
Corpus Animus Podcast
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#43 - Kyle Ruth & Ryne Sullivan
TTT Coaches Kyle Ruth and Ryne Sullivan RUN this conversation all over the place, with a heavy focus on running and its transfer to CrossFit.
#42 - Travis Mayer & Max El-Hag
#41 - How to Get the Most Out of Your Training
TTT Coaches Adam Rogers and Mike McGoldrick talk about how to get the most out of your training with limited time and how to improve your overall training quality.
#40 - Max El-Hag & Brannen Dorman
Max and Brannen shoot the breeze. They talk about Max's current training, new fun way to cook steak, favorite cafeteria food from high school, lessons from golf that apply to CrossFit, and more.
#39 - How To Train for the CrossFit Open Based on Your Athletic Level
Max and Brannen discuss the differences for different levels of competitive athletes training for the CrossFit Open.
#38 - Thoughts on the new CrossFit Season Structure
Max El-Hag and Brannen Dorman discuss the new changes to the CrossFit season.
#37 - Kyle Ruth & Mia Gianelli
In this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, TTT coaches Mia and Kyle sit down for a free-for-all discussion. They talk about topics ranging from: -Physical vs mental talent -How to become more resilient-Building effective habits-Toxic Positivity -Their hopes for the upcoming CF season
DSGN Open Peaking Cycle Details

Done Competing? Introducing DSGN Fitness...
Done competing in the sport of CrossFit? Burnt out trying to organize your life around being a competitor? Never fully get into CrossFit as a sport? Then check out DSGN Fitness, a fun online program that will allow you to maintain and improve your fitness without all the added stress of trying to be a competitor in the sport. Learn more at trainingthinktank.com/dsgnfitness
#35 - Breathing in CrossFit
TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Kyle Ruth and Mike McGoldrick discuss breathing in CrossFit.
#34 - CrossFit as a Sport vs. CrossFit for Fitness
#33 - Testing vs. Training vs. Competing
#32 - Blood Flow Restriction (BFR)
#31 - Max's Coaching Process
#30 - Wearing Your Coaching Hat vs. Athlete Hat
#29 - Why CrossFit Masters Training Requires More of You
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#27 - Our First Nutrition Episode
TTT Coach Becky Rogers joins Max to discuss nutrition for athletes.
CYCLE 6 of DSGN Programming (Starts Monday Nov 2, 2020)
New cycle starts Monday Nov 2, 2020. http://www.trainingthinktank.com/dsgn
#26 - DSGN Athlete Dylan Pettit
Brannen Dorman interviews Dylan Pettit, one of the athletes in our online program DSGN about his training history and the recent games prep camp he did with Noah Ohlsen.
#26 - Shooting the Breeze w/ Noah Ohlsen
For entertainment purposes only :) With minutes to spare before Noah Ohlsen had to leave for his flight back to Miami, we caught up with him about Stage One of the Games, his Games Prep Camp, and various other nonsensical things.
#25 - Using Failure and Loss
#24 - Stage One 2020 CrossFit Games Review
Max El-Hag and Mike McGoldrick discuss Stage One of the 2020 CrossFit Games.
#23 - The Psychology & Physiology of Fatigue
TTT Coaches Kyle Ruth and Evan Peikon discuss the psychology and physiology at play when you feel fatigued from training.
#22 - Noah Ohlsen Interviews Chandler Smith
With less than 24 hours before the start of the 2020 CrossFit Games, Noah Ohlsen and Chandler Smith jump on a special edition of the Corpus Animus Podcast.
#21 - Improving Judging in the Sport of CrossFit
TTT Coaches Kyle Ruth, Ryne Sullivan and Brannen Dorman discuss ways judging can improve moving forward to make CrossFit a more legit sport. By no means is this us having "the answer," but rather 3 dudes just exploring the topic like it might be in competitive gyms across the globe.
#20 - Noah Ohlsen's 2020
Noah Ohlsen joins us to talk training during COVID, the uncertainty of the 2020 season, and training for the Games.
#19 - The Thing About Hypertrophy
TTT Coach Evan Peikon joins the show to discuss hypertrophy.
#18 - Pregnancy & CrossFit
TTT coach Mia Gianelli asks TTT coach Becky Rogers and TTT athlete Brandi McGoldrick about their experiences training before during and after pregnancy.
#17 - The 2020 CrossFit Games Updates
TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Brannen Dorman, and Adam Rogers discuss the changes to this year's CrossFit Games due to COVID-19.
#16 - 12 Years of CrossFit: Mike McGoldrick's Story
Get to know TTT athlete and coach Mike McGoldrick as we ask him about his 12-year CrossFit journey.
#15 - Using Data to Analyze Yourself in the Sport of CrossFit
#14 -Why Adding "Junk Volume" is Slowing Down Your Progress
One of the biggest problems we see in the CrossFit community is competitive athletes impulsively adding in lots of "junk volume". In this episode, we bring in CrossFit Games athlete Travis Mayer to help make the case against doing that.
#13 - Q&A #1
On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, we answer your questions submitted to us on our YouTube channel.
#12 - Goal Setting
Max El-Hag and Kyle Ruth discuss setting goals.
#11 - Mental Toughness in CrossFit
#10 - Running in CrossFit
TTT Coach Ryne Sullivan joins Max El-Hag and Kyle Ruth to talk running in CrossFit. Got more questions about running? Leave us a comment below and we'll make another video to post in the future.
#9 - The Energy Systems Episode
TTT Coach Evan Peikon joins us this week to nerd out on the science of Energy Systems training.
#8 - The Current State of CrossFit (Greg Glassman, Dave Castro, The Games)
Recorded on Friday, June 19th, Max El-Hag shares his thoughts on the current state of CrossFit.
#7 - 2020 Rogue Invitational Recap
Max, Mike and Mia go event by event of the 2020 Rogue Invitational. It was a great weekend of virtual competition, and we're glad things are getting back up and running in the sport.
#6 - Improving Movement to Improve Performance
Max, Mike and Brannen nerd out on movement. Maybe you're doing too much movement work? Maybe not enough? We've seen both.
#5 - Weightlifting for the Sport of CrossFit
Olympic Weightlifting (maxing out your Snatch/Clean and Jerk) is not barbell cycling. In this episode, we discuss how you must approach these lifts in the sport of competitive CrossFit.
#4 - What We've Learned After a Year of "THE THROWDOWN"
For just over a year we've announced a qualifier style workout every Thursday on our YouTube series "The Throwdown". On the show our coaches review a full athlete demo providing tips and commentary to help you improve at the skill of competing. The majority of the TTT community will watch the episode Thursday, plan a strategy then attack the workout on Saturday with their friends (#SaturdaysAreForThrowdowns). On this episode of the podcast TTT coaches Max El-Hag, Brannen Dorman, and Mike McGoldrick share what we've learned having done this for 52 weeks straight. Get on the free THROWDOWN leaderboard here: http://www.trainingthinktank.com/throwdown
BONUS: Just Did Murph! The Murph "Aftershow"
Max, Mike and Kyle just finished Murph and instead of recovering, they decided to mic up and talk about it.
#3 - 3 Non-Training Books That Changed How We Coach
In this episode TTT Coaches Adam Rogers, Max El-Hag and Kyle Ruth share 3 books that have nothing to do with fitness that impacted how they coach. Adam's Book: The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt Max's Book: Busting Loose by Robert A. Scheinfeld Kyle's Book: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
#2 - Dealing with Burnout in CrossFit
On this episode, TTT coaches Max El-Hag, Mike McGoldrick, and Kyle Ruth discuss burnout in training, and specifically in training CrossFit and how to bounce back.

#1 - Coaching Elite CrossFit Athletes
Max El-Hag (currently coaching: Noah Ohlsen, Travis Mayer, Will Moorad), Kyle Ruth (currently coaching: Cedric Lapointe, Josh Miller), and Brannen Dorman talk about their experience coaching elite-level CrossFit athletes.

BONUS: Our Biggest Coaching Mistakes
In this audio-only bonus episode TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Brannen Dorman, and Kyle Ruth discuss their biggest coaching mistakes.

BONUS: Motivation vs. Inspiration
In this audio-only bonus episode TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Kyle Ruth, and Evan Peikon debate Motivation vs. Inspiration.