Learn from my mistakes
During my 20 years as a strength & conditioning coach & having worked with a bunch of different athletes from different sports & studied with some of the world’s best coaches in that time
I’ve experimented with A LOT of strength protocols in my coaching business
When I made the transition into obstacle course racing 10 years ago
despite my strength and conditioning background and considering myself pretty fit
I still sucked at the obstacles until I got the technique right
on top of that
it wasn’t until I got really specific with my strength training (i.e. grip strength , movement work etc) which was when the tide really started to turn for me
See here’s the thing and it’s what I always say to the pro division athletes I’m currently coaching:
Its not about training on the obstacles so much, its the specific strength & conditioning you’ll do away from them
^^ and how much you do of that
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that will get you more proficient on them
and they’ll be ‘some’ strength & conditioning protocols that’ll be more specific for Obstacle Course Racing over others
It’s one of the reasons why I created OCR virgin actually
It’s a 6 week online training program designed to help obstacle racers get on the right path with their OCR training
Go check it out if you haven’t done so yet
Coach Sam
PS – Im gonna set the program to be £27 this week cut from £37 as a BETA testing discount
so if you want the best possible price then nows the time to sign up :)
PPS – got a friend who you wanna train with? Send ‘em the link and let’s get them signed up too
About the Author
Sam Winkworth is the race director of the popular Dirty Rotten Scramble race series. He is also the head coach at the Unbreakable Project designed to develop obstacle racers who want to podium on a world stage. He is also the creator of OCR VIRGIN designed to help athletes of all abilities train & prepare for their next OCR.
