My bestselling book, Strength & Speed’s Guide to Elite OCR was originally written in 2015/2016 and released in 2016. Since then, the industry has gone through some significant changes. Brands have risen and fallen, obstacles at the championship level have become harder and brands have continued to innovate. Five years after the initial release, I [...]
Evan doing the Salmon ladder at 21,000 feet in HYLETE shorts and VJ MAXx shoes. On March 7, 2021 I attempted my latest Ultra-Obstacle Course Racing (Ultra-OCR) charity event, OCRmill 21000 feet. The event involved me running one mile on a treadmill and doing four obstacles repeated for six hours while hooked up [...]
I recently picked up two sets of Egg Weights after they started appearing in my Facebook newsfeed. The small weights can be used for a variety of activity and they seemed like a good opportunity for Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) training. After all we are one of the sports that need good arm strength as [...]
Our own Ultra-OCR man takes you through the NEW Battle of the Lions Tour - and which events may be best for each of us
For the last five years, I’ve been doing an Ultra-OCR related charity events to raise money for Folds of Honor, scholarship money for children whose parents were killed or wounded in action. (You can check out some of the previous ones here 7 days in a row of OCR marathons, all 24 hour OCRs in [...]
Conquer The Gauntlet was one of two brands regularly putting on events after quarantine in 2020 (the other being Savage Race). After putting on five events total in 2020, they are scaling back in 2021 for their 10th anniversary race and focusing on one massive celebration for the entire weekend near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Queen [...]
HYLETE brings their super soft and comfortable fabric design to the world of button-down shirts. The 88% Polyester, 12% Spandex shirt feels great, almost like silk. Despite being very comfortable, it looks similar to other dress shirts but feels much better.
VJ MAXx shoes providing the traction you need. VJ Shoes are known for their tag line #TheBestGripOnThePlanet and I think they backed it up with their XTRM model (read that review here or Ninja Warrior’s Amy “Magic” Pajcic review of the iROCK3s here). However, I wanted to see if the third shoe in [...]
Regardless of why you are involved in the sport, from competitive to “I’m just here because this is something to do on the weekend”, you’ll find that KC Timber Challenge has a place for you.
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