Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron, Patrick Cummings

Booking Overview

This health and wellness interview-and-solo show focuses on fitness, behavior change, relationships, and the five factors of health, with recurring external guests who are established researchers, authors, elite athletes, and performance professionals. Credible pitches include health researchers, bestselling or respected authors on well-being and habits, elite athletes or coaches, and experts with practical frameworks for consistency; booking difficulty is high because recent guests include a Harvard study director and a CrossFit Games champion.

Metrics

Episodes: 532

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

patrick@functionalprojects.com

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Host

Ben Bergeron - Fitness coach and health educator focused on training, consistency, and personal development.

Patrick Cummings - Podcast host and health and fitness communicator focused on practical personal development and the five factors of health.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established researchers, authors, elite athletes, coaches, and practitioners with recognized expertise in health, fitness, relationships, behavior change, or personal development.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Leadership of major research or professional programs, Elite athletic accomplishments, Recognized coaching or performance expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

Robert Waldinger - Long-term Research On Adult Development, Relationships, Social Fitness, Health, Happiness, And The Difference Between Hedonic And Eudaimonic Well-being.

Christine Bald - Collaborative Writing, Discipline, Preparation, And The Development Of A Book About Elite Athletic Achievement.

Annie Thorisdottir - Training Character, Consistency, Collaboration, Discipline, And The Personal Development Behind Elite Athletic Achievement.

Recent Topics

Health, Wellness, Fitness, Habit Formation, Relationships

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Chasing Excellence

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

September 28, 2026

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 micros — not keto, paleo, or intermittent fasting — are the real levers that decide your results.We break down her Three Pillars Method — the 800-gram fruit-and-vegetable challenge, a simple protein target, then a calorie baseline built from your real life ...

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

September 21, 2026

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 (not a straight line), how to use the leaderboard as a tool instead of a verdict, and why the law of diminishing returns is actually proof you're advancing — not stalling.👉🏼 Get the full Listener's Guide here❤️‍🔥 Free Newsletter & the Chase Club👋 New ...

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

September 14, 2026

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 questions at Ben, and the answers are exactly what coaches and athletes need to hear — clear, direct, and rooted in how the body actually works.We dig into the frameworks behind recovery, pacing, and strength training that separate athletes who keep getting b...

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