The Spartan race we did at Sqaw Valley in Lake Tahoe last year was an unforgettable experience.
I hesitate to call it “fun” – because it was a SERIOUS challenge of the body, mind, and spirit –
But it is such a great feeling to train and prepare for such an event, and then complete it successfully.
The entire group of what was I believe 8 or 9 of us finished, and finished strong.
And I think it was largely due to the 12 week program we did leading up to it, using workouts like the sample below:
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OCR “Domination” Workout [sample]
100 Secs Jump Rope (for conditioning)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Bear Crawls (great practice / prep for the variety of crawling done during the events)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Step Ups (more conditioning)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Pull Ups (SO many of the obstacles require pulling strength and grip strength – working on it is CRITICAL to success)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Jumping Jacks (even more conditioning)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Carries (tons of carries in the Spartan – from sandbags to Atlas stones to buckets full of gravel – this is critical to practice too)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Running (even MORE conditioning)
– 20 Sec rest
100 Secs Burpees (you end up doing 30 burpees for any obstacle you miss – so you better be ready!)
– 20 Sec rest
Complete 2-3 rounds total
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If this reading this has given you that feeling in your gut, like – “I gotta do one of these things!” –
I highly encourage you to take on the challenge. You will get better physically and mentally as a result.
BUT – and I say this from personal experience, having not really trained seriously for my first one, and getting burned – YOU MUST BE PREPARED.
SACTO LOCALS – sign up here for our next in-person OCR prep program, starting April 16th.
SELF GUIDED TRAINING PLAN – get my OCR Domination program here.
To your OCR success! –
– Forest Vance
Master of Science, Human Movement
Certified Personal Trainer
ForestVance.com