1105: How to Train for an Obstacle Course Race
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin break down what it takes to be a successful obstacle course racer and how to best train for a race.
- The phenomena that is obstacle course racing (OCR): The history, origins, how it became popular, the value & MORE. (2:49)
- How the struggle gives us meaning. (9:00)
- What it takes to be a successful obstacle course racer. (13:30)
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- You MUST have endurance/stamina. (14:25)
- The importance of having mental toughness/grit. (17:27)
- How your grip connects you to everything else. (23:37)
- The significance of practicing and strengthening your skills to build up your work capacity/durability. (28:43)
- What does the ideal physique look like for an OCR athlete? (37:40)
- How to program/train your body for an OCR. (40:36)
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- The importance of mobility. (43:19)
- Building the foundation of strength. (45:07)
- Using the running component to your benefit. (47:00)
- Create daily practices to toughen your body up. (49:30)
- The value in testing yourself. (51:00)
People Mentioned
- Joe De Sena (@realJoeDeSena) Twitter
- Amelia Boone (@arboone11) Instagram
- Ben Greenfield Fitness (@bengreenfieldfitness) Instagram
- Justin Brink DC (@premiere_spine_sport) Instagram
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- August Promotion: MAPS Prime & Prime Pro ½ off!! **Code “PRIME50” at checkout**
- MAPS OCR Preview Promotion: Discount code “OCR30” at checkout
- Mind Pump 595: Joe De Sena Founder of Spartan Race & the Spartan Up! Podcast
- "Field physical training of the soldier. 1917"
- Fight Club (1999) - IMDb
- Obstacle course racing scaling its way to Olympic inclusion
- The Rise of Obstacle Course Races
- The association of grip strength from midlife onwards with all-cause and cause-specific mortality over 17 years of follow-up in the Tromsø Study
- Mind Pump 630: Amelia Boone- Obstacle Course Racing’s Queen of Pain
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Alright, so this episode of Mind Pump, we talk all about obstacle course racing. |
| 0:20.0 | We talk about the races themselves, but also how to get your body ready to do an obstacle course race |
| 0:27.0 | or look like you're ready because a lot of people want to look like obstacle course racers. |
| 0:32.0 | You know, that long, lean type physique, muscular, but not too muscular, functional, can move really well. |
| 0:38.0 | So we talk about the history of obstacle course racing, how they started, why they're so popular? |
| 0:42.0 | Like why are they so popular today? Why are people signing up to do these incredibly challenging races? |
| 0:47.0 | We talk about the attributes that you would need to do a successful obstacle course race. |
| 0:53.0 | And then we break down the training. How would you want to train your body to get in this kind of physical fitness shape? |
| 1:01.0 | What do the workouts look like? How should you structure it? What are the exercises you want to focus on? |
| 1:06.0 | And then we also reveal that we came out with a maps obstacle course racing program. |
| 1:11.0 | Maps, OCR, it's our newest program, brand new launch. Here's the best part. |
| 1:16.0 | We wrote it with decorated obstacle course racing champion, Amelia Boone. |
| 1:21.0 | It's a brand new maps program. It involves everything, strength training, durability training, endurance type training. |
| 1:28.0 | There's toughness for your grip, for your body. There's practice test days. |
| 1:33.0 | So we teach you how to test your body during the week to see how well you'll perform when you do the obstacle course race. |
| 1:40.0 | Now, because it's a brand new launch, it's going to be discounted. |
| 1:45.0 | So we're doing $30 off for all new people enrolling. And for a limited time, you'll get a free t-shirt and good or sunglasses. |
| 1:54.0 | Those are the sunglasses that sponsor Amelia Boone. They're great durable sunglasses and they look cool. |
| 1:59.0 | Oh, and also for the first 300 people who enroll in this, you'll get 10% off your first Spartan race when you go to the page to sign up. |
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