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

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

The physical and mental challenges of an obstacle race are great, and they test every aspect of your fitness.

I took part in my first tough mutter event knowing exactly what I was

getting myself into. I had trained and prepared myself as much as possible and I was ready to have

a really fun day of teamwork and getting really dirty. What I didn't know or prepare for was that the

weather was going to really turn on us drastically.

The sun went away, the rain came, the wind began to blow, and then finally it actually snowed on us.

And at one point, I was so cold that when I jumped into the icy water in the obstacle known as the Arctic Enema,

well, I really didn't notice any temperature difference at all.

Many times during that event, I wished that I was on the set of that show American Ninja Warrior,

where everyone seems warm and, well, mostly dry.

Now, despite the fact that our teeth were still chattering down at the finish line

when we are getting cleaned up by hosing ourselves down,

we were still smiling, laughing, and high-fiving like crazy.

So I guess it couldn't have been all that bad.

Now, obstacle course races, or OCR for short, like Spartan and

Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash, have been sweeping the nation for a few years now. From

20,000 participants in its debut in 2010, the Tough Mudder alone has had two million participants

to date. There are more than 60 Spartan races

every year in the USA alone, and if you have heard the ads on this very podcast, you will know

that they boast five million people in their obstacle-loving community. Obstacle Racing,

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