Marcus Goguen's Body is his Armor

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