The New Strength & Speed's Guide to Elite Obstacle Course Racing

Training, Nutrition, Techniques, Motivation and Tips for Top Level OCR Performance

De: Evan Perperis

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Duración: 10 h y 50 m

Resumen del Editor

Strength & Speed's Guide to Elite Obstacle Course Racing is the most comprehensive resource for the competitive Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) athlete. The book covers race preparation, training, offseason training, rest, recovery, nutrition, supplementation, techniques for maintaining motivation, obstacle specific training suggestions, obstacle specific tips and yearly scheduling. Included are twelve training plans that provide easy, medium, and hard difficulty schedules for everything from a 5K Spartan Sprint to the ultra-distance World's Toughest Mudder or Spartan Ultra-Beast. Training plans are broken down by distance including 5k (popular distance close to Spartan Sprint/Conquer The Gauntlet), 15 km (the length of OCR World Championships), 13.1 mile (the length of Spartan World Championships) and 26.2+ mile/Ultra distance multi-lap races. The book concludes with interviews with some of the current best OCR athletes in the world including 3x Spartan World Champion Hobie Call, 6x American Ninja Warrior Finalist Michelle Warnky, OCR power couple with the most Savage Race Axes "Air Force" Ken and Rachel Corigliano, 100m OCR World Champion South African Thomas van Tonder, 50+ podium finisher Jay "Captain Puerto Rico" Flores, 100+ podium finisher Ashley Samples, HYROX Team American record holder Morgan Schulz and arguably the best female OCR athlete ever, multi-time world champion Lindsay Webster. Whether you are a high-level competitive racer looking to move higher up on the podium or an open wave competitor looking to conquer races with greater ease, this book has something for you. The author, Evan "Ultra-OCR Man" Perperis wrote the original version of this book in 2015/early 2016. Since its writing he has used the techniques and training methodologies in this book to earn another 40+ OCR podium finishes including 1st place team at 2018 World's Toughest Mudder and 2nd place pro-coed team at 2018 North American OCR Championships. He has also gone on to set records in Ultra-OCR completing 48 hour self created charity events, 8 OCR marathons in a row during winter conditions and other charity events like a 24 hour OCR/treadmill run to raise money for the charity Folds of Honor. Evan draws on experience from the military in the US Army Special Forces along with his competitive fitness background including everything from marathon running to natural bodybuilding. He has an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins, a Masters from the University of Kansas, and a certification as a National Strength and Conditioning Certified Personal Trainer. As the owner of the hybrid athlete organization Strength & Speed, you can find him competing at a variety of events all across the country. His articles can be read at TeamStrengthSpeed.com and MudRunGuide.com. His podcast "Strength & Speed" hosted through Podbean can be found on all major podcast apps. His other books are also now available from Amazon including: Mud Run Guide's Ultra-OCR Bible Mud Run Guide's Ultimate OCR Bucket List Conquering the Gauntlet CTG Pro Team Pro OCR Workouts to Go Ultra-OCR Man: From Special Forces Soldier to Record Setting Professional Obstacle Course Racing Athelte