Learn a few simple exercises that will greatly reduce your incident of upper and lower body injuries that are common among runners and OCR athletes from the ground up offered by Dr. Emily Splichal, world renowned podiatrist and human movement specialist. In the sport of Obstacle Racing there are a lot of demands placed on…
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Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Yancy Camp meets OCR Run Clinic w/ Coach Richard Diaz and Posse
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Yancy Culp is an internationally recognized OCR coach with an all-star cast of Elite Spartan Athletes in his stable. It was great fortune for Coach Richard Diaz, his “Posse”, Miguel Medina, Nickademus Hollon and his wife and long time running mechanic Lori Diaz to converge in Austin Texas to put on their ever popular Off…
Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
The Black Friday Show “Teaser”
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Endurance Sport Nutrition, Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
The World’s Toughest Mudder Recap
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The 2015 World’s Toughest Mudder set the bar high for team participation. With a $100,000 carrot held out for the team that could cover 100 miles in the allotted 24 hour deadline. It was an interesting race and with the best attempts from the top teams, the money remains uncollected. There was a new course…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Training Smarter and Understanding the Data You Collect From Your Monitor
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Jaime Lopez is serious about his OCR training; he reads what he can to keep up with the trends in training. He monitors his work via his heart monitor, he abides to specific training protocols and logs all of the metrics afforded him though his devices. Yet still, it all seems confusing at times. Jaime…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing, Triathlon
Critical Active Recovery Tips for Endurance Athletes
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Every athlete that follows our show knows that recovery is critical to performance and health. Unfortunately, too few practice effective active recovery. This is especially true among Obstacle Racing Athletes. Our featured guests; Dr. Tim Simansky, commonly known as “The Wod Doc” and Elite Spartan Pro athlete Hunter McIntyre are on to share opinions and…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Next Stop World’s Toughest Mudder
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Ryan Atkins, coming off an exceptional race season, finishing 2nd in The Spartan World Championships behind a fearless and relatively unknown Robert Killian, now sets his sites on World’s Toughest Mudder. Ryan won this event last year but this year with the stakes up to $100,000 for the first team to complete 100 miles in…
Expert Running Tips, Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
Nickademus Hollon Trail Runner Extraordinaire
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Running for 205 miles in 76 hours through the Alps with a collective elevation gain of over 80,000 ft., is no simple task. Being the only American to podium in this death defying race, for now, is reserved for only one man, Nickademus Hollon. Join Nick and Richard Diaz as they discuss the upcoming Spartan…
Expert Running Tips, Obstacle Racing
Training with Heart
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With all the new data collecting devices on the market today, many athletes are still reluctant to employ heart rate as a principal guide in their training, this is really unfortunate. Of all the feedback one could obtain heart rate training, remains the most important ally regarding how or if the body is adapting to…
Extreme Running, Obstacle Racing
The British OCR Invasion, Namely – Jonathan Albon
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In case you have not heard, World OCR Championship Season is upon us. Sure, maybe you don’t follow Spartan Racing or give a hoot about the fastest growing sport in the world. However if you do… there is a lot of excitement afoot. Reigning Spartan World and OCR World Champion Jonathan Albon is looking to…