Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

I knew I was in trouble when my muddy hands started slipping off a rope as I dangled 19 feet above an icy cold pit of water.

Every muscle in my body twitched and strained in an icy cold pit of water.

Every muscle in my body twitched and strained in an attempt to keep from falling,

but it was too late.

I splashed in this giant, exhausted, wet heap into a black hole below the rope.

And as I came up for air, I heard the booming voice of an obstacle racing referee shout,

30 burpees.

And this would be my third penalty in my very first Spartan race experience,

with my other two burpee penalties coming from missing a 20-foot spear throw and also falling off a sideways wall climb.

But I didn't care.

Even though my lungs were burning and my upper and lower body were spent,

my skin was scraped with gravel and punctured with barbed wire, I was caked in dirt, sweat, and

blood. I was still having the time of my life. So I finished the 30 burpees and climbed over the wall

and dove through four different mud pits, leapt over a pile of burning logs, and fought off four

weapon-yielding gladiators to finally cross the finish line in a little over an hour and 40

minutes, having finished my first Super Spartan event. Well, in today's episode, you're going to find

out what obstacle racing is and why you may want to think about

doing one yourself, even if you are just getting started with this whole fitness thing.

So, in case you hadn't noticed, obstacle course races and mud runs like the Spartan,

the tough mudder, and the warrior dash are sweeping the nation, with literally hundreds of races

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