123: Charlie Schreiber – How to Build Pro-Climber Grip Strength

Charlie Schreiber - How to Build Pro-Climber Grip Strength

Charlie Schreiber is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach. He has competed 2-times in the Bouldering World Cup, 3-times in the ABS Open Bouldering National Championships, 5-time in the Bouldering National Cup Series event champion as well as an 8-time Youth National Champion in Bouldering Events and can ascend V11’s and V12’s.

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Ryan Kempson – Planning for Long-Term Improvement

Ryan Kempson has become one of the best and most dynamic OCR athletes in the world. In 2019, he finished on the podium in the Spartan U.S. National Series and finish 3rd at Spartan North American Championship in West Virginia.

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Strength Training for Spartan Race

Strength training for Spartan Race

How to take your Strength Training for Spartan Race to the Next level. The biggest challenge in strength training for a Spartan Race is how to spend your time wisely. There are many  elements and one that can not be overlooked is strength training for a spartan race.  As a professional endurance and strength coach,…

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What to Eat During Your Race

Strength training for Spartan Race

Nutrition during your race and training. A comprehensive guide to intra-race nutrition. On race-day, If you screw up your nutrition, you will screw up your performance.  What to eat during your race can be the difference in setting a personal record or suffering through a bonkfest.  Intra-race nutrition can be as simple as eating the…

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Dave Magida – How to Maintain OCR Fitness

David Magida will teach you what you need to to to stay on top of your spartan race training.         Full Transcript  Rich Ryan: [00:00:00] David Makita is here, David. What’s up, dude. [00:00:03] David Magida : [00:00:03] Oh, rich. Thanks for having me, man. Of [00:00:05] Rich Ryan: [00:00:05] course. Yeah.…

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Spartan Race Training Plan

Strength training for Spartan Race

A comprehensive guide to creating your own Spartan Race training plan. A Spartan race training plan will help you get the most out of your time and energy. The sport has so many elements that it is hard to know where to spend your time and effort to get the best results. This is the…

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How to Prepare for Any Distance – Kris Brown

Strength training for Spartan Race

How Kris Brown has found success in ultrarunning and Spartan Race. Kris Brown is an Ultra athlete, Spartan Pro Team member, and coach who has seen success in many distances including a top ten finish at the Western States and a dominating performance during the Tahoe Spartan Ultra. He joins the podcast to talk about…

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Top 5 Books on Endurance Training

Strength training for Spartan Race

Check out our top 5 Books on Endurance Training. The second best way to learn about running is by reading training literature. In this podcast, we talk about our top 5 books on endurance training.     Our List Rich: Science of Running – Steve Magness Scientific Principles of Strength Training – Renaissance Periodization   Roar…

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Nell Rojas – How to Prepare for the Big Race.

Strength training for Spartan Race

2020 Olympic Marathon Trials 9th place Finisher, Nell Rojas, gives you insight on how to compete at the highest level.       Nutrition for endurance athletes articles   Olympic Trials Results  How to calculate macros for Spartan Race     Full Transcript  Rich Ryan: [00:00:00] Yes. Yes. Yes. Some really excited to bring you this…

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Spartan Races are Canceled – now what?

Strength training for Spartan Race

Find out how you should change your training now that Spartan Races have been canceled.             Full Transcript   Rich Ryan: [00:00:00] All right. We’re back again. Josh Reed. Nice sitting down, talking about raining and today. It is official that Spartan race canceled the season. So there’s no more…

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