Life Is a Frisbee Balanced on a Pencil
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 - c...
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Chasing Excellence
Chasing Excellence is a show dedicated to dissecting what it means to live a life of excellence, both inside the gym & out. On each episode, we'll deep dive on various aspects of being an at...
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20 of 535 episodesPerson First, Process Second, Goal Third
We're exploring how to pursue ambitious goals without making our identity dependent on the outcome. By placing the person and the process ah...
Why Chasing Excellence Is Going Daily
We're kicking off an October Experiment, a shift from one longer weekly episode to short, daily episodes every weekday. Today, we explore wh...
Why Smart People Keep Outsourcing Their Diet to Strangers (w/ EC Synkowski)
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...
Forever Fit | Why Your Fitness Feels Stalled (And Why That's Normal)
Plateaus, leaderboards, and the real reason most people stop making progress in the gym — we answer the questions you've been too afraid to...
Forever Fit | The 2 Signs You're Too Sore to Train
Ever wonder whether that soreness means rest—or push through? If one bad night of sleep wrecks your training? Or whether all those YouTube i...
Why We Keep Choosing Work Over the People We Love (w/ Robert Waldinger)
What if the single greatest predictor of your health at 80 isn't your cholesterol or blood pressure — but how satisfied you are in your rela...
Annie Thorisdottir Talks Training Character, Consistency, & Collaboration (w/ Christine Bald)
What if the most important training you'll ever do happens nowhere near a barbell? Annie Thorisdottir and her co-writer Christine Bald join...
Our 21-Day Happiness Challenges Starts Today!
Short and sweet this week: Our latest challenge is kicking off today, and we don't want you to miss it. ❤️🔥 More information on the Happin...
Chase Challenge | Happiness Is a Subtraction Problem We’re Solving All Wrong
We’re kicking off our new 21-Day Happiness Challenge — and it's probably not what you expect. Instead of focusing on what you have to be gra...
Ben’s Battle With Depression & What’s Helping Now (w/ Dr Rich Joseph)
What does depression look like when nothing in your life is actually wrong? Ben shares his first real experience with depression — not born...
3 Simple Principles for a Life of Health, Happiness, & Hearts on Fire
What if every day you could see — in real time — whether you're drifting or chasing? In this solo episode, Patrick unpacks the rebuilt Chase...
20 Questions That Map Your Mental Fitness (w/ Chris Irwin)
What if you could assess your mental fitness the same way you track your lifts, your miles, and your macros — with honest data, asked on a r...
Individual vs. Class Programming: What Actually Matters
What if the most important question in programming has nothing to do with the workout itself? In this episode, Ben breaks down how to design...
5x5 | Accepting Adversity & Eating Clean When Going Out
Hard things don't get easier when we pretend they aren't hard — they get easier when we stop wishing they were different. In this solo 5x5,...
Unconditional Love Isn't Soft. It's What Makes Our Kids Brave
How much responsibility do we actually carry for where our teenagers end up — and how much is simply out of our hands? In this episode, we d...
When "Did You Work Out?" Feels Like an Attack
What do you do when the person who loves you most says something that makes you feel shame — even when they don't mean it that way? In this...
20 Simple Ways to Fight Drift — That Invisible Shift Away from Your Best Self
Twenty tactics. Five factors. One episode worth pulling back from the archives. In this replay, we walk through the four highest-leverage ac...
Raise | Screens Are Only 1 of 5 Causes of Anxious Kids (w/ Kim John Payne)
What if the thing overwhelming your kids isn't screens — it's a culture of too much? In this episode, Patrick sits down with Kim John Payne,...
Chase Challenge | You Don't Need Anyone's Permission to Be a High Performer
Is the label "high performer" quietly holding you back from becoming one? In this episode, Patrick unpacks four lessons from the 21-day High...