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What runners can do to at home to keep their fitness. You can still keep your running gains while at home Running was supposed to be our saving grace to keep us fit and sane, but it like we may be stuck indoors sooner than later without gym access. You can get a great sweat…

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How to navigate your season after canceled races – Ian Hosek (Podcast)

Strength training for Spartan Race

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How to train your mindset – Ashley Heller (Podcast)

Strength training for Spartan Race

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What You Need to Add to Your Endurance Training.

Strength training for Spartan Race

What you can learn from Kobe Bryant to Improve your Endurance Training I remember when Kobe Bryant came into the NBA.  He opted to skip college and enter the draft straight out of high school.  I couldn’t believe the audacity. My 10-year-old self didn’t like Kobe from the start.  I remember watching his playoff game…

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How to not peak too early

Strength training for Spartan Race

How to build a plan to peak for your goal race. To race well, you need to work harder and build volume. Then as you get closer to race day, you “sharpen” by dropping volume and keeping the intensity high. Conventional wisdom says you should shy away from intensity until just before your race to…

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The psychology of performance – Dr. Tim Silvestri

Strength training for Spartan Race

Tim Silvestri is a licensed Psychologist who has been doing work on the mindset of performance. In doing so he has developed a 4 part model to address what he believes is an emerging paradigm shift based on some recent discoveries in areas like neuroscience, nuero-biomechanics, and behavioral economics. Tim is also one of the…

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Optimize your OCR training – Josh Ried

Strength training for Spartan Race

Josh Ried (Riedinger) is a coach and elite OCR athlete. Josh has a background as an athlete is in extreme sports – more specifically BMX racing and freestyle BMX.  This background has given him a unique skill set as an athlete that he uses to his advantage in the sport where he is amassing a…

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Evaluate your goals and go after them – Mark Batres

Strength training for Spartan Race

Mark Batres is a coach of athletes, Spartan Pro, and a form high-level runner on the track and roads. Including such accolades as – 5 time all American, and a 2:19 marathon.  But his fast running did not make him an instant success at OCR – he worked as hard to learn the sport and…

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Building strong habits, better running form, and goal setting.

Strength training for Spartan Race

John and Rich kick it old school to answer some listener questions.  In this episode, we talk about,  How to get back into the routine of running after a setback Our general thoughts on cadence and running form.  Tips for someone who is starting OCR from a running background  And how to get motivated after…

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Unconventional training methods for elite OCR results – Mik Gerylo

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Mik Gerylo is a trainer, educator, and elite OCR athlete.  But Mik is not your typical OCR athlete. He has a unique approach where he takes unconventional methods and makes them practical.   He is the Founder of “The Weapon Factory” in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Where he leads group fitness to people who want to become…

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