{"podcast":{"title":"Chasing Excellence","slug":"chasing-excellence-927578","podcast_index_feed_id":927578,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/chasing-excellence","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/chasing-excellence","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/2b/03/e1/89/2b03e189-fb5c-4728-83e3-d7f1570b1f28/cb9139f9bfead507e6e17aab798360e80194cf5249c8070cdf8f56d7142bea224f988ce0e56683288f27fe36a9142c5717b91e94d8c980f7cf9b5bbca4a38f3e.jpeg","author":"Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings","episode_count":508,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T22:21:09.386446+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chasing-excellence-927578"},"episode":{"title":"The One Thing You're Actually Hiring a Coach For","slug":"the-one-thing-you-re-actually-hiring-a-coach-for","published_at":"2026-04-16T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chasing-excellence-927578/the-one-thing-you-re-actually-hiring-a-coach-for","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chasing-excellence-927578","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/rss.art19.com/episodes/e0146c93-2851-4a5c-81aa-3fa04d1a2484.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/rss.art19.com/episodes/e0146c93-2851-4a5c-81aa-3fa04d1a2484.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"What happens when the coach you hired tells you to do the opposite of what you expected? We dig into a listener's real dilemma — her coach told her to take six days off from training — and explore why the hardest part of being coached isn't the programming, it's the trust. Discover why a great coach's perspective is the single most valuable thing you're paying for, and why curiosity beats judgment every time. We break down the two pillars every coaching relationship is built on — experimentation and trust — and why resisting your coach's advice might mean you're not ready to grow. Learn why six days off won't cost you your fitness, why your identity might be more wrapped up in training than you realize, and how one low-risk experiment could change everything. 👉 Get the full Listener's Guide here ❤️ Free Newsletter & the Chase Club 🏁 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"What happens when the coach you hired tells you to do the opposite of what you expected? We dig into a listener's real dilemma — her coach told her to tak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1310,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chasing-excellence-927578/episodes/the-one-thing-you-re-actually-hiring-a-coach-for/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chasing-excellence-927578/the-one-thing-you-re-actually-hiring-a-coach-for.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}