Ninja Warrior Training: Floating Stairs
Don't let the Floating Stairs intimidate you. Well-Trained Warrior's Evan Dollard explains how to prepare to ascend and descend this obstacle, starting with the pull-up bar.
An OCR Life – Interview with Brett Stewart (via Spry Magazine)
mudrunguide.com co-founder Brett Stewart was recently interviewed by SPRY Magazine on Mud Runs, here's the transcript:Tell me about your personal experience with mud running. How many mud runs have you participated in? How did you get into the sport? My background is in road racing and triathlons, in total I’ve completed well north of a hundred events of all lengths from a 5k to Ironman triathlon and ultramarathons. I got my start in mud runs or OCR’s (Obstacle Course Racing) through adventure racing back in the early 2000’s. OCR’s take a lot of inspiration from adventure racing, and there are many athletes who embrace both. Adventure racing has been around for decades, and was actually a discipline in the original X Games in the early 1990’s. Mark Burnett (of Survivor fame) factored heavily into the creation and proliferation of the sport.
Ninja Warrior Training: Salmon Ladder
Well-Trained Warrior's Evan Dollard explains the best techniques to develop your upper body and core strength in order to conquer the infamous Salmon Ladder.
Ninja Warrior Training: Ultimate Cliffhanger
Well-Trained Warrior's Evan Dollard shares the best methods to train for the Cliffhanger, including developing forearm and finger strength.
Ninja Warrior Training: Jump Hang
Well-Trained Warrior's Evan Dollard shares the best method to train for the Jump Hang Kai, including developing your upper body and core strength.
Ninja Warrior Training: The Warped Wall
Evan "Rocket" Dollard shows us how to prepare for and beat one of the most well-known American Ninja Warrior obstacles: The Warped Wall!
Ninja Warrior Training: Quintuple Steps
Ninja Warrior superstar Evan Dollard shows us how to take on the American Ninja Warrior Quintuple Steps - a maddeningly simple yet difficult obstacle that takes out so many ninjas before they even get started on the course!
Death Race? WTF is That?
Death Race is different than any other event; it emulates life. The event is completely designed to break people physically and even more so mentally while every other event is designed for you to finish. Those races have aid stations, directions, volunteers giving you a pat on the back and cheering you on and hand-holding the entire time. Death Race is a full-on mind-fuck from the beginning to the end. We don't tell you when the race is going to start, when it will end, how long it will be, what to wear, bring, eat, shit, sleep… we have designed it to be just like life; there are no set answers and you have no idea what you're doing until you get there. Death Race starts the minute you sign up, months before the event; the uncertainty will consume you, enrage you and get in your head to knock you off your game. Death Race will piss you off weeks before the gun goes off. Everything is today and perfect in today's society, but man has been walking this planet for hundreds of thousands of years before we had drive-thrus and hand sanitizer. Society today has no idea how to react to the adversity like any of our ancestors faced throughout history, each day you fought to survive and life was never perfect. It throws a monkey-wrench into our lives when we have to face challenges that we don't expect; losing a job is not comparable to the hardships every other human had to endure for us to get to this point.
How Do I Create My Own Mud Run or OCR?
Organizing and starting your own event takes a lot of work - so you'd better be ready. We have some tips and plenty of things to consider if you're looking to step up and put on an event of your own.
Your First Mud Run or OCR: Beginner’s Questions Answered
Thinking about or signed up for your first mud run or obstacle race? Congratulations!! Committing to doing it really is the hardest part. We know that you might have some questions before (and after) the race, so we've tried to lay out a few answers here for you.
