Train With the Best Podcast

Chris Gorres and Craig Hoffman recap Craig's sprint triathlon from earlier this month, and discuss how experience can influence future training decisions. Plus, the guys discuss summer training plans…

With Chris on vacation, Craig looks back on his first ever sprint triathlon on The Hoffman Show (The Team 980/WTEM-AM) with producer Anthony Haynie the day after the event.

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Onyx Elite physical therapist Dr. Lance Bennett joins Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres to talk about working as a DPT in a high performance space. Lance talks about collaborating with Chris, who the at…

Some of the best female footballers in the world will miss this summer's World Cup with a torn ACL. The injury has long loomed large in the women's game, but in recent years there's been an uptick at…

Sam Fortier (Washington Post) joins the show to talk about his writing in the sports science space, including a recent trip to see our friends at EXOS. Fortier explains what he's learned over the yea…

What does it mean to be conditioned? It depends on what you're training for. With that in mind, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres talk about what it means to be conditioned for a sprinting sport, versus…

What are the differences in training male and female clients? Are there even any in the first place? Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres dive into the factors that affect training, from a client's gender …

Life is hard sometimes. That's true on and off the field, so have you prepared your clients for it? Whether it's getting caught out of position, or being bumped off a curb while walking, Craig Hoffma…

How do you train to go faster, longer? Should you train for the faster or the longer? As always, it depends! Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres talk about building capacity and endurance, and how top end…

Sports dietician Meghann Featherstun joins the show to talk about properly fueling based on an athlete's goals. Specifically, the athlete is Craig. The guys talk about balancing the desire for a weig…

EXOS continually trains some of the best athletes in the world, and their NFL Combine training is no exception. EXOS athletes dominated the annual event with help not only from EXOS's trainers, but t…

In a special crossover episode of the pod with the Take Command Podcast, Craig Hoffman, Chris Gorres and Logan Paulsen talk how the athletic testing at the NFL Combine translates to the field.

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Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres talk about how to know when it's time to push and when it's time to rest in the gym. The guys talk about using data as an indicator, but using conversation to provide c…

In honor of Valentine's Day, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres talk about heart health. No, this isn't a relationship episode, this is about what your heart actually does: power your entire cardiovascul…

There are only seven days in a week, which sometimes feels like a problem when you need to train for strength, speed, mobility, stability, and endurance. So how do you get it all in? Craig Hoffman an…

Training after an injury is scary for clients and trainers alike, so how do we set ourselves up for success as fitness professionals? Craig and Chris talk through the relationship between doctors, PT…

New Years Resolutions are a major factor in the fitness industry as people all over the world set fitness goals big and small. But what about the trainers that help them achieve those goals?

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We've all been there. We want to workout, but only have 15 minutes. So what should you do? Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres give bite-sized tips in this bite-sized episode of the Train With The Best po…

After a trip to watch the Wizards and Grizzlies play in DC, Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres talk about what they observed from the players warming up and how it's evolved over the years. Chris talks a…

This week Craig Hoffman and Chris Gorres talk about how fitness can bring people together. Because fitness is an "extra-curricular activity" for so many people, it attracts people from all walks of l…