Corpus Animus Podcast

Chest to Bar Pull-ups, Handstand Walks, Wall Walks & Pegboard

🏆 Brent Ficowski transitioned from competitor to athlete advocate, focusing on building sustainable structures for the sport's future. 🤝 PFAA's three pillars: advocacy & representation, education & support, and exposure & earning opportunities. 🏋️‍♂️ Collaboration with AFJ aims to standardize movement rules for fairness and consistency across competitions. 🛡️ Safety working group established to improve medical and safety protocols at events with athlete input. 🌍 PFAA strives to be competition-agnostic, representing athletes across all functional fitness events. 📉 Challenges remain with inconsistent rule enforcement, athlete protections, and athlete engagement. ❤️ Brent's emotional dedication reflects his passion to ensure future athletes have better conditions and voices.

Highlights 🏋️‍♂️ Travis Mayer sustained a serious back injury during the 2025 WFP competition, leading to withdrawal. ⏳ Coach has worked with Travis since 2012, witnessing his growth from local competitions to multiple Games appearances. 🔥 Travis maintains elite physical fitness despite age, balancing training with family and business responsibilities. 💪 Injury rehab focuses on isometric strength training and low-impact cardiovascular work to preserve gains and promote healing. 🎯 Clear goal-setting and pacing strategies are vital for managing performance and injury risk during competition. 🧠 Mental resilience and competitive drive enable Travis to recover from setbacks and sustain career longevity. 🤝 The coach-athlete relationship emphasizes support, realistic goals, and balancing ambition with health preservation.

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast we discuss Aeroic Capacity for CrossFit. If you feel like your gasping for air in longer workouts, isolating and improving your aerobic capacity could be a game changer. In this episode we'll share how to know if that's you, as well as ways to improve it.

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast TTT coaches Max El-Hag, Adam Rogers, Mike McGoldrick and Kyle Ruth discuss athletes wanting to train like a competitor without wanting to actually compete.

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast TTT coaches Max El-Hag, Adam Rogers, Mike McGoldrick and Matt Gilpin discuss the CrossFit Age Group Semifinals and the 2025 Mayhem Classic.

On this episode of the podcast TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Adam Rogers, Mia Gianelli, and Matt Gilpin discuss the WFP qualifiers, Age Group Semifinal workouts, and Crash Crescendo team competition.

On this episode of the podcast TTT coaches Max El-Hag, Adam Rogers, Kyle Ruth and Mike McGoldrick discuss the final workout of the 2025 CrossFit Open 25.3.

On this episode of the podcast we answer the question: What would the 2025 CrossFit Open look like if we got to write the workouts for all 3 weeks.

On this episode of the podcast we're joined by Nick Thayer. Nick was a former TTT athlete and is now the CEO of the Tactical Games. He came out last week and took us to the gun range where he put us through a tactical style workout. In this episode Max picks his brain about the sport, guns and gun safey, what its like being the "Dave Castro" of his sport, and more. Enjoy. Learn more about the Tactical Games at: http://www.thetacticalgames.com

How should you balance your training priorities during the weeks of a qualifier like WZA, FOTC, the Open, Quarterfinals, etc.? On this episode TTT Coaches Brannen and Kyle give their best advice on how to navigate training during those weeks.

On this episode of the podcast we're joined by CrossFit Games athlete Sam Stewart from Dublin Ireland and CrossFit Semifinals athelte Lydia Fish. They are both in town preparing for the 2024 Crash Crucible.

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast we're joined by our on-site Physical Therapist and Coach Kyle Habdo. Kyle found CrossFit after a dark chapter in his life where he found himself addicted then rehabing from drugs. Fastforward years later and he's serving athletes in the community by helping them navigate and prevent injury. We ask him to share some of the common mistakes athletes at various levels make when trying to come back from being injured. Enjoy.

You've seen coach Brannen in our videos for years... but who the heck is this guy? Today we dive into his story. We touch on his random love for cruise ships, his past history in politics, the only album he ever owned, his time in CrossFit, how he joined TTT, and a football injury that had him seeing Jennifer Aniston. Enjoy.

In the sport of CrossFit, peaking for the main CrossFit Games season is relatively straight forward. But how should atheltes who plan to peak for that approach peaking for off-season competitions, or the occasional one-off local competition? In this episode we share some mistakes we've made along the way, and try to help you better understand the purpose of a peaking and tapering phase of training, and how to navigate that during the off-season.

Last weekend, we journeyed to Birmingham, Alabama, for the 2024 CrossFit Masters Games. The venue was setup with three competition floors, each running simultaneously to accommodate the various age groups. We had 19 athletes competing across all divisions, and by the end of the weekend, 3 of them were proudly standing atop the podium. In this episode, we'll share our experiences from this Masters Games, the first ever organized by The Legends in partnership with CrossFit. - Get our Masters Competitor Handbook here: http://www.trainingthinktank.com/mast... - Get our online programming for competitive CrossFit athletes (Intermediate, Rx, Masters, and Elite) at http://www.trainingthinktank.com/cros... Get our online courses for coaches (Coaching Strength & Coaching Movement) at http://www.trainingthinktank.com/educ... Get help with your nutrition for wellness and performance goals at http://www.trainingthinktank.com/nutr... Get our affiliate programming at your gym (Competitive & Fitness paths) at http://www.trianingthinktank.com/affi...

00:05 - What would you consider too much volume of a movement? 05:30 - What books/courses can I read to learn more about programming? 10:19 - How would you structure an off-season for an athelte who is well rounded and prepping for semis? 14:15 - When to transition from intermediate to Rx? 16:13 - What is something athletes perceive as pushing the needle but doesn't? 20:55 - How to go from "competitive" to "training for life"? 25:09 - Can anyone make it to the CrossFit Games or do they have to have "it"? 28:53 - Whats the hardest thing for an athelte to build: strength, skills or endurance? 31:44 - Why are so many programs obsessed with "volume"? 34:17 - When is the Coaching Conditioning Course going to be released? 34:22 - What would you say makes TTT different than the others? 36:54 - How far out do you program for an individual? 39:19 - Best advice for young coaches?