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.

Topics:

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

Quotes:

"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

Resources:

Marcus on Instagram

Adrenaline Performance

Wagner Custom Skis