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Pre-Blast – Spartan/OCR Workout – UPDATED TIME – 5:15am!!

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January 22nd, 2017 By AstroVan

Doing your first Spartan or OCR this year? Done a few and want to get better? Want to do something different for a Thursday Bootcamp? Need a reason to drag your holiday-calorie-ridden body out of the fartsack one more time before SadClown syndrome drags you back into your Fat Pants?

Well luck would have it that YHC has reason for all of you to come out to Tradition on 2/2 at 5:15am!! We will have a special guest Q from the southern regions of The Queen City. JRR Tolkien will be bring some of his favorite gear and exercises that he uses to get ready for OCR season.

Who is JRR Tolkien you ask? … Well, he has completed 37 Spartans and 6 other OCR events in the last 3 years. Competing in the Competitive Division of Spartan he won the Charlotte Sprint last year. Took 2nd at the Winnsboro Sprint and 5th at Ft. Bragg, also last year. He was ranked 61st Overall in the 2016 US Competitive Series for all of Spartan (12th in his age group) and 16th overall in the Southern Region (3rd in his age group).

For any of you that have competed in an OCR event know that it has some nuances to it that makes it truly different from other endurance events. Trail/Off-Road running, upper body and grip strength, rope climbing, spear throwing and fire jumping to name a few. Tolkien will show us all some of the things he does to take on the OCR course and compete to win.

13 Comments on “Pre-Blast – Spartan/OCR Workout – UPDATED TIME – 5:15am!!”

  1. Buckwheat January 22, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    HC. Thanks for setting this up @Astro Van!

  2. Guinness January 22, 2017 at 1:22 pm

    HC

    @AstroVan, Looking forward to some Spartan prep. I wondering if we will have another sighting of @JRTolkien’s push/pull weight thingymcgigy?

    1. AstroVan January 22, 2017 at 1:25 pm

      No telling what he is going to bring. Heard a rumbling that he has spears, but who knows

  3. Man Down January 22, 2017 at 2:00 pm

    Sounds fun! HC

  4. JRR Tolkien January 22, 2017 at 2:47 pm

    Yikes! What an introduction… excited to come lead up that way.

    The weight sled is a staple to my training, and it may make an appearance… plus some other toyz

    1. Guinness January 22, 2017 at 3:21 pm

      The ‘weight sled’ – so that’s what it’s called. I am looking forward to experiencing your Beatdown, @JRR Tolkien. @AstroVan certainly did a great sales pitch for ya! I have very very high expectations – but no pressure.

  5. Seeker January 22, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    HC! exactly what I need

  6. King Louie January 22, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    HC

  7. JRR Tolkien February 1, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    If anyone has pair of 45lb kbs or heavier can you bring, just in case a ton of pax. Thanks

    1. Guinness February 1, 2017 at 1:43 pm

      @JRR Tolkien, King Louie has a 45LB kb. The kettle bells are stored there at Tradition. Plenty of weights.

  8. SS Minnow February 1, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    I’ll HC for a small taste of the Spartan life

  9. McFeely February 1, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    HC if I can get out of bed.

    1. Guinness February 1, 2017 at 8:48 pm

      You can do it, @McFeely. See you in the gloom!

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