What are some other things that this workout can help with, other than overall fitness?? What is the
craze lately? Obstacle Course races, such as Hurt in the Dirt, Runner X and Tough Mudder. There are fun ones, tough ones, long ones, extreme
ones...it seems like there's something for everyone. Obstacle races will definitely
challenge your muscles; so you better prepare.
Obstacle
courses challenge muscles that you may not be used to using, and test your endurance
in ways that you haven't been tested. To prepare effectively, get your body
used to cardiovascular output while using your muscles.
Crawling,
pulling, pushing, and running are all components that you're likely to face. If
you have access to climb cargo nets, scale walls, and crawl through pipes, then
use it. If not, then the following obstacle course training ideas will help get
you physically and mentally ready for your next obstacle course race.
Find any track
(High School tracks are great because they have the bleachers!) and do the
following:
1.
Warm up for 1 mile.
2.
Once warmed up, all the running you do in the workout
will be sprinting!
3.
Run quickly to one endzone. There you will stop and do 25
sit ups.
4.
Get up and run to the first set of bleachers. Here you
will run all the stairs on the bleachers!
5.
Once you are done, return to the track and do 25 squats.
6.
Run quickly to the other endzone. There you will stop and
do 25 push ups.
7.
Get up and run to the other set of bleachers. Once
again…run all the stairs on the bleachers.
8.
Once you are done, find a bleacher and you will do 25
tricep dips.
9.
Return to the track and do 10 burpees.
10. Repeat these
again 3-4 times!!! Or as many times as wanted!
11. Warm down for 1
mile.
This is a great workout to do when you have 40-60 minutes
and need an awesome calorie burn and all over body workout.
Other things you can do at home to help prepare would be burpees,
jumping, push-ups, pull-ups, crawling, and climbing. In between each set run
for a minute or 2! Or another good “At-home” set of exercises would be:
- 12
Push-ups
- Bear Crawl
20 yards
- Sprint 100
yards
- 12 Back
Flies
- 10 Squats
- Run back
to your start point
- Repeat
three times
As with any
workout, be sure to warm up and cool down. Your goal on race day is to be
healthy and injury-free. If you have specific questions about good races, or
workouts to do, let us know!!!
Have you done an obstacle course race?
What was your toughest challenge???
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