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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 Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Filmmaker Bobby Ross (http://bobbyross.film) joins Special Forces veteran Evan Perperis to talk about Fox / HULU's new reality show Special Forces. The show, very similar to The Selection, takes 16 celebrities and puts them through a Special Operations type selection scenario. Evan shares his thoughts on how closely it resembles real military training, where it differs and why they do things a certain way. Bobby add some details as an outsider and a filmmaker on shooting a reality TV show. The two avoid major spoilers and link the lessons to mental toughness along with OCR so you'll enjoy this episode whether you watched the show, plan on watching the show or have no interest in watching the show.
Pick up a copy of Ultra-OCR Man book/audio book: https://amzn.to/2QuqJpV
Music provided by Dino Sinos
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Army helicopter pilot and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) black belt Jon Jordan joins Evan for the latest Strength & Speed podcasts. The two talk about training for BJJ, crossover points with OCR, how the structure of BJJ is like OCR with multiple brands/styles that don't always overlap with competitors, the benefits/drawbacks of having your sport in the Olympics and more. As a BJJ competitor and an occasional run at OCR events, Jon brings some great insight to the conversation.
Interested in supporting veterans and BJJ? Check out We Defy Foundation. They offer a jiu jitsu scholarship for veterans who want to try it out. They pay for up to one year in tuition and give you a free uniform(Gi). More info at www.wedefyfoundation.org
Follow Jon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordan.jon.522
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Mike Stefano, host of the Obstacle Running Adventures podcast (subscribe and listen to his podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/obstacle-running-adventures/id1193039969 ), joins Evan to talk about the OCR Expo he is helping run in New England on March 11th. You'll hear sneak peaks of some of the vendors, activities and details of the event. Plus, Mike and Evan discuss 3k change to Spartan World Championships, Spartan Combat and Evan gives a sneak peak at his book being released in 2023 (also teased in the back of his latest book On Endurance....buy On Endurance here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/on-endurance ). Plus, the two attempt to settle the debate on who is a bigger video game nerd....
Episode brought to you by Yolked (www.yolked.com), use code Strength20 to save 20% on every order.
Music provided by Dino Sinos
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Rachel Watters fresh off her win from Hannibal Race Kuwait joins Evan back on the podcast to talk about the experience. The two talk travel, culture, the race itself and fun things they learned during the trip. Plus, Rachel and Evan share their opinion on non-alcoholic beer....
On Endurance book now available from Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.to/3wDdNlU
Order your BleggMits here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/webstore/
Episode brought to you by the best anti-chaffing product around, Squirrel's Nut Butter: www.squirrelsnutbutter.com
Music provided by Dino Sinos
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Rachel Watters joins Evan excited to take on Hannibal Race in less than a week. Make sure you follow along our social channels (@UltraOCRman @StrengthSpeed @MudGearBOTLProTeam and @Rachel_Fit_Girl) for all the updates. The first half of the episode they talk expectations and Kuwaiti culture, great if you are planning a trip to the Middle East to race for something like Spartan World Championships in 2023.
The second half of the episode they talk about the "OCR Triple Crown", FISO and why they have reservations with the organization along with their events.
Some further date details not included in the podcast:
Reference USAOCR (different than Adventurey's USOCRC):
2016: Organization founded (no events)
2017: Put their label on Spartan Race in Florida
Training camp held in Colorado in December (this is the best thing imo, the organization has done)
2018: Event held Dec 1-2 in Southern California (referenced by Rachel, Evan mistakenly confused Florida event with this one)....again putting their label on a Spartan Race with some unique USAOCR twists
2019: Event held in Oct at Black Diamond Course in Ohio (36 out of 60 athletes received a podium medal, all but 1 female who showed up received a podium medal. Largest AG competition had 12 athletes, next largest 7 athletes)
2020-2022: No events held
FISO (the world organization):
2016: Organization starts (no events)
2017-2018: No world or international events I'm tracking
2019: National events outside the US including Phillipines
Their 1st World Championship event, 100m in Russia
2020-2021: No Events as far as I can tell
2022: No event, they put their label on World's Toughest Mudder, no one at WTM mentioned them at any point during the pre-race briefing or post-race awards brunch
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Music provided by Dino Sinos
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
MudGear-Battle of the Lions Pro Rachel Watters joins Evan to talk about her 105 mile OCR she complete to raise money for Lionhearts Fitness. Rachel shares the challenges, unexpected change in weather and how she mentally overcame the hurdles to achieve a record setting performance as the most number of OCR miles complete by a female ever.
Pick up a copy of On Endurance here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/on-endurance
Episode brought to you by MudGear. Use code UltraOCRman to save 10% on every order from www.MudGear.com
Music provided by Dino Sinos
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Athletes from Strength & Speed jump on the call to talk 2023 goals and how they plan on achieving them. Brenna Clavert, AC Hale, Jaeme Simmons, Phillip Hucke and Ryan Ardigo share some big goals. If you are looking at some goals for next year, this episode will give you some ideas as well as how to achieve them. Apply for Dev Team here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/blog/show/50372787-8th-s-s-development-team-now-open- New Year's Resolutions Article: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/apps/blog/show/43749159-why-do-new-year-s-resolutions-fail- Sign up for Mythic Race here: https://runsignup.com/Race/MO/Benton/MythicRace2023 Use code UltraOCRman to save 10% on every order from www.MudGear.com Episode brought to you by Yolked, use code Strength20 to save 20% off every order from www.yolked.com Music provided by Dino Sinos
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
We found Brenna finally and dragged her back on the podcast! Brenna and Evan do a rundown for the holidays offering some gift suggestions for your athlete family and friends. The two do a full toe to head rundown, talk stocking stuffers and offer some ideas for the OCR athlete that already has "all the stuff". Use this as a guide for Black Friday through Cyber Monday, but don't wait, the deals only last for so long.
Episode brought to you by MudGear-Battle of the Lions Pro Team sponsors.
Music provided by Dino SInos
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
MudGear-Battle of the Lions Pro Rachel Watters talks with Evan about her upcoming charity event where she will run 100+ miles to raise money for Lionhearts OCR. The event takes place Thanksgiving weekend at Casa De Garcia event venue. The two talk challenges, plans and expectations as well as touching a little bit on the recent World's Toughest Mudder.
Links referenced in the show:
Event Page and Donation Link: https://lionheartsfitness.com/lionhearts100/
Facebook Event Coverage for Event Day Updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/rachel-watters-lionhearts-101/504957408240566/
Episode brought to you by MudGear (use code UltraOCRman to save on every order) and ORORO Heated Apparel (use this link for 10% off)
Music provided by Dino Sinos
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
OCR athlete, ultra-runner and tactical games athlete Zack Wisnowski joins Evan to talk about the Tactical Games and similar events. Zack's an accomplished ultra-athlete who has been involved in the sport since 2010 completing over 300 races! If there's a race, Zack's done it including things like 6x World's Toughest Mudder, Spartan Iceland, OCR World Championships and more. He's also the owner of UltraTraining.Net
Episode brought to you by ORORO heated apparel, use this link to save 10%.
Music provided by Dino Sinos