In August of 2016, Conquer the Gauntlet announced via their Facebook page the creation of Conquer Fitness. The facility will be opening in January 2017. Conquer Fitness is owned by the Mainprize Family owners of Conquer The Gauntlet race series. Conquer Fitness will launch their OCR/Ninja/General fitness gym in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Most recently, Morgan Mckay placed 3rd in the World’s Toughest Mudder event in Las Vegas Nevada. I was quite intrigued by this third place win and to be honest wanted to know more about her. I did some quick research online, but wanted to know more about who she is as a person, and what kind of challenges she has faced.
My SmashPlan Fitness program is designed to be very, very simple. 400 calories/day from additional exercise isn't a huge hill to climb, and about 60 minutes of nearly any moderate activity is more than enough to hit that mark. And once again, I'm creating the SmashPlan Fitness portion to meet my goals and work to my strengths; I personally like bodyweight exercises and running, and live in a community where I can get out and ride my bike or hop on the treadmill
Wolfpack Ninjas here, today we want to help you a bit with some nutrition pointers that will help you really blast off in your training and are vital to your success as an OCR athlete! Here are some basic pointers that we want to cover, but definitely, check out our eBook for more in-depth discussion and tips (click the image to gain the purchase link.)
30 Days - 10 Pounds. I'll be focused on calories and protein, not overly concerned with carbs, macros, timing, etc. The key word is simple. As you can see by the final numbers in this nutritional plan, this is a reduced calorie "diet" for 30 days. The food options are light on calories, and you can see by the meal choices I'm not starving myself by crash-dieting, I'm choosing healthy, low-calorie options and sensible portions of things I actually like to eat.
When I moved to Colorado my friends introduced me to Spartan and Tough Mudder. I had never run anything like this before. I never had the desire, but I needed something in my life to motivate me to get out of bed and get to the gym and improve my health. I compete in OCR not only because it has turned into a passion, but it keeps me fit both mentally and physically.
168 is my new 208. I'm using "fat" as a relative term; while I've never been anything but an OK athlete, I used to be considerably heavier than I am today. The guy who was steadily approaching 210 pounds, smoked up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day, and couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without catching his breath was exorcised in 2001 when I'd had enough and dropped 60 pounds. Since then, I've had my "hey, let's run a marathon this weekend" weight of around 148 lbs. and my "it's off-season, so a cheeseburger is OK" weight of 155-159 lbs.
The KitBrix OCR bag is a bag aimed at getting your stuff to & from races, while keeping your car (and change of clothes) dry, and clean. Having used it for several races, we can say we like it and works well.
In our crazy OCR community, we are all family, and our family stretches across the country, from coast to coast and even internationally. You get to know of and to know some very interesting and crazy people (in a good way). I have been following and participating in the OCR world for a couple of years now, and wanted to get to know some of the “athletes” a bit better.
Yesterday, Sports Business Journal/Sports Business Daily reported that Tough Mudder is looking to expand into gyms in 2017. According to the news source, Will Dean said during a panel discussion a SportsBusiness Journal conference that "Tough Mudder will launch a chain of fitness boutiques in the U.S. in 2017".
