Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis. Following explosive wins in the 2025 Freewride World Tour in Georgia and Kicking Horse, 4-year tour veteran Marcus Goguen claimed his first FWT world champion title. His unflappable style and huge tricks are not by chance. The 21-year-old Whistler skier has spent almost a decade following a strict training regimen. And now he's sharing. His Adrenaline Performance program offers skiers customized strength plans to ward off injuries and boost performance. Listen in as the big-mountain boss shares how he is infusing structured training regimens into his freeride skiing, the importance of post skiing workouts, the role of a daily routine in comp-day confidence and how to make your body your armor.
3:00 "Everything I've done in my life is for skiing."
3:20 The Whistler Freeride Club": peer pressure, buddies, and coaches
4:30 Competing in downhill bike racing
5:30 Honing fast-twitch eye-hand coordination
6:15 Training regimen inspired by his uncle, Canada's legendary Olympic racer Thomas Grandi
7:00 Mixing the structure of training with the fun of freeride skiing
7:40 The building blocks of training
8:30 Maintenance workouts during the ski season to maintain strength
9:00 Maximizing the ski day with gym workouts
12:30 Getting into training after enduring pain at age 12
14:00 Results of training by age 14
15:00 An injury-free ski career
16:05 "In freeride, there's a lot of impact."
16:50 Structure should be fun
17:10 The evolution of Adrenaline Performance
18:00 App-driven motivation with coaches, peers
20:30 Beginner, intermediate, advanced, and Olympic-tiered programs
21:40 Building strength and infusing explosiveness into that strength
23:30 A year-round training program for all mountain athletes
25:20 Meditation to start the day, then mobility, then supplements
25:45 Creatine, omegas, collagen
29:40 The role of daily routines, so "every day is a competition day."
30:00 Skiing with E. coli poisoning
34:00 Accountability and follow-through with Adrenaline Performance app
35:12 Best advice: put a smile on your face at the start gate
"I try to do as many different sports as possible and that will always transfer over to my skiing." - Marcus
"My muscles are my armor." - Marcus
"You need to listen to your body because it's easy to burn yourself out if you go too hard." - Marcus
"To continue improving in the game, we all need some structure." - Marcus
