Strength & Speed OCR: Obstacle Course Racing Lessons From Other Sports
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 athelte with 95+ 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
Evan "Ultra-OCR" Man Perperis talks about the future of Strength & Speed deep diving a little more into what is OCR? What is Pammachon Combatives? and what is Orthodox Christianity? Learn a little outside your normal comfort lane in this episode that explores some of the future of Strength & Speed.
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2x Ultra-running National Champion and World's Toughest Mudder vet Anthony Kunkel has been news coming out. In May he is running tryouts to live and train at the "Ultra-House" in Durango Colorado. Learn about his background in this episode, rise to ultra-running greatness and how he plans on giving back to athletes in the sport. Great opportunities for athletes in this episode filled with Anthony's unique take on life, training ...
Lynn Hall from Boldr Dash talks about how her OCR has managed to stay alive and strive since 2011, an impressive feat considering the number of brands that have folded since then. Lynn talks about what makes her event unique, the challenges they faced and how they continue to adapt. Plus, she talks with Evan about the New England OCR Expo and why it would be a bad move not to show up...the event pays for itself!
Medusa Edged Weapons Systems and World War II Combatives Instructor Jason Schultz joins Evan to talk about how Combatives training is connected to sports performance. The two talk about the prison based edged weapons system Medusa as well as some of the unique aspects of Combative systems developed in World War II.
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Evan "Ultra-OCR Man" Perperis shares his post-race experience at Alula Saudi Arabia for Tough Mudder Infinity, the biggest prize purse in OCR history. Learn about the travel, culture, how his predictions panned out and if it looks like this will be a one time event.
The OCR Report article: https://theocrreport.com/the-experience-alula-saudi-arabia/
OCR Buddy Article: https://ocrbuddy.com/race-review-alula-tough-mudder-infinity-...
Fresh off his most recent win at Shamrock 352 Anthony Dooley Sr. joins Evan to talk about Mixed Martial Arts, how his faith as played a role in competing/training and his background in traditional martial arts. Anthony is a Sensei at Aplomb Martial Arts- Kansas City North where he runs a successful dojo training the next generation of martial artists.
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Evan jumps on for a quick episode to share some thoughts on the upcoming Kingdom of Saudi Arabia race, Tough Mudder Infinity held in Al Ula. The race is the largest prize purse in OCR history and is bringing out the biggest names from the past, present and future of the sport.
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Noel Medina, the sweatcheck guy, joins Evan to talk about his background in OCR, involvement with Lionhearts Fitness and how being a roofer hurts/helps his racing career. Plus, the two talk about the Florida OCR scene and Native X, a model for televised OCR.
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/noel.medina.5811877
Check out his gym: https://gett-ittcorefitness.com/
Newest member of the MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team (www.ocrproteam.com) Vivien Tran joins Evan on the podcast to talk about her accomplishments in OCR. A former musician who now uses discipline to crush the course, Vivien won the 35-39 AG in the Spartan National Series and has collected a handful of elite podiums from various brands along the way.
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2x 100 miler finisher at World's Toughest Mudder Christian Brown-Johnson joins Evan to talk about his rise to Ultra-OCR greatness. After struggling to hit 50 miles at World's Toughest, CBJ has now doubled his best at the event twice! The two talk about Ultra-OCR, American Ninja Warrior, how Ironman triathlon relates to OCR, ultra-endurance sled events through the snow and of course, the biggest prizes purse of the year at Tough M...
MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Amy "Magic" Pajcic joins Evan to talk about what she has been up to for the last year and what her plans on for the future. Amy shares some of the details and tips for running rim to rim to rim at the Grand Canyon and the challenges shes faced. Plus, the two talk about Evan's newest book, The Sponsored Athlete, which Amy wrote the forward for.
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Looking for items for your Christmas list or something to buy you OCR/athlete for the holidays? Check out this gift guide brought to you by OCR Pros Jenny Overstreet and Evan Perperis.
Links to brands mentioned below:
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Hammer Nutrition: www.hammernutrition.com (use ref# 240887 for 15% off your first order)
MudGear temp tattoos, socks and shorts: www.MudGear.com (use code UltraOCRma...
Mythic Race owner and competitive OCR athlete William Shell joins Evan to talk about his experience at OCR World Championships and if you should be concerned Spartan now owns the brand. Plus, the two deep dive into Mythic Race and what is in store for 2024. Lastly the two talk about the Midwest OCR scene including brands like Hazelwood OCR and Race Ready Obstacle's new event, Midwest OCR.
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Evan "Ultra-OCR Man" Perperis drops a quick episode on his thoughts for 2023 World's Toughest Mudder. Were the obstacles too hard? Is this the end of his elite OCR career? What changes would he make to obstacles? How does this compare to other events and more in this solo episode.
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Although an experienced OCR athlete with a ton of podiums under her belt, MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Miranda Huber is taking on World's Toughest Mudder for the first time. Miranda and her pit crew, Strength & Speed's AC Hale join Evan for a Q&A about the 24 hour Obstacle Course Race world championship. The group talks everything WTM including pacing, fueling, gear choices, injuries on course and what makes WTM one of the m...
Podcast host, Evan Perperis, has been on a quest to hit 100 elite OCR podiums by 2024. Thanks to OCR Buddy and some friends he has managed to find some unique local events including two discussed in this episode. MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Thomas Plush and his Muddy Water/The Siege teammate JC Massie join Evan to discuss some of their recent events. The three take a look at Muddy Water OCR one of the best atmospheres for OCR wit...
The 1st place team from Toughest Mudder Pittsburgh goes on the Strength & Speed podcast to discuss the event, how the race went, the future of Tough Mudder/OCR and what their thoughts are after racing various brands for more than a decade each. Chris Mikolajewski, Eddie Goertzen, TJ Syzmanski and Evan Perperis all chime in with their thoughts.
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Fran Chiorando has been in the sport of OCR since almost the beginning. Fran talks with Evan about about some of the history of the sport in UK/Europe, what it was like to run the original Tough Guy and where the sport is going. From Mud is My Makeup back in 2014 all the way to being the host of the OCRWC podcast, Fran has some interesting insight on the sport, the Olympics and where things are going in the future.
A quick update as Evan talks about the future of Strength & Speed. What is changing, what is staying the same and the future of OCR's link to the brand.
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After their win The Siege OCR in Garden City, Kansas, the team including MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Thomas Plush, JC Massie and Keatin Herder join Evan Perperis to talk about the race. They cover not only the experience but what they do for training and how they manage to balance work with training for races.
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