{"id":2032090,"date":"2026-07-07T22:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032090"},"modified":"2026-07-07T22:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:32:22","slug":"freeride-world-tour-champion-launches-road-to-winter-fitness-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032090","title":{"rendered":"Freeride World Tour Champion Launches \u2018Road to Winter\u2019 Fitness Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_356174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356174\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356174 lazyload\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAoAAAAGrAQMAAABqgLQIAAAABlBMVEUAAAD\/\/\/+l2Z\/dAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAADhJREFUeNrtwTEBAAAAwqD1T+1tB6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADgDIcbAAEnbF1FAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356174\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0192.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-eio=\"l\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2025 Freeride World Tour World Champion Marcus Goguen has launched his \u2018Road to Winter\u2019 fitness challenge to help skiers prepare for the season. | Credit: Brett Ploss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px auto;text-align: center;display: block;clear: both\">\n<!-- GAM 71161633\/SNWBR_snowbrains\/article_hrec_1 --><\/p>\n<div data-fuse=\"article_hrec_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>For skiers who want to get in shape for the winter, this fitness challenge might just do it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Freeride World Tour champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freerideworldtour.com\/riders\/marcus-goguen\/\">Marcus Goguen<\/a> has launched his \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/pre-season.adrenalineperformance.co\/\">Road to Winter<\/a>\u2018 fitness challenge, helping skiers prepare for the upcoming winter season. <\/strong>The program gives skiers three ski-specific challenges per week, designed to train muscles and movements that skiers need each day at the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anyone can join the challenge, which is free and simply requires a quick sign-up.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMost skiers wait for the first storm to find out their legs aren\u2019t ready,\u201d the challenge describes.<\/strong> \u201cBeat them to it, one focused week at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-16\" style=\"margin: 8px 0;clear: both\">\n<div id=\"sb-newsletter\" style=\"background:#2B2E3A;border-top:3px solid #D7424E;padding:26px 24px 22px;margin:28px 0;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:100%;display:block\">\n<p>    @media (max-width:600px) {<br \/>\n      #sb-newsletter { padding:18px 20px 14px !important; 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Participants then carry out the challenges outside, at home, or wherever is convenient. After completing each challenge, participants log the results and can add videos. The challenge will last 22 weeks, concluding on December 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenges include strength and endurance workouts, balance and control exercises, leg exercises, power and durability work. <\/strong>Each challenge is designed with skiing in mind. Some challenges focus on handling variable snow conditions. Others are designed to prepare skiers for sketchy, hard landings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Throughout the challenge, participants earn points to be tracked on a leaderboard. <\/strong>Completing a challenge and logging it earns a participant 100 points, with 30 bonus points if they add a video. Some challenges are based on completion, with a log earning the base 100 points. Other challenges are measured by performance (reps, time, or score), with top scorers earning performance bonuses ranked against everyone else who logged that exercise. An additional 25 performance bonus points are added for the top 50%, 40 points for the top 25%, and 60 points for the top 10%. Bonus points are added when the week is finalized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Road to Winter also rewards consistency for training across multiple days. <\/strong>Participants who train twice a week get 20 points, and those who train three days or more earn 40 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the event of a tie, the winner is decided on challenges completed, then videos, then performance, then distinct training days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If getting in shape was not incentive enough, weekly prizes are given out to top performers. <\/strong>Prizes include Rossignol tees, training shorts, and trail running shoes. At the end of the season, the top performer will earn a brand-new complete ski setup: Rossignol Sender freeride skis, Pivot 15 bindings, a Proclivity jacket and bib, and an Arcade helmet with Otava goggles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThree challenges.\u00a0<\/strong>One week. Repeat until Winter,\u201d the challenge notes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/snowbrains.com\/freeride-world-tour-star-marcus-goguen-launches-send-of-the-year-contest-to-uncover-unknown-ski-talent\/\">Freeride World Tour Star Marcus Goguen Launches \u201cSend of the Year\u201d Contest to Uncover Unknown Ski Talent<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marcus Goguen\u2019s Fitness Journey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>At just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNqhQUux5T1\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\">13 years old<\/a>, Goguen suffered from chronic knee and back pain that kept him from competing comfortably. <\/strong>It was then that he decided to make a change. He joined a gym to make his body stronger and more resilient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After two years of consistent training, the 22-year-old found himself completely pain-free.\u00a0<\/strong>He credits his training for helping him land bigger airs, dominate competitions, and become a Freeride World Tour champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With his Road to Winter challenge, Goguen looks to help skiers move pain-free and to give them the program that helped him become one of the best skiers in the world.\u00a0<\/strong>The Road to Winter is free to join, and for skiers who want to be ready for the season, this is the perfect opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThink you\u2019re ready for the season?\u201d Goguen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1KUYWdXHgJ\/\">asks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cProve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415319\" style=\"width: 954px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-415319 lazyload\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAoAAAAKAAQMAAAA2A1tgAAAABlBMVEUAAAD\/\/\/+l2Z\/dAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAEhJREFUeNrtwQEBAAAAgiD\/r25IQAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAfBnKgAABYDzLiAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"marcus goguen fwt\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goguen.jpg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goguen.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goguen.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goguen.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\" wp-image-415319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/goguen.jpg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"marcus goguen fwt\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-eio=\"l\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Want to move like Marcus Goguen and earn free gear at the same time? 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