Train With the Best Podcast

This week on the Train With The Best Podcast, Chris Gorres is in for a challenge he’s never faced before—Hyrox! Craig Hoffman walks Chris through every station of this intense fitness race, asking for his expert opinion on the best strategy for each segment.

💥 Hyrox Station-by-Station Breakdown: Chris, despite being one of the best sports performance coaches in the world, has never specifically trained for or coached athletes in Hy...

In this special episode of the Train With The Best Podcast, Chris Gorres and Craig Hoffman take you inside the NFL Combine in Indianapolis for two insightful conversations with the experts at EXOS.

🥗 Busting Nutrition Myths with Ariah Fish, R.D.: EXOS Performance Dietitian Ariah Fish joins the show to tackle common nutrition misconceptions. From travel nutrition to the debate over whether "only calories matter," she break...

Is there such a thing as too strong? In this episode of The Train With The Best Podcast, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres break down the point of diminishing returns in strength training. Sure, getting stronger is crucial, but at what point does chasing a bigger one-rep max start hurting more than it helps? They dive into risk mitigation, why more weight doesn’t always mean better performance, and how to train for what really matters...

Before Luka Doncic was traded, we talked about the mismatch between athleticism and aesthetics, especially amongst elite athletes. From Pat Mahomes to Luka Doncic to Nikola Jokic, we talk about how what it means to be athletic is misunderstood, and definitely can't be seen with the human eye based on cut up abs or ripped arms.

In doing so, we talk to Rustin Dodd of The Athletic bout his piece on the subject! 

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Craig and Chris answer your questions in the latest edition of our year end mailbag, including what fitness trends they want to leave in 2024 and some they'd like to take with them into the future.

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Chris Gorres is one of the world's foremost experts in ACL rehab, but injuries can happen to anyone and that's exactly what happened when his daughter, Mila, tore her ACL in her first college soccer game.

Two months into the rehab, Mila's ahead of schedule. Chris shares this one of a kind rehab in this special episode of the Train With The Best podcast.

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Following our chat with Hyrax World Champion Meg Jacoby on last week's episode, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres dive further into how athletes can train to perform better under fatigue. Craig uses a basketball analogy to drive home a point about baseline fitness as the guys unlock how perform best when victory is decided.

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2024 Hyrox World Champion Meg Jacoby joins the show to talk about how she's crafted a unique performance strategy for one of the world's toughest hybrid races. Jacoby talks about training herself, as well as how she coaches others, to the top of their game in Hyrox by treating it like a sport instead of merely a fitness event.

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In Netflix's "Starting 5," we get a peek behind the curtain of how LeBron James trains. What can we take from the world's best, and arguably most durable athlete?

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Artificial intelligence is entering every arena, and fitness is no exception. Steven Webster is putting ASENSEI at the forefront, working with leading legacy brands like Vertimax and Power Block to take his motion capture technology and AI to create better movement and better outcomes. Webster discusses his work and some of its amazing capabilities with Craig Hoffman and Vertimax Master Trainer Chris Gorres.

Plus, Craig an...

Just how powerful are isometric exercises? Brad Thorpe discovered they can not only help make you stronger, but they can fix blood pressure problems and more. The founder of the Isophit talks about his "fancy wall" and the science behind it with Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres.

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We've all heard stories of athletes that gain or lose weight to aid in their performance, but how do they do it? Inspired by Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow telling Men's Health he gained 10 lbs this off-season, we discuss how he would have gone about that and how other athletes lose weight during the off-season for their needs.

As discussed in the show, the actual execution of these workouts are very specifically...

Gabby Thomas told The Today Show that she runs a mile once per year. That's shocking to many, considering she runs for a living! Why do she and the world's best sprinters not run longer distances? And what was it like to watch them perform in person?

Craig Hoffman was at the Olympics and shares what it was like for Paris 2024, before he and Chris Gorres dive into training with the literal best!

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You may have seen the Proteus in the Netflix Show Quarterback, as Patrick Mahomes torqued his way through rotation work on the one of a kind machine. Founder Sam Miller joins our show to talk about what he's built, the importance of rotation and rotational power, and more!

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How do we make sure we optimize our training, no matter the sport we're training for? From football, basketball, and soccer to distance events, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres lay out the strategies that keep them and their athletes on track to peak performance from modifying individual sessions to ensuring that decision making is fresh during competition.

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To start the latest episode of The Train With The Best Podcast, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres discuss the need for sports performance coaches to balance on-court and on-field demands with staying prepared, strong, and ready in the weight room

Craig also chats with Sarah Forester from the Own Your Life podcast about her college tennis career, and how the things she's learned as an athlete transferred to "owning h...

Elite athletes like Washington Spirit stars Croix Bethune and Hal Hershfelt as well as Mystics standout Shakira Austin have recently talked with Craig about how injuries forced them to change their routine to prevent the same fate in the future. What do those injury prevention routines look like and can we talk with our athletes about to get them started before they experience a life changing injury?

Plus, we talk with Pli...

We're joined by Joe Dolcetti, the founder of Lila, to talk about his company's groundbreaking research into wearable resistance. Joe talks to Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres about how just ounces of resistance, when well programmed and well placed, can make a massive difference in athleticism and injury resilience.

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Dive into the world of elite sports physical therapy with hosts Chris Gorres and Craig Hoffman in the latest episode of the "Train With The Best Podcast." Joining them is Zack Tabrani, a distinguished physical therapist who serves as the personal therapist to a Major League Baseball player. In this insightful discussion, Zack shares his unique experiences and sheds light on the intricacies of his work outside traditional ...