will get something good out of this book though and recommend them putting it on their reading list.

You don’t have to be an athlete for this book to apply to you. This book applies to everyone and the lessons in it you can begin applying today.

My son purchased this book by the recommendation of his collegiate lacrosse coach. They are reading it as a team over the summer. It is a parent joy to hear him talk about this book

Captivating read and very insightful information on how to build character and capacity for challenge at the same time. If you are a leader this is a great read as is his second book.

This is a must read. We rely so much on technical or scientific products or models to help us perform better. We fail to understand that we have to start with the basics like discipline, respect and humility. This book perfectly reminds us of that truth.

O livro é realmente tudo o que dizem sobre ele. Possui ótimas lições e é muito bem escrito. Ótima experiência.

La importancia de como tomamos las situaciones en la vida, ejemplificado em crossfit, fan de Ben

Al ser un relato sobre la celebración de los X Crossfit Games desde la perspectiva del coach de varios atletas que participaron en este evento deportivo, resulta una narración muy natural y humana. Este libro no aborda la parte de entrenamiento físico para poder participar en la final de los Games, sino que se centra en la parte psicológica y emocional fundamental en toda preparación para la competición o para la vida misma. Muy recomendable y fácil de entender.

Fantastico! non saprei come altro descrivere questo libro che ruota attorno alle imprese di Fraser e Davidsdottir ai Games del 2015-2016 raccontato da Ben Bergeron, il loro allenatore.Sia dalle prime pagine mi ha appassionato, tanto che sono andato a rivedermi i video degli eventi mentre progredivo nella lettura.è scritto in maniera molto semplice e scorrevole, e mostra il lavoro sia fisico che mentale che sta dietro al successo nello sport (ma non solo) per campioni come Fraser e Davidsdottir che hanno raggiunto l'apice della forma fisica guadagnandosi per più volte il titolo di "Fittest on Hearth".Io l'ho trovato per certi versi illuminante, e consiglio a tutti gli appassionati di questo sport la lettura di questo libro!Non ne rimarrete delusi, straconsigliato!!

Un des meilleurs livre du genre signé de l'un des plus grand coach.Son approche, sa vision et des exemples appliqué dans le sport mais aussi transposable dans tous le reste.Tout commence par l'état d'esprit.Difficile à décrire, le mieux c'est de le lire. Et en anglais c'est encore mieux.One of the best book by one of the greatest coach.His approach, his vision, his experience, in sport but you can use it in all the other way of life.All start by your mindset.Explain his hard, the best thing you can do his read this book.