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Strength & Speed podcast focuses on Obstacle Course Racing ( OCR ) improvement by pulling in lessons learned from other sports. Hosted by Pro OCR athlete and Army Special Forces veteran Evan Perperis. Evan is a NSCA-CPT, the author of 8x books on Obstacles Course Racing, with an undergrad from Johns Hopkins and has a Masters from KU. An accomplished OCR athlete with 100+ OCR podiums including winning the team division at the 24 hour long 2018 World’s Toughest Mudder and 2nd place Pro Coed Team at North American Obstacle Course Racing Championship. Visit the team’s website for all things Obstacle Course Racing and multi-sport Fitness: www.teamstrengthspeed.com for articles, BleggMits, OCR books, motivation and more.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Chrissy McFarland made big waves in the OCR community as a rookie taking a string of Savage Race podiums making big waves in both the traditional length course and Savage Blitz. Brenna Calvert and Evan Perperis talk to her about her training, her battle with Lupus and how BattleFrog's football commercial brought the OCR community something good. Plus, Brenna shares some embarrassing personnel stories.
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Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Conquer The Gauntlet Pros and Master's power couple Doug Snyder and Lisa Nondorf talk Conquer The Gauntlet in the latest episode. Joined by Evan, the two discuss CTG Dallas, CTG OKC, the new Continuum format, CTG's new obstacles and what else is in store for 2019. Plus, Lisa share her dramatic story of injury and how she has been coping with sitting out most of the season. Finally, the three discuss their results from InsideTracker including Doug's DNA profile results.
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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Tri-Fitness World Champion and competition coach Brandy Nelson Goddard joins Evan to talk about her favorite event. The Tri-Fitness challenge is part figure competition, part OCR, part gymnastics routine and part lifting competition to crown an overall winner. Brandy talks her competition history, preparing other athletes and her appearances on American Ninja Warrior, Guinness Book of Records Gone Wild show (including her literally jumping in/out of her panties), America's Got Talent and Let's Ask America.
Episode brought to you by the dietitian of the CTG Pro Team, Luc Labonte, providing nutrition advice for OCR athletes and beyond.
Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Fresh off his 3rd place finish at OCR World Championship Enduro 24, military veteran and 5x World's Toughest Mudder (WTM) finisher Trevor Cichosz joins Evan for this ultra episode. Trevor is one of the most consistent athletes in our sport and regularly defies what most people view as possible. The two ultra-athletes discuss fueling, pacing, differences between Enduro-WTM and why he is staying with WTM in 2019. Trevor also shares his experiences doing Everest 135 (135 mile race through the base camp area of Everest) as well as his 200 mile run in Scotland last year.
Episode brought to you by RockTape, more than a tape company, RockTape has movement tools to keep you healthy and race ready.
Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Grit Fitness Pro Kris Ruglowski (Gambino) joins Evan to discuss her rapid rise in success in the OCR world, how she found fitness, her recent experience on The Rock's Titan Games and what she has planned for the future. This OCR Age Group World Champion talks about her training and some behind the scenes secrets from Titan Games that you don't want to miss.
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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush
Sunday May 26, 2019
Sunday May 26, 2019
Former Navy SEAL and current BUD/S Instructor Mark James talks with Evan about his pro triathlete career, his amateur cycling career, the difference between SEAL students that finish compared to those that quit and how he is still achieving success as a Masters athlete. Plus, they talk Mark's current quest for the most Holy Grail Miles (cumulative total of Tougher, Toughest and World's Toughest Mudder miles in a calendar year). Also includes a review of Toughest Mudder East (Philly), Toughest Mudder UK and Evan's good idea for Age Group awards (pay attention TMHQ).
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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush
Saturday May 18, 2019
Saturday May 18, 2019
Nicholas Ryker finished 8th at the Seattle Super National Series race and is starting to make big waves in the OCR world. He's a #NonSpartanProTeamMember but we are not sure how long he will be able to keep that trending # he has been using. Nick talks his 1500m days in college, transitioning to OCR as well as his recent wins at Valentine's Day Massacre and Guardian Battle OCRs. Both races included cash prizes were two miles dense with obstacles and were run in a time trial format near St. Louis. The podcast finishes with how Nick includes Christ in his training and racing.
Links for recommendations included in the episode:
The Case for Christ, The Case for a Creator, The Case for Miracles
St. Spyridon's Introductory to Christianity- Orthodoxy Podcast
Episode brought to you by Yolked, use code Strength20 for 20% off every order from www.yolked.com and start building more muscle/recover faster.
Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Training for Ultra's Rob Steger joins Evan to talk about the world of ultra-running. Included in the conversation is fueling strategies, gear recommendations, hallucinations, prize money in the ultra-world, how he went from non-athlete to 100 mile finisher as well as his his podcast and new book "Training for Ultra".
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Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
Brenna returns for an episode to talk updates in the OCR World with Evan Perperis. They talk season openers for Savage Race, Tough Mudder, the Hammer Race and KC Timber Challenge. Plus, they discuss misleading people on social media and more OCR hot topics like prize money. Finally, they cover the results of Brenna's InsideTracker.
Episode brought to you by InsideTracker. Get your blood tested and figure out how to scientifically improve your performance.
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Military veteran and hybrid Athlete Billy Richards has a interesting background in fitness and seems to live by the motto that "more is better". In 2019, Billy is attempting to set a world record for most 100 milers completed in a year. As of this recording he was at 9, now he's at 11. Evan and Billy talk mental strategies, training background, injury prevention and more in this episode.
Episode brought to you by Harbinger Fitness, strength training tools to take your fitness to the next level.
Music provided by Marc Capaldo of Madison Ambush.