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Corpus Animus Podcast

221 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratings

This podcast is audio taken from our Training Think Tank YouTube channel for those on the go (or who just don't want to look at our ugly mugs)

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Episodes

#161 - ✅ 10 Tip CrossFit Open Checklist + CrossFit Open Q&A

February 28, 2024 18:17 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

#160 - Our Honest Advice Heading into the 2024 CrossFit Open

February 24, 2024 16:41 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MB

#159 - MASTERS ATHLETES: Peak for CrossFit OPEN or QUARTERFINALS?

January 31, 2024 17:04 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MB

#158 - "Seperation Value": When to PUSH in a CrossFit Workout

January 29, 2024 19:24 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

#157 - How to Film Review to Improve CrossFit Workouts

January 24, 2024 20:01 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MB

#155 - How to Build Strategy & Pacing Plans for CrossFit Workouts

January 08, 2024 20:22 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MB

Part 1 of a 3-Part Series on developing athlete self-awareness.

#154 - How STRONG do you NEED to be to COMPETE in CrossFit?

December 28, 2023 14:36 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MB

The 3 Most Neglected Strength Methods in CrossFit: https://bit.ly/tttstrengthmethods

#153 - The 3 Most Neglected Strength Methods in CrossFit

December 22, 2023 18:41 - 1 hour - 113 MB

Dive Deeper into these 3 strength methods, including in-depth programming guidelines & video instruction here: https://bit.ly/tttstrengthmethods

#152 - Erased from CrossFit? A Look Down Memory Lane

December 12, 2023 17:06 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Adam Rogers, Kyle Ruth and Mike McGoldrick are surprised with a topic, the subject of which brought these 4 together and played a large role in advancing the training for the sport side of CrossFit.

#151 - The Difference Between Tweaks & Injuries in CrossFit

November 29, 2023 21:49 - 1 hour - 96.6 MB

#150 - Kloie Wilson Going Full Time CrossFit After Near Misses

November 20, 2023 20:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast TTT Coach Brannen Dorman interviews TTT Athlete Kloie Wilson to discuss her CrossFit history, nearly missing the Games back-to-back years, going full-time CrossFit and her former job as a Firefighter.

#149 - CrossFit Changes Season (Again)

November 14, 2023 02:45 - 1 hour - 113 MB

TTT Coaches Max El-Hag, Kyle Ruth, Brannen Dorman, and Mike McGoldrick discuss the recent changes to the 2024 CrossFit Games season.

[CAMP TALK] - "Relatedness": Terrible Title, Great Talk w/ Mia Gianelli

November 09, 2023 15:21 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MB

Your training matters, but so do the friendships you make along the way. Those who listen and put this mindset shift into practice will be rewarded greatly.

#148 - WAS ROGUE INVITATIONAL GOOD?

November 06, 2023 14:20 - 1 hour - 103 MB

#147 - ALEXIS RAPTIS, 6th Fittest Woman in the World

October 18, 2023 23:13 - 1 hour - 132 MB

Topics: First time Alexis met her coach Adam Rogers (at MACC 2019) What she relies on her coach for at competitions Post Helna Hotel Madness Haterade YouTube comment What Alexis Pays Attention to During Competitions Getting Angry after a poor finish on “Ski Bag” Using memories of bad performances as fuel “Do you get fueled by the good memories?” Alexis crying during a running workout Some of Alexis’ biggest gains since being at Training Think Tank Overcoming Injuries an...

Winter Training Cycle Starts Oct 23rd | TTT Compete

October 10, 2023 15:41 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MB

Join us for our Winter Cycle in TTT Compete starting Monday Oct 23rd.

#146 - Violence, Success, Wrasslin' & CrossFit w/ Max El-Hag

October 03, 2023 15:08 - 1 hour - 88.9 MB

#145 - Trying to Mom and CrossFit at the Same Time

September 15, 2023 21:01 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, TTT athletes Alye Beaver and Brandi McGoldrick join us to talk about what its like trying to mom and CrossFit at the same time.

#144 - CrossFit.com Programming, CrossFit Leaks, & Clickbait

September 10, 2023 14:54 - 1 hour - 123 MB

00:00 - Intro and potential topics for the show 02:57 - Chris smashing Brannen's face in on a Burpee/Row 05:53 - Working out in a Slipknot clown mask 06:56 - "Fight Gone Slightly Less Bad" 07:29 - MMA Fights vs. CrossFit Workouts 13:02 - What is Noah Ohlsen up to? 17:39 - Athletes & Instagram 20:34 - CrossFit Documentaries & Netflix 22:35 - Leaks in CrossFit 24:36 - Travis Mayer's comeback from Injury 29:10 - Travis Doing the Rogue Qualifier 32:32 - Training Volume Advi...

#143 - Travis Mayer Goes Rogue! + Tips for CrossFit Online Qualifiers

August 30, 2023 16:43 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, we catch up with TTT Athlete Travis Mayer who just finished the Rogue Invitational Online Qualifier. 00:00 - Brannen & Chris doing a 12-Mile Ruck Challenge 02:37 - Travis Mayer’s Hand Injury 03:38 - Doing the Rogue Invitational Online Qualifier 05:47 - Rogue Qualifier Workout 4 07:32 - Rogue Qualifier Workout 1 08:46 - Repeating Workout 1 09:22 - Rogue beefing up their workout standards this year 12:04 - Not meeting the standards ...

TTT Compete New Cycle Update (Starts Aug 28, 2023)

August 16, 2023 18:49 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MB

The volume of metcons is about to increase in TTT Compete as we move into our next training cycle.  Listen to this cycle update for more details.

#142 - Did we like the 2023 CrossFit Games?

August 15, 2023 17:17 - 1 hour - 159 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, TTT Coaches Max El-Hag and Brannen Dorman reflect on the 2023 CrossFit Games.

#140 - Is CrossFit Currently Experiencing a Zone 2 Hype Cycle? w/ Evan Peikon

July 17, 2023 19:09 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast, we travel to Providence Rhode Island to interview former TTT Coach and Exercise Physiologist Evan Peikon. Evan is the author of 2 substacks "On Human Performance" and "Decoding Biology", he is also one of the founders of NNOXX, a fitness wearable device that measures nitric oxide.

#139 - LESS MetCons to Get STRONG w/ Kaiden Hogan

July 12, 2023 18:24 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MB

Interview w/ Teen Games athlete Kaiden Hogan

#138 - The Secret to Developing CrossFit Athletes

June 29, 2023 18:02 - 1 hour - 158 MB

The Key to Developing CrossFit Athletes How TTT Survived as a CrossFit Camp without any Champions How Coaching Athletes to Win The CrossFit Games changed Max Why a lack of self awareness could be holding you back in CrossFit

#137 - How to SURVIVE CrossFit When It's Hot AF

June 23, 2023 13:43 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MB

NEW TRAINING CYCLE STARTS JULY 3RD

June 20, 2023 13:31 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MB

0:00 - Intro to Cycle  1:10 - Intermediate Path 9:10 - Strength Work for this Cycle 16:14 - CrossFit training for this Cycle 22:10 - The 3rd Annual "Super Summer Sizzler" 24:29 - "Extra Credit" work

#136 - Your CrossFit ENDURANCE Questions Answered!

June 16, 2023 16:20 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Last week on episode 135 of the Corpus Animus Podcast, TTT Coaches Brannen Dorman & Kyle Ruth discussed ways to upgrade your endurance for CrossFit. During that episode we asked you to leave us some questions in the comments, and on this episode we dive and answer some. While the actual questions were more wordy, the basic gist of the questions are the following: What are some effective ways to improve endurance for CrossFit? Is there a specific formula for incorporating endurance training i...

#135 - Upgrade Your Endurance

June 12, 2023 21:27 - 1 hour - 102 MB

#134 - The Future of CrossFit as a Sport?

June 02, 2023 16:20 - 1 hour - 119 MB

#133 - Alexis Raptis

June 01, 2023 14:56 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MB

#132 - Boz's Bottleneck Bias | CrossFit Semifinals Thoughts

May 27, 2023 00:33 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MB

#131 - Noah Ohlsen & Travis Mayer

May 08, 2023 22:05 - 40 minutes - 55.7 MB

#130 - Anikha Greer

May 01, 2023 16:35 - 1 hour - 120 MB

#129 - How to Get out of the Scaled Division in CrossFit

April 27, 2023 14:54 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB

Build Your Base, Improve Your Limiters | NEW TRAINING CYCLE STARTS MAY 8TH

April 26, 2023 11:52 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MB

Become a TTT Athlete: http://www.trainingthinktank.com

#128 - 6x CrossFit Adaptive Champion Tom Miazga

April 20, 2023 15:38 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB

On this episode of the Corpus Animus Podcast TTT Coach Brannen Dorman interviews TTT Athlete, 6x CrossFit Fittest Seated on Earth, and 2008 Paralympian Swimmer Tom Miazga.

#127 - Brent Fikowski

April 14, 2023 20:30 - 2 hours - 173 MB

#126 - What we LOVED (and HATED) about the CrossFit Age Group Quarterfinals

April 05, 2023 16:10 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MB

Brannen Dorman and Kyle Ruth give their thoughts on the Age Group Quarterfinals from this past weekend.

#125 - Mentality of Competing, Social Media & "Toxic Positivity"

March 27, 2023 16:27 - 1 hour - 90.9 MB

Training Your Mentality to be a Better CrossFit Competitor Social Media & Toxic Positivity Why Your Actions Tell Me Your Goals Aren't Real Accepting That You No Longer Want to Compete Are you Competing for the WRONG reasons?

How we're Training After Quarterfinals in TTT Compete | New Cycle Starts March 27th!

March 21, 2023 16:15 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MB

Become a TTT Athlete: http://www.trainingthinktank.com/ New cycle starts Monday March 27th.  02:45 - Intermediate Path 07:16 - Rx Path 17:37 - Masters Path 21:27 - Elite Path

Q&A: Tips for Quarterfinals, Strength During the Offseason, Improving Your Engine

March 14, 2023 19:09 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

Tips for CrossFit Quarterfinals this weekend Why you should focus on strength this off-season What "Improving Your Engine" actually means Q&A with TTT Athletes

#123 - Max Defends Himself, CrossFit Growth?, ChatGPT

March 12, 2023 21:48 - 1 hour - 88.4 MB

Max defends why this was his favorite CrossFit Open Why the sport being "Unknown & Unknowable" continues to cause problems Is CrossFit as a Sport Growing? The Future of AI, DeepFakes, and ChatGPT

#122 - Alexis Raptis & Travis Mayer

March 08, 2023 21:55 - 53 minutes - 73 MB

Why Travis Mayer can't compete in CrossFit this Season Alexis Raptis on handling the pressure of being a professional athlete Their thoughts on the 2023 CrossFit Open Their goals for the rest of the year

#121 - Open Thoughts, QF Predictions, What Now?

March 06, 2023 21:25 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MB

Did we like the 2023 CrossFit Open? Our predictions for Quarterfinals What to do if you didn't qualify for Quarterfinals How to navigate Quarterfinals if you made the cut

How We'll Train During The 2023 CrossFit Open | TTT Compete

February 09, 2023 19:38 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MB

Want our help navigating the Open & Quarterfinals? Become a TTT Compete athlete here: http://www.trainingthinktank.com/23open

#120 - How to structure your actual training days around competing in the 2023 CrossFit Open.

February 07, 2023 22:29 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MB

How to structure your actual training days around competing in the 2023 CrossFit Open.