Spartan Super South Wales ’15 Review & Video

June 29, 2015

Me and Mikey took advantage of the Obstacle Race Magazine subscription deal earlier this year to get 2 free tickets to the Spartan Race Super in GlanUsk Estate earlier this month (20th June 2015). Having never taking part in a Spartan Race before we were excited and nervous at the same time at what we… Read more »

Monkey Bar Training: Grip

June 2, 2015

One of the obstacles that many people fear in any OCR race are the monkey bars. There are four important elements of fitness that are required to master the monkey bars. Those four elements are Grip Strength, Momentum, Core Stability and Power. This article focuses on Grip Strength and how it can be improved Often… Read more »

Trifecta Pyramid

May 22, 2015

The trifecta pyramid routine focuses on 3 exercises in pyramid (ascending/descending reps) format. Earlier last year I badly injured my neck which resulted in me being told to lay off contact sports (kickboxing at the time) plus any form of weight training. I had to rethink my existing workouts which at the time focused around… Read more »

Lunge Lunge Lunge

May 11, 2015

The latest HIIT Routine in our OCR training series is the ‘Lunge Lunge Lunge workout’. A combination of Lunges and Core exercises to get you well on your way to mastering the Balance Beam Obstacle. Lunges are awesome for working on balance, proprioception and flexibility which just happen to be some of the key elements… Read more »