Corpus Animus Podcast #96 - Adam Rogers | Coaching Alexis Raptis at the 2022 CrossFit Games
Become a TTT Athlete: http://www.trainingthinktank.com/tttathlete Watch Alexis' episode here: https://youtu.be/AGH_f08KsOk Brennan Dorman and Adam Rogers sit down to reflect on Alexis Raptis's 10th place finish at her first ever CrossFit Games as an individual. In this podcast, they take it all the way back to when Alexis first hired Adam, how they responded to missing her Games by one spot last year, each of the events at this year's Games, and what training will look like for this season ahead. 0:00 - Intro 3:02 - Alexis' initial assessment when she hired Adam 5:43 - Alexis' training structure when she first started with TTT 7:20 - Was adding in more structured progressions difficult? 10:35 - Was it hard to create buy-in from Alexis? 12:20 - Missing the Games by 1 spot last year 14:24 - What training looked like after Alexis' season ended last year 22:35 - Training priorities that went well vs. things Adam was nervous about 25:20 - How did Adam game plan the 2022 Games? 27:14 - How much did the strategy change while at the Games? 29:28 - What were Adam's emotions after Event 1? 35:20 - "I wanna win a workout" 38:11 - What's worse to watch as a coach: wheelhouse or weakness workout? 40:52 - Adam's thoughts on Deficit Strict HSPU standard 44:01 - The emotions after the event win on "Echo Press" 48:48 - Adam's goal for Alexis at the Games 50:00 - Major training priorities for the 2023 CrossFit Season 54:30 - Adam's thoughts on Boz's Games programming 64:17 - Adam's favorite and least favorite Games Event 73:17 - Rapid fire questions